MATTEO BITTANTI

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 →

UPDATE: RECENT ARTICLES ON PATREON (LUCAS AZEMAR AND CHARLOTTE CHERICI'S BAC À SABLE/SANDBOX, APRIL 2024)

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 →

RESEARCH PROJECT: GAME ENGINE CULTURE(S) (2024)

Theo Triantafyllidis, Radicalization Pipeline, live simulation, 2021 (still) Courtesy of the artist GAME ENGINE CULTURE(S) Principal investigators: Matteo Bittanti (Dipartimento di Arti, Media e Spettacolo “Giampaolo Fabris”, Università IULM, Milano), Valentino Catricalà (School of Digital Arts at Manchester Metropolitan University), Paolo Ruffino (Department of Communication and Media, University of Liverpool) Description: Game engines such as Unity and Unreal Engine have... Read more →

RESEARCH: IN-GAME PHOTOGRAPHY BETWEEN THE AVANT-GARDE AND THE VERNACULAR (2023-2024)

Justin Berry, Stone Shields, digital image, 2012 (from the series Videogame Landscapes) In-game photography between the avant-garde and the vernacular, 2023-2024 P.I.s: Matteo Bittanti (Università IULM, Italy), Marco De Mutiis (ECAL Lausanne, Swizterland) project description This conference is part of a research project investigating the relationship between in-game photography (also known as photoludic or videogame photography) and two communities of... Read more →