MATTEO BITTANTI

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 →

MENTAL NOTE: IS THIS A FAX FROM 2005? NOPE, IT’S AN ACTUAL “PREDICTION” CIRCA 2025

Wow, a critic bravely stepping forward with a ‘fresh insight’ so outdated it could’ve been emailed from a Hotmail account. “Digital vs analog” sounds like “atoms vs bits” (see Nicholas Negroponte, 1995). File under: oracular vernacular. Read more →

MENTAL NOTE: EL DEMONIO WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IN 2031

BOOK: FOTOLUDICA. FOTOGRAFIA E VIDEOGIOCHI TRA ARTE E DOCUMENTAZIONE (COMING SOON)

Fotoludica. Fotografia e videogiochi tra arte e documentazione Edited by/A cura di: Matteo Bittanti e Marco De Mutiis Translations by/Traduzioni di: Matteo Bittanti Publisher/Editore: Mimesis Edizioni Series/Collana: Eterotopie Publication date/data di pubblicazione: 2025 (in arrivo) Language/Lingua: Italiano Pages/Pagine: 688 Price/Prezzo: €30 Cover jacket/Copertina: Marco Goran Romano Contributors/Autori: Gabriele Aroni, Hans-Joachim Backe, Justin Berry, Matteo Bittanti, Angelo Careri, Richard Cole, Mike... Read more →