MATTEO BITTANTI

EVENT: HARRISON WADE REISHMAN (JANUARY 17-30 2025)

Ida B. Wells: A Red Record digital video (1920 x 1080), color, sound, 39’ 34”, 2020, United States of America created by Harrison Wade Reishman Ida B. Wells: A Red Record is a biographical machinima that examines the life and contributions of Ida B. Wells, a trailblazing African American journalist and activist. Conceived during the Covid-19 lockdown through the innovative... Read more →

MENTAL NOTE: IS THIS A FAX FROM 2005? NOPE, IT’S AN ACTUAL “PREDICTION” CIRCA 2025

Wow, a critic bravely stepping forward with a ‘fresh insight’ so outdated it could’ve been emailed from a Hotmail account. “Digital vs analog” sounds like “atoms vs bits” (see Nicholas Negroponte, 1995). File under: oracular vernacular. Read more →

MENTAL NOTE: THE PUSH NOTIFICATION APOCALYPSE

“Yes, it's time to panic. It really is time to panic. I don't detect any panic out there at all.” (Peter Carter, 2024) Zoë Schlanger’s July 8 2024 article, published by The Atlantic was spot-on in so many ways. For a media scholar living in Los Santos, the rise of apps like Watch Duty, Citizen, MyShake, AirVisual and AirNow offers... Read more →

MENTAL NOTE: EL DEMONIO WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IN 2031

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BOOK: FOTOLUDICA. FOTOGRAFIA E VIDEOGIOCHI TRA ARTE E DOCUMENTAZIONE (COMING SOON)

Fotoludica. Fotografia e videogiochi tra arte e documentazione Edited by/A cura di: Matteo Bittanti e Marco De Mutiis Translations by/Traduzioni di: Matteo Bittanti Publisher/Editore: Mimesis Edizioni Series/Collana: Eterotopie Publication date/data di pubblicazione: 2025 (in arrivo) Language/Lingua: Italiano Pages/Pagine: 688 Price/Prezzo: €30 Cover jacket/Copertina: Marco Goran Romano Contributors/Autori: Gabriele Aroni, Hans-Joachim Backe, Justin Berry, Matteo Bittanti, Angelo Careri, Richard Cole, Mike... Read more →