FORWARD, UPWARD, IN ALL DIRECTIONS digital video (1980 x 1080), color, sound, 19’ 16”, 2018 (Ukraine) Created by fantastic little splash Introduced by Matteo Bittanti VRAL Both poetic and prosaic, Forward, upward, in all directions is a psychedelic trip inside VRChat, a free-to-play massively multiplayer online virtual reality environment created... Read more →
10/15/2020
10/02/2020
EVENT: VRAL #10_EDWIN LO (OCTOBER 2 - OCTOBER 15 2020)
CRUCIFIXION AND EPIPHANY digital video, color, sound, 22’ 59”, 2020 (Hong Kong) Created by Edwin Lo VRAL Introduced by Luca Miranda A follow up to Those Who Do Not Remember The Past Are Condemned To Repeat It (2020) and The Rupture of Promised Land (Or We Can Never Get There)... Read more →
09/18/2020
EVENT: VRAL #9_BRENT WATANABE (SEPTEMBER 18 - OCTOBER 1 2020)
ANIMAL CROSSING: ALL MINE digital video, color, sound, 7’ 05”, 2020 (United States) Created by Brent Watanabe VRAL Introduced by Matteo Bittanti Conspicuous consumption is the implicit goal of innumerable video games, but Animal Crossing: New Horizons is, by far, the most shameless celebration of capitalism. Released in March 2020,... Read more →
08/16/2020
EVENT: VRAL #7_JÓN BJARKI MAGNÚSSON (AUGUST 21 - SEPTEMBER 3, ONLINE)
EVEN ASTEROIDS ARE NOT ALONE digital video, color, sound, 17’, 2019 (Iceland) VRAL Introduced by Matteo Bittanti In the vast and hostile world of New Eden, trust is not a given. How can one make friends in the depths of space? Even Asteroids Are Not Alone explores social relationships within... Read more →
08/14/2020
CALL FOR ENTRIES: MILAN MACHINIMA FESTIVAL 2021 (DEADLINE: DECEMBER 15, 2020)
The fourth edition of the MACHINIMA FILM FESTIVAL will once again take place at IULM University (Milan, Italy) during the Milano Digital Week, which celebrates the driving forces that are reshaping art, culture, and technology of Italy’s most vibrant city. Filmmakers and video artists engaged in the practice of appropriating,... Read more →