FORWARD, UPWARD, IN ALL DIRECTIONS digital video (1980 x 1080), color, sound, 19’ 16”, 2018 (Ukraine) Created by fantastic little splash Introduced by Matteo Bittanti VRAL Both poetic and prosaic, Forward, upward, in all directions is a psychedelic trip inside VRChat, a free-to-play massively multiplayer online virtual reality environment created... Read more →
10/15/2020
10/13/2020
MENTAL NOTE: BRANDON CRONENBERG ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Source: The New York Times, October 13 2020 Brandon Cronenberg gives great answers to very stupid questions. Read more →
10/02/2020
EVENT: VRAL #10_EDWIN LO (OCTOBER 2 - OCTOBER 15 2020)
CRUCIFIXION AND EPIPHANY digital video, color, sound, 22’ 59”, 2020 (Hong Kong) Created by Edwin Lo VRAL Introduced by Luca Miranda A follow up to Those Who Do Not Remember The Past Are Condemned To Repeat It (2020) and The Rupture of Promised Land (Or We Can Never Get There)... Read more →
09/18/2020
EVENT: VRAL #9_BRENT WATANABE (SEPTEMBER 18 - OCTOBER 1 2020)
ANIMAL CROSSING: ALL MINE digital video, color, sound, 7’ 05”, 2020 (United States) Created by Brent Watanabe VRAL Introduced by Matteo Bittanti Conspicuous consumption is the implicit goal of innumerable video games, but Animal Crossing: New Horizons is, by far, the most shameless celebration of capitalism. Released in March 2020,... Read more →
09/15/2020
SYLLABUS: SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Matteo Bittanti Social Change in the Digital Age Corporate Communication and Public Relations, B.A. Academic year 2020-2021, first semester IULM University, Milan, Italy Trailer Course Description “It’s hard to make predictions, especially about the future.” Anonymous Social Change in the Digital Age is a critical examination of the ongoing and... Read more →