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EVENT: KARA GÜT (SEPTEMBER 17 - SEPTEMBER 30 2021, ONLINE)

WELCOME TO MY DESERT NEXUS (DEEP INSIDE MY DESERT HEART) Digital video (1920 x 1080), color, sound, 44’ 50”, 2021 (United States) screen recording of a live/virtual performance at Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, New York on June 13 2021 Created by Kara Güt Welcome to My Desert Nexus is a three-act... Read more →

EVENT: THE COOL COUPLE (SEPTEMBER 3-16 2021, ONLINE)

FLYIN' HIGH digital video (3840 × 2160), color, sound, 59’ 21”, 2021 (Italy) Created by The Cool Couple September 3 - 16 2021 Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org What is the relationship between aviation and computation, technology and the environment? Experience the inner contradictions of the modern age – in... Read more →

LIBRO: VRAL SEASON ONE

A cura di Matteo Bittanti and Gemma Fantacci Data di pubblicazione: 6 agosto 2021 Collana: GAME VIDEO/ART STUDIES Caratteristiche: softcover, 340 pagine, 138 immagini a colori Formato: 15×23 cm, 6×9 pollici Lingua inglese ISBN: 9781006648557 Price: 17,99 euro Introdotto nell'aprile 2020 durante una pandemia globale, VRAL è un’esperienza videoludica peculiare... Read more →

EVENT: THEO TRIANTAFYLLIDIS (JULY 23 - AUGUST 5 2021, ONLINE)

RADICALIZATION PIPELINE Digital video (1920 x 1080), color, sound, 15’ 01”, 2021 (Greece) Created by Theo Triantafyllidis July 23 - August 5 2021 Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org You may disagree about the root causes, but the diagnosis is crystal clear: reality has imploded. The symptoms are everywhere. Video game... Read more →

EVENT: KENT SHEELY (JULY 9 - JULY 22 2021, ONLINE)

Kent Sheely Ice Cream President digital video, black and white, sound, 06’ 37” (United States) July 9 - July 22 2021 Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org Fifteen years after its first appearance, Hitman: Blood Money’s disarming yet lethal ice cream truck returns in this bleak machinima that focuses on a... Read more →

EVENT: UBERMORGEN (JUNE 25 - JULY 9 2021, ONLINE)

UBERMORGEN Chinese Gold (Boom) June 25 - July 8 2021 Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org Approximately fifteen years ago, UBERMONGEN introduced Chinese Gold, a sui generis investigation of the gold farming phenomenon, that is, the practice of playing a massively multiplayer online game with the specific aim of acquiring in-game... Read more →

EVENT: LI ZHU (JUNE 11 - JUNE 24 2021, ONLINE)

Li Zhu All Beings Are Suffering June 11 - June 24 2021 Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org All Beings Are Suffering is part of Human Dust, an ongoing project that comprises self-generating scenes of human-like intelligence created by Li Zhu with Unity 3D. These simulated creatures reproduce themselves endlessly, floating... Read more →

BOOK: VRAL SEASON ONE (COMING SOON)

I'm happy to announce that Concrete Press will soon release a new book in the ongoing series GAME VIDEO/ART STUDIES: VRAL SEASON ONE, a comprehensive look at the state of machinima today. Introduced in April 2020 amidst a global pandemic, VRAL is a uniquely curated game video experience, offering screenings... Read more →

EVENT: GWENI LLWYD AND OWEN DAVIES (MAY 28 - JUNE 10 2021, ONLINE)

Gweni Llwyd and Owen Davies Becoming a Legend May 28 - June 10 2021 Introduced by Luca Miranda vral.org The practice of customizing characters and assets in video games has a long tradition within vernacular as well as avant-garde subcultures. In fact, artists have often pursued this route to create... Read more →

EVENT: CASSIE MCQUATER (MAY 14 - 27 2021, ONLINE)

Cassie McQuater HALO May 14 - 27 2021 Introduced by Gemma Fantacci vral.org In these six animated paintings presented as a single channel video, the artist reenacts situations and motifs from the first-person shooter series Halo and the erotic videogame Dream Stripper. Conceived as a dynamic, virtual collage, HALO shows... Read more →