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Waldenstein 1 and Waldenstein 2 Waldenstein 1 single-channel 3D animation, 6 min 21 sec, filmed inside theHunter: Call of the Wild, Dear Esther, Miscreated, and Asemblance, 2018, United States of America Waldenstein 2 single-channel 3D animation, 6 min 18 sec, filmed inside Farming Simulator 17, Final Fantasy XV,
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Yesterday’s Skybox: NBA LIVE 2005 1-On-1 System Modification digital video/machinima, color, sound, 100 min, 2026, China Screen recording documenting the modified one-on-one match between Yao Ming and Shaquille O’Neal. The match itself is programmed to continue indefinitely. This recording concludes when one player
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Nothing to Tell digital video/machinima, 20 min, Italy 2025 created by Fabrizio Condino Nothing to Tell is an experimental short that reworks the world of Cyberpunk 2077 into a study of alienation, repetition, and mental disintegration. Following Daniel through an oppressive cycle of waking, drifting, drinking, and self-arming,
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CORE DUMP 4K digital video, color, sound, 6’ 06”, 2024/2025, Israel/Germany created by Alona Rodeh November 21–December 4 2025 vral.org CORE DUMP is a born-digital CGI short that depicts a surreal swarm of drones scavenging for e-waste. Its title borrows from computing, where a
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LifeStream digital video (1920 x 1080), color, sound, 6’ 26”, 2020, Iran created by Bahareh Khoshooee introduced by Matteo Bittanti In LifeStream, produced during the first month of the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown, a week of continuous Instagram broadcasting culminates in a hand-off: the artist’s apartment and routines
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Tell no Friend or Foe apart: Hell Unleashed digital video, color, sound, 6’ 45”, 2025, Iran/Greece created by Babak Ahteshamipour VRAL World premiere This work is presented in collaboration with Octobre Numérique-Faire Monde festival in Arles, France Tell no Friend or Foe apart: Hell Unleashed (2025) is a
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THE INSUFFERABLE WEIGHT OF BEING A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD MURDERER digital video, color, sound, 17’ 54”, 2025, France created by Yannis Mohand Briki September 26—October 9 2025 VRAL THE INSUFFERABLE WEIGHT OF BEING A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD MURDERER is the second chapter in what the artist calls a coming
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Octobre Numérique — Faire Monde 11 October – 9 November 2025 Curated by Vincent Moncho Chapelle des Trinitaires, Arles, France official website From 11 October to 9 November 2025, Arles hosts a new edition of Octobre Numérique — Faire Monde, with a pronounced emphasis on artistic videogames, experimental practices, and a technology-critical
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Precursing digital video, color, sound, 11’ 13”, 2023, Canada/United Kingdom created by Nina Davies September 12—25 2025 vral.org Precursing is a video work which was commissioned by Matt’s Gallery for her show Precursing in 2023. The video work presents a fictional narrative narrated by —software engineers
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Urbain Altéré digital video (3840 x 2160), colour, sound, 3’ 25”, 2024, Switzerland created by Pascal Greco vral.org In Urbain Altéré (2024), Pascal Greco expands his investigation into the aesthetic and conceptual potential of game environments by shifting from still in-game photography to machinima. Created entirely within Stray
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MY OWN LANDSCAPES Digital video (1920 x 1080), color, sound, 18, 2020 (France) Created by Antoine Chapon, 2020 VRAL December 11 - December 24 2020 Introduced by Luca Miranda Warfare is being gamified. The American army has been recruiting soldiers through video games since the early zeroes: America’s Army is,