MATTEO BITTANTI

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 →

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 →

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 →

EVENT: VRAL #6_BRENTON ALEXANDER SMITH (JULY 17 - JULY 30 2020, ONLINE)

THINGS ARE DIFFERENT NOW Digital video, color, sound, 7’ 01”, 2020 (Australia) July 17 - July 30 2020 VRAL Introduced by Luca Miranda Things are different now (2020) is both a variation of The Soft Crash (2020 – ongoing) and a complementary, consequential conversation with Brenton Alexander Smith’s other works... Read more →

NEWS: ART JOURNAL (SUMMER 2020)

The Summer 2020 issue of Art Journal is now available in print and online and it features an outstanding selection of essays and articles on the relationship between art and video games, including contributions from guest editor Soraya Murray, Tracy Fullerton, Dorothy R. Santos, Eugénie Shinkle, Alenda Y. Chang, Hava... Read more →