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The MILAN MACHINIMA FESTIVAL is delighted to announce its first machinima live performance on its brand new Twitch channel. Curated by Gemma Fantacci, the inaugural show is Kamilia Kard’s Toxic Garden - DANCE DANCE DANCE. Join us tonight Friday December 2 at 9 pm Central European Time (CET)! Toxic
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CHAIN-LINK single-channel HD video (1920 x 1080, MPEG-4 AAC, H.264) comprising machinima, 3D animation, and found footage with sound, 90’ 1”, 2022, Canada Created by Steven Cottingham Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org WORLD PREMIERE Bruce Sterling famously stated that the future is “old men, in cities, afraid of
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Must read interview with Game Art pioneer Susanne Treister Excerpt:
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L’AUTRE MONSTRE (THE OTHER MONSTER) digital video/machinima (1920 x 1080), color, sound, 48’ 26”, 2021, France (in French with English subtitles) Created by Alix Desaubliaux October 28 - November 10 2022 vral.org L’Autre Monster (The Other Monster) is an experimental film created with/in Monster Hunter
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when you are close to me I shiver video recording of live simulation digital video/machinima (1920 x 1080), color, sound, 7’ 47”, 2020, Italy Created by Martina Menegon Sound design by Alexander Martinz Introduced by Luca Miranda vral.org when you are close to me I shiver is an
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ROAD OF FEELINGS digital video (1920x1080), color, sound, 8’18”, 2022, Poland Created by Zuza Banasińska August 19 - September 1 2022 Introduced by Gemma Fantacci vral.org A teenage girl’s room. When she ingests a handful of pills, it start to grow. Normally, as she works out, 1,
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FACING THE WOLF machinima/digital video (1600 x 900), color, sound, 19’ 26” (chapter I: 5’ 15”, chapter II: 5’ 21”, chapter III: 8’ 50”), 2021, United Kingdom. Created by Iain Douglas and Mark Coverdale Facing the wolf is a machinima trilogy produced over the course of 2021 by appropriating
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CRYPTOHEAVEN3 digital video/machinima (1920 x 1080), color, sound, 5’ 59”, 2022, Ukraine Created by Letta Shtohryn July 8 - July 21 2022 Introduced by Gemma Fantacci vral.org Cryptoheaven3 (2022) is the third iteration of an ongoing project developed with The Sims 4 about the digital afterlife of Gerald
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LIGHTS WILL GUIDE YOU HOME digital video/machinima (1920 x 1080), color, sound, 10’ 17”, 2022, Germany Created by Sebastian Schmieg June 24 - July 7 2022 vral.org On Twitch and YouTube, gamers stream their journeys over a replica of our world using flight simulators — some curious, others dutiful,
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SATURDAY MORNING ANIMATION CLUB Curated by Petra Széman in partnership with isthisit? and Off Site ProjectSupported by Arts Council England Saturday June 11, 18, 25 2022Saturday July 2, 9 2022online (registration required) Saturday Morning Animation Club is a terrific screening series taking place over five consecutive Saturday mornings, featuring new
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The Virtual Frontier digital video, color, sound, 3’, 2020, The Netherlands Created by Sjors Rigters vral.org The popular video game Minecraft exemplifies the inner contradictions of the digital age. Lauded by many pundits as a highly creative form of entertainment, the so-called “digital LEGO” is a powerful vessel for
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THE CONVENIENCE STORE digital video, color, sound, 6’ 23”, 2018, Sweden Created by Jonne Hansson April 8 - April 21 2022 VRAL.org The Convenience Store follows three recently former students who graduated from Umeå Academy of Fine Arts in Sweden and later moved to the fictional city Los Santos