MATTEO BITTANTI

EVENT: SEBASTIAN SCHMIEG (JUNE 24 - JULY 7 2022, ONLINE)

LIGHTS WILL GUIDE YOU HOME digital video/machinima (1920 x 1080), color, sound, 10’ 17”, 2022, Germany Created by Sebastian Schmieg June 24 - July 7 2022 vral.org On Twitch and YouTube, gamers stream their journeys over a replica of our world using flight simulators — some curious, others dutiful, and... Read more →

EVENT: JASON ROUSE (JUNE 10 - JUNE 23 2022, ONLINE)

KOSSOFF FLEES UKRAINE digital video/machinima (2160 x 1440), color, sound, 31’ 12”, 2022, Northern Ireland Created by Jason Rouse vral.org Machinima, landscape painting, first-person shooters, walking simulators, and photogrammetry. Jason Rouse’s new artwork is a triumph of remediation as it incorporates, repurposes, and transforms a variety of media, formats, genres,... Read more →

EVENT: ELISA SANCHEZ (MAY 27 - JUNE 9 2022, ONLINE)

AU-DELÀ DU DÉSERT FLOU, PLUS AUCUNE SAUVEGARDE N’EST POSSIBLE Digital video/machinima (1920 x 1080), color, sound 43’, 2021, France Created by Elisa Sanchez Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org “I’m tired of playing cowboy” says Elisa Sanchez, referring to her experience with Red Dead Redemption 2. To spice up things, she... Read more →

EVENT: FELIX KLEE (MAY 13 - MAY 26 2022, ONLINE)

My paws are soft, my bones are heavy digital video (1920 x 1080), color, sound (stereo), 4’ 57”, Germany, 2021 Created by Felix Klee, 2021 vral.org Can an artificial intelligence dream? Apparently, yes. In this oneiric short, it imagines itself as a virtual mountain lion wandering through digital landscapes. After... Read more →

NEWS: VRAL IS NOW ON PATREON

Italian below I'm happy to announce that VRAL is now available on Patreon. We are using Patreon to build a community for all appreciators of machinima and game videos situated at the intersection of video art, experimental cinema, contemporary art, and avant-garde gaming: we believe that Jack Conte's platform is... Read more →