MATTEO BITTANTI

EVENT: TOTAL REFUSAL (JANUARY 29 - FEBRUARY 11 2021)

FEATHERFALL Digital video (1920 x 1080), color, sound, 10’ 21”, 2019 (Austria) Created by Total Refusal VRAL January 29 - February 11 2021 Introduced by Matteo Bittanti Originally conceived as a video installation, Featherfall is presented on VRAL as a single channel machinima. Adopting the format of the video essay,... Read more →

EVENT: ISABELLE ARVERS (JANUARY 15 - 28 2021)

MER ROSE CLAIRE Digital video (1920 x 1080), color, sound, 17’ 39”, 2020 (France) Created by Isabelle Arvers, 2020 Introduced by Gemma Fantacci Mer Rose Claire is part of Arvers’ ongoing abstract machinima series La Mer (2016-) which depicts shapes and abstract landscapes created by the Moviestorm game engine. Evocative... Read more →

MENTAL NOTE: WEATHER BY JENNY OFFILL (2020)

I don't have a "favorite novel" of 2020, for a variety of reasons, including the fact that: a) I don't read enough fiction to begin with; b) I don't keep track of books I have read throughout the year with the same neurotic meticulousness that I apply to other cultural... Read more →

CHART: MY FAVORITE MOVIES OF 2020

The year of neo-neo-realism: Possessor, Vivarium, The Platform, The Chambermaid, Eastern, The Audition, Perfect Nanny perfectly mirror the state of the world in 2020: pervasive corporate crimes, Darwinian struggles, conspicuous consumption, widespread cannibalism, widening inequality, family feuds, children murdering each other, adults murdering children, children murdering adults, irreversible climate damage,... Read more →

ARTICOLO: CONTRO IL VIDEOGIOCO (LUDICA)

Un'anteprima di Game over. Critica della ragione videoludica su LUDICA. Leggi l'articolo completo Articolo correlato: Game Over, Cyberpunk 2077 Read more →