MATTEO BITTANTI

UPDATE: RECENT ARTICLES ON PATREON (JULY 2024: 2GIRLS1COMP, FERNANDO PEREIRA GOMES)

Our Patreon for VRAL is a space specifically designed for enthusiasts, critics, artists and scholars interested in avant-garde machinima, offering more than 350 hundred curated posts that dive deep into this art form. For a modest monthly contribution starting at just $3.5, patrons unlock access to a rich repository of exclusive content that spans insightful articles, thought-provoking essays, and videos.... Read more →

EVENT: FERNANDO PEREIRA GOMES (JULY 19 - AUGUST 1 2024, ONLINE)

Light Study digital video (1280 x 720), color, sound, 28’ 32”, 2015, Brazil created by Fernando Pereira Gomes In Light Study, a male avatar from Grand Theft Auto V stands unwavering, gazing into the camera for nearly thirty minutes as weather and light conditions shift subtly yet continuously, painting the scene with an ever-changing palette. The camera remains mostly fixed,... Read more →

EVENT: 2GIRLS1COMP (JULY 5 - 18 2024, ONLINE)

Dancing Plague digital video (1920 x 800), color, sound, 6’ 29”, 2024, Switzerland/Italy created by 2girls1comp In Dancing Plague, a mod for Grand Theft Auto V, the game’s traditionally gendered choreography is subverted, forcing every male NPC to dance feverishly whenever the player holds the H key. This intervention spotlights the inherent gender biases within the game’s animation system, where... Read more →

UPDATE: RECENT ARTICLES ON PATREON (MAY-JUNE 2024: STEFFEN KÖHN, ELIZABETH DESINTAPUTRI, JORDY VEENSTRA)

Our Patreon for VRAL is a space specifically designed for enthusiasts and scholars interested in avant-garde machinima, offering more than 300 hundred curated posts that dive deep into this art form. For a modest monthly contribution starting at just $3.5, patrons unlock access to a rich repository of exclusive content that spans insightful articles, thought-provoking essays, and videos. This subscription... Read more →

PROJECT: THE PHOTOGRAPHER’S GUIDE TO LOS SANTOS

In this video, Marco De Mutiis and Matteo Bittanti introduce The Photographer's Guide to Los Santos, an online companion to the eponymous exhibition which took place in the context of Fotofestival Lenzburg between May 22 and June 23 2024 in Lenzburg, Switzerland. The Photographer’s Guide to Los Santos is several things at once. Firstly, it’s a curated archive and expanding... Read more →