MATTEO BITTANTI

INTERVIEW: MMF MMXXV, A PREVIEW

In early February, Matteo Bittanti, artistic director of the Milan Machinima Festival, sat down with the eclectic members of the Random (P)arts collective in Oakland, California, for an in-depth conversation about the evolution of the festival and the upcoming events in Los Angeles. What followed was a multifaceted exchange, which we’re pleased to present here, with minor edits for clarity.... Read more →

EVENT: HOU LAM TSUI (FEBRUARY 14 - 27 2025, ONLINE)

Rabu Rabu digital video, colour, sound, 18’ 18”, 2024, Hong Kong. created by Hou Lam Tsui vral.org Rabu Rabu (meaning lovey-dovey in Japanese) reimagines and subverts the conventions of Japanese dating simulation games, known for their focus on interactions with attractive young female characters. Instead, it presents a fictional scenario where the traditional trajectory of falling in love and winning... Read more →

EVENT: NATALIE MAXIMOVA (JANUARY 31 - FEBRUARY 13 2025, ONLINE)

Awaiting Oblivion digital video, colour, sound, 20’ 23”, 2024, Russia created by Natalie Maximova World premiere Awaiting Oblivion interrogates the collapse of simulated reality in The Last of Us Part II, uncovering spaces where the boundaries between representation and existence dissolve. As the digital world fractures into glitches and voids, it exposes the instability of meaning, unmasking the illusion of... Read more →

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 →

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 →