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 →

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 →

EVENT: POYUAN JUAN (JUNE 6—19 2025)

Intrusion digital video (3840 x 2160), color, sound, 15’ 42” seconds, 2021, Taiwan created by Poyuan Juan Intrusion draws upon the server migration incident that occurred between 2007 and 2011, when a large number of Chinese World of Warcraft players relocated to Taiwan servers following regulatory conflicts and censorship in mainland China. The video work reimagines this episode through the... Read more →

EVENT: OLEKSANDR HOISAN (MAY 23—JUNE 5 2025)

The Analogy of Space digital video, color, sound, 12’, 2022, Ukraine created by Oleksandr Hoisan May 23-June 5 2025 vral.org The Analogy of Space (2022) is a 12-minute machinima made with/in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games, 2004), utilizing the CamHunt plugin to enable articulate, fluid cinematography more reminiscent of steadicam or dolly work than in-game animations. Originating as... Read more →