MATTEO BITTANTI

EVENT: KAMILIA KARD (DECEMBER 2 2022, 9 PM CET, ONLINE)

The MILAN MACHINIMA FESTIVAL is delighted to announce its first machinima live performance on its brand new Twitch channel. Curated by Gemma Fantacci, the inaugural show is Kamilia Kard’s Toxic Garden - DANCE DANCE DANCE. Join us tonight Friday December 2 at 9 pm Central European Time (CET)! Toxic Garden... Read more →

EVENT: STEVEN COTTINGHAM (NOVEMBER 18 - DECEMBER 1 2022, ONLINE)

CHAIN-LINK single-channel HD video (1920 x 1080, MPEG-4 AAC, H.264) comprising machinima, 3D animation, and found footage with sound, 90’ 1”, 2022, Canada Created by Steven Cottingham Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org WORLD PREMIERE Bruce Sterling famously stated that the future is “old men, in cities, afraid of the sky”.... Read more →

EVENT: ALIX DESAUBLIAUX (OCTOBER 28 - NOVEMBER 10 2022, ONLINE)

L’AUTRE MONSTRE (THE OTHER MONSTER) digital video/machinima (1920 x 1080), color, sound, 48’ 26”, 2021, France (in French with English subtitles) Created by Alix Desaubliaux October 28 - November 10 2022 vral.org L’Autre Monster (The Other Monster) is an experimental film created with/in Monster Hunter World (Capcom, 2018). A contemplative... Read more →

EVENT: CHRISTIAN WRIGHT (OCTOBER 14-27 2022, ONLINE)

SON digital video/machinima (1920 x 1080), colour, sound, 14’ 59”, 2016, United Kingdom Created by Christian Wright October 14 - 27 2022 Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org Christian Wright reframes painting and cinema through the medium of the video game. Inspired by Caspar David Friedrich’s landscapes and by the extended... Read more →

EVENT: MARTINA MENEGON (SEPTEMBER 30 - OCTOBER 13 2022, ONLINE)

when you are close to me I shiver video recording of live simulation digital video/machinima (1920 x 1080), color, sound, 7’ 47”, 2020, Italy Created by Martina Menegon Sound design by Alexander Martinz Introduced by Luca Miranda vral.org when you are close to me I shiver is an algorithmically controlled... Read more →