MATTEO BITTANTI

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 →

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 →

BOOK: MACHINIMA VERNACOLARE

I'm very happy to announce the release of the first volume in the new series GAME VIDEO/ART. STUDIES, Machinima vernacolare by Riccardo Retez. Available both on Amazon and Blurb in Italian, Machinima vernacolare examines the relationship between cinema, television, and video games, focusing on fandom productions that made machinima into... Read more →

EVENT: VRAL #8_DAVID BLANDY (SEPTEMBER 4 - SEPTEMBER 17 2020)

HOW TO FLY digital video, color, sound, 6’ 23”, 2020 (United Kingdom) Created by David Blandy How to Fly was originally presented by John Hansard Gallery in Southampton as part of the Digital Array programme supported by the Barker-Mill Foundation. VRAL Introduced by Matteo Bittanti Originally commissioned by John Hansard... Read more →

NEWS: GAME VIDEO/ART STUDIES

I'm very happy to announce that Concrete Press will be publishing GAME VIDEO/ART. STUDIES, a series of books inspired by GAME VIDEO/ART. A SURVEY (2016), an exhibition that I curated with Vincenzo Trione with the collaboration of the students of the Degree Course in Arts, Cultural Heritage and Markets atI... Read more →