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Intrusion digital video (3840 x 2160), color, sound, 15’ 42” seconds, 2021, Taiwan created by Poyuan Juan vral.org Intrusion draws upon the server migration incident that occurred between 2007 and 2011, when a large number of Chinese World of Warcraft players relocated to Taiwan servers following regulatory conflicts and
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The Analogy of Space digital video, color, sound, 12’, 2022, Ukraine created by Oleksandr Hoisan May 23-June 5 2025 vral.org The Analogy of Space (2022) is a 12-minute machinima made with/in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games, 2004), utilizing the CamHunt plugin to enable articulate, fluid cinematography
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The Way of the Future Single-channel UHD video (color), 2-channel sound, 8’ 02”, 2025, Palestine created by Firas Shehadeh May 9-22 2025 vral.org Set against the hauntingly desolate backdrop of The Last of Us video game, The Way of the Future follows a lone figure traversing a decayed territory
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Against the Will, Against Staying StillEsto Association 24 Zaimi str. 10683 Athens GreeceMay 15 - 18 2025curated by Babak Ahteshamipour featuring Erifili Doukeli, Matthew D. Gantt, Berenike Gregoor, Nichole Shinn, Captain Stavros, and Pauvre Terre Against the Will, Against Staying Still is a group exhibition curated by Babak Ahteshamipour that
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untitled (archive) 16mm, color, 3’, 2024, United Kingdom created by Douglas Dixon-Barker vral.org untitled (archive) is a machinima sui generis that transposes the residual memory of a videogame into the granular materiality of 16mm film. Framed as “an imperfect archive”, the work embraces degradation not as failure but as
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Call for short films – KO(O)RTS 2025 Deadline: 1 May 2025 | Festival: 26–27 September 2025 | Enschede, NL Sickhouse invites filmmakers, artists, and experimental creators to submit their work for the 2025 edition of KO(O)RTS, our short film festival celebrating bold, poetic, and unconventional storytelling. Whether you’
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2girls1comp | Workshop | 2 Apr 2025 16.30–19:00 𝘐 𝘈𝘔 𝘐𝘕 𝘠𝘖𝘜𝘙 𝘎𝘈𝘔𝘌 – 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘛𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 The Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana Department of Video, Animation and New Media Tobačna 5; 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Textures in video games are what creates the visual identity of virtual environments, providing more than mere decoration for
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Call for submissions: Milan Machinima Festival 2026 (9th edition) Festival dates: March 22—29 2026 Location: TBD Format: onsite and online Submission window: April 1 – December 30 2025 Submission platform: FilmFreeway The Milan Machinima Festival (MMF) invites artists, filmmakers, and experimental creators to submit their work for the 9th edition,
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MILAN MACHINIMA FESTIVAL MMXXV onsite screening day #2 March 21 2025, 2—5 pm MUBI Microcinema @ Vidiots 4884 Eagle Rock Blvd Los Angeles, California 90041 PURCHASE A TICKET Programs: GAME VIDEO ESSAY II| | GAME ENGINE CINEMA | HOME SWEET HOME LINK : Milan Machinima Festival MMXXV
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HMKV Hartware MedienKunstVerein at the Dortmunder U, Level 3 Leonie-Reygers-Terrasse 44137 Dortmund Germany press release Holding Pattern is the English term for the tactic used by air traffic controllers to keep several aeroplanes in the air above a busy airport without allowing them to crash. This symbolic scenario unfolds the
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GAME ENGINE CULTURE(S), DiGRA 2025 June 30th at DiGRA2025 (University of Malta) The workshop intends to explore the implications of the widespread use of videogame engines in visual culture and the creative industries. Game engines like Unity and Unreal Engine have transcended their initial confines in videogame development, evolving
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MILAN MACHINIMA FESTIVAL MMXXV REBOOT/RESTART/RESET MARCH 17—23 2025 Los Angeles, California and online The Milan Machinima Festival MMXXV presents a curated selection of 31 machinima and game videos by 35 artists from 17 countries, including Belarus, Canada, China, Colombia, France, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan,