Our Patreon for VRAL exists for people like you - artists, critics, scholars, and curious viewers - who care about avant-garde machinima and game-based video art. It’s a dedicated space where we gather and share what we’ve found, commissioned, or thought through: hundreds of curated posts, from close readings and essays to rare video works and experimental research.
By subscribing, starting at just $3.50 a month, you’ll gain access to a growing archive of exclusive content. But more than that, you’ll be helping sustain something we believe in deeply: a platform committed to radical, experimental, game-based moving image art.
Your support helps us keep VRAL alive and the Milan Machinima Festival running. It allows us to pay artists, collaborators, and contributors fairly. We don’t believe in free labor, especially when it comes to cultural production and your contribution makes that possible.
We’re deeply grateful for your help, and we’re excited to share what’s next.
Here’s a glimpse of what we’ve been working on lately:
Here is a selection of recent contributions (June 2025, part two):
- THE POOR IMAGE, THE MALE GAZE, THE ORGAN-WITHOUT-BODY: READING MIRANDA’S UNDERW[H]E(A)RE
- REMAKING CHRIS MARKER: ON LUCA MIRANDA’S LA JATTE
- LUCA MIRANDA’S SEX WORKER AS STRUCTURAL CRITIQUE
- WASTE IS THE MAIN PRODUCT OF CAPITALISM
- LIVING IN HYPERREALITY: MIRANDA AND RETEZ IN LOS ANGELES
