MATTEO BITTANTI

INTERVIEW: MMF MMXXV, A PREVIEW

In early February, Matteo Bittanti, artistic director of the Milan Machinima Festival, sat down with the eclectic members of the Random (P)arts collective in Oakland, California, for an in-depth conversation about the evolution of the festival and the upcoming events in Los Angeles. What followed was a multifaceted exchange, which we’re pleased to present here, with minor edits for clarity.... Read more →

EVENT: HOU LAM TSUI (FEBRUARY 14 - 27 2025, ONLINE)

Rabu Rabu digital video, colour, sound, 18’ 18”, 2024, Hong Kong. created by Hou Lam Tsui vral.org Rabu Rabu (meaning lovey-dovey in Japanese) reimagines and subverts the conventions of Japanese dating simulation games, known for their focus on interactions with attractive young female characters. Instead, it presents a fictional scenario where the traditional trajectory of falling in love and winning... Read more →

EVENT: NATALIE MAXIMOVA (JANUARY 31 - FEBRUARY 13 2025, ONLINE)

Awaiting Oblivion digital video, colour, sound, 20’ 23”, 2024, Russia created by Natalie Maximova World premiere Awaiting Oblivion interrogates the collapse of simulated reality in The Last of Us Part II, uncovering spaces where the boundaries between representation and existence dissolve. As the digital world fractures into glitches and voids, it exposes the instability of meaning, unmasking the illusion of... Read more →

BOOK: FOTOLUDICA. FOTOGRAFIA E VIDEOGIOCHI TRA ARTE E DOCUMENTAZIONE

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: March 12 2025/12 marzo 2025 (now available) Language/Lingua: Italiano Pages/Pagine: 684 Price/Prezzo: €40 Cover jacket/Copertina: Marco Goran Romano ACQUISTA SU AMAZON ACQUISTA SU FELTRINELLI ACQUISTA SU MONDADORI STORE... Read more →

EVENT: ANDY HUGHES (JANUARY 3-16 2025, ONLINE)

Shimmer digital video, color, sound, 11’, 2024, United Kingdom created by Andy Hughes Shimmer creatively combines photographic assemblage, archival footage, and video game imagery, to interrogate the vitality and agency of materials, positioning pollution and climate change as pivotal concerns while destabilizing the dichotomy between animate and ostensibly inert matter such as “plastics”. Andy Hughes is a British artist whose... Read more →