MATTEO BITTANTI

CALL FOR PAPERS: GAME ENGINE CULTURE(S) (DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 15 2024)

Project overview Game engines like Unity and Unreal Engine have transcended their initial confines in video game development, evolving into versatile platforms that now influence a wide array of creative and scientific fields. These powerful tools are not just limited to gaming; they have reshaped Hollywood visual effects, virtual production, and even pre-visualisation of movie sets, as well as contemporary... 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 →

MEDIA COVERAGE: LUDO PETRO-MASCOLINITÀ SU CARMILLA ONLINE

L'incisiva e dettagliata recensione di Gioacchino Toni di Le strade furiose di Mad Max. Filosofia del mondo post-atomico, a cura di Rudi Capra, Antonio Pettierre, fresco di stampa da Mimesis. Leggi di più: Immaginari di crisi. Da Mad Max a Furiosa (Carmilla Online) La ludo petro-mascolinità in Mad Max (video essay) Read more →

ESSAY: CARMAGEDDON: LA LUDO PETRO-MASCOLINITÀ DI MAD MAX

Tra filosofia, critica cinematografica, analisi sociale e gender studies, Le strade furiose di Mad Max è la prima pubblicazione in Italia ad analizzare l’universo desolato proposto da George Miller nei film dedicati a Max Rockatansky, l’eroe di un mondo post-atomico. Fin dall’uscita di Interceptor nel 1979, la saga ha plasmato in modo decisivo l’immagine distopica e selvaggia dello scenario post-apocalittico;... Read more →

EVENT: THE PHOTOGRAPHER’S GUIDE TO LOS SANTOS (MAY 25 - JUNE 23 2024, LENZBURG, SWITZERLAND)

Mattia Dagani Rio, Los Santos, 2023 The Photographer’s Guide to Los Santos May 25 - June 23 2024 Curated by Marco De Mutiis and Matteo Bittanti address: Dammweg 19 5600 Lenzburg Switzerland Opening hours: Thu-Fri: 2-5 PM Sat-Sun: 10 AM–5 PM The Photographer’s Guide to Los Santos is an official exhibition of the Lenzburg Fotofestival in Lenzburg, Switzerland, and will... Read more →