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 →

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 →

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 →

EVENT: VRAL #7_JÓN BJARKI MAGNÚSSON (AUGUST 21 - SEPTEMBER 3, ONLINE)

EVEN ASTEROIDS ARE NOT ALONE digital video, color, sound, 17’, 2019 (Iceland) VRAL Introduced by Matteo Bittanti In the vast and hostile world of New Eden, trust is not a given. How can one make friends in the depths of space? Even Asteroids Are Not Alone explores social relationships within... Read more →

CALL FOR ENTRIES: MILAN MACHINIMA FESTIVAL 2021 (DEADLINE: DECEMBER 15, 2020)

The fourth edition of the MACHINIMA FILM FESTIVAL will once again take place at IULM University (Milan, Italy) during the Milano Digital Week, which celebrates the driving forces that are reshaping art, culture, and technology of Italy’s most vibrant city. Filmmakers and video artists engaged in the practice of appropriating,... Read more →