Call for papers InterArtes, no. 2, 2022 Edited by: Laura Brignoli, Silvia Zangrandi Department of "Humanistic Studies” Università IULM - Milan Hybrid Hybrid conferences, hybrid museum spaces, hybrid uses of materials... the notion of hybrid seems to be the driving force of contemporary life. If in the past hybrid carried... Read more →
01/21/2022
01/20/2022
EVENT: KADIR KAYSERILIOĞLU (JANUARY 21 - FEBRUARY 3 2022, ONLINE)
WOLFPATH.EXE digital video (1920 x 1080), color, sound, 4’ 04”, 2017, Turkey Created by Kadir Kayserilioğlu January 21 - February 3 2022 Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org Updating a traditional origin myth through video game aesthetics, Wolfpath.exe is a meta-commentary on contemporary Turkey from the perspective of a young artist... Read more →
01/06/2022
EVENT: HILLEVI CECILIA HÖGSTRÖM (JANUARY 7 - 20 2022, ONLINE)
A HAND IN THE GAME digital video, color, sound, 35’ 08”, 2017, Sweden Created by Hillevi Cecilia Högström January 7 - 20 2022 vral.org introduced by Matteo Bittanti A hand in the game is a video essay documenting the artist’s experience with SimPark (1996), a simulation published by Californian game... Read more →
12/31/2021
CHART: 2021_MY FAVORITE CINEMATIC EXPERIENCES
TL;DR: One masterpiece, Michel Franco's New Order, a few very good movies (2-6), the rest was more or less average. Disclaimer: for the very first time since I started these lists, I have not watched a single entry in a movie theatre. My 2021 cinema viewing is, therefore, non existent.... Read more →
12/20/2021
CHART: 2021_MY FAVORITE DOCS
Three masterpieces (#1, #2, #3), several interesting experiments, a few beautiful failures. Overall, a really good year. MIA DISCLAIMER: I have not seen, among others, HALLELUJAH: LEONARD COHEN, A JOURNEY, A SONG, THERE WILL BE NO MORE NIGHT, HOW TO OVERTHROW THE US GOVERNMENT (LEGALLY), FLEE, CARBON AND CAPTIVITY, AGENTS... Read more →