MATTEO BITTANTI

EVENT: JONAS BLUME (JULY 4—17 2025, ONLINE)

Rhythm Zero Los Santos digital video (1920 x 1080), color, sound, 112’ , 2019, Germany created by Jonas Blume What happens when an artist surrenders all agency in a game space designed for violence? In Rhythm Zero Los Santos (2019), Jonas Blume stages a durational performance inside Grand Theft Auto Online, transforming the volatile, multiplayer landscape of San Andreas into... Read more →

UPDATE: RECENT FEATURES ON PATREON (JUNE 2025 PART TWO)

Our Patreon for VRAL exists for people like you - artists, critics, scholars, and curious viewers - who care about avant-garde machinima and game-based video art. It’s a dedicated space where we gather and share what we’ve found, commissioned, or thought through: hundreds of curated posts, from close readings and essays to rare video works and experimental research. By subscribing,... Read more →

BOOK: VIDEOARTE LUDICA (2025)

Edited by/A cura di: Matteo Bittanti Translations by/Traduzioni di: Matteo Bittanti Publisher/Editore: Mimesis Edizioni Series/Collana: Eterotopie (n. 1055) Publication date/data di pubblicazione: June 30 2025/30 giugno 2025 Language/Lingua: Italiano Pages/Pagine: 602 ISBN: 9791222310312 (print); 9791222322513 (digital); DOI: 10.7413/1234-1234060 Price/Prezzo: €40 Cover jacket/Copertina: Marco Goran Romano Contributors/Autori: Thomas Hawranke, Riccardo Retez, Luca Miranda, José Blázquez, Paul Atkinson, Farzad Parsayi, Kara Güt,... Read more →

EVENT: LUCA MIRANDA, RICCARDO RETEZ (JUNE 20—JULY 3 2025)

A Poet in the (Parallel) World digital video (3840 x 2160), color, sound, 7′ 45”, 2023, Italy. created by Luca Miranda, Riccardo Retez VRAL June 20-July 3 2025 A Poet in the (Parallel) World reimagines the relationship between poetry, photography, and virtual environments. Part of an ongoing series examining remakes and adaptations within video game spaces, this machinima reconstructs fragments... Read more →

UPDATE: RECENT FEATURES ON PATREON (JUNE 2025 PART ONE)

Our Patreon for VRAL exists for people like you - artists, critics, scholars, and curious viewers - who care about avant-garde machinima and game-based video art. It’s a dedicated space where we gather and share what we’ve found, commissioned, or thought through: hundreds of curated posts, from close readings and essays to rare video works and experimental research. By subscribing,... Read more →