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 →

UPDATE: RECENT ARTICLES ON PATREON (EDWIN LO, DECEMBER 2024)

Our Patreon for VRAL is a space specifically designed for enthusiasts, critics, artists and scholars interested in avant-garde machinima and game-based video art, offering hundreds of curated posts that dive deep into this art form. For a modest monthly contribution starting at just $3.5, patrons unlock access to a rich repository of exclusive content that include insightful articles, thought-provoking essays,... 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 →

EVENT: GLORIA LÓPEZ CLERIES AND SIVE HAMILTON HELLE (DECEMBER 20 2024 - JANUARY 2 2025, ONLINE)

The Unreal digital video, color, sound, 13’ 50”, 2019, Spain/Norway created by Gloria López Cleries and Sive Hamilton Helle December 20 2024 - January 2 2025 Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org A machinima set within a seemingly alien landscape, The Unreal uses a first-person perspective to guide the viewer through the gleaming surface of an untouched mine. The ambient soundtrack,... Read more →

BOOK: THE PHOTOGRAPHER’S GUIDE TO LOS SANTOS

We are happy to announce that The Photographer’s Guide to Los Santos is now available from Mimesis International in the Post-Cinema and Digital Cultures series. Authors: Marco De Mutiis and Matteo Bittanti Formats: Paperback, ebook and Open Access Series: Post-Cinema and Digital Cultures series ISBN: 9788869774836 Pages: 320 + 100 illustrations in color Release date: December 2024 Language: English Price:... Read more →