Background, Action! digital video/machinima, 4 min 30 sec, sound by Perclane, 2026, Russia Created by Natalie Maximova Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org Background, Action! extends Natalie Maximova’s out-of-bounds practice into the production infrastructure of open-world games. Where The Edge of the World (2021) pursued
Instance Dungeons: Gray Zone runs through November 15, 2026, at the National Asian Culture Center, 38 Munhwajeondang-ro, Dong-gu, Gwangju, South Korea, as part of the Pavilion Project accompanying the 16th Gwangju Biennale’s main exhibition, You Must Change Your Life, directed by Ho Tzu Nyen with curators Che
Dates: 10 October–8 November 2026 City Arles, France Format City-wide festival: exhibitions, performances, talks, screenings, workshops, game jam and related activity Curator: Vincent Moncho Official website A ski station in Russia, a sex-cam website, a ruined multiplayer map, an island seen from above, a field where wheat
FILE São Paulo 2026: Inter-creativity runs through 11 October 2026 at the FIESP Cultural Center, Avenida Paulista 1313, opposite Trianon-MASP station in São Paulo, Brazil. The Art Gallery is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Admission is free and no
Nina Davies and 2girls1comp: The Inexorable Non-Player Character September 5, 2026, 4:00 p.m. September 6, 2026, 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. Dance House Helsinki, Cable Factory Kaapeliaukio 3 00180 Helsinki, Finland Duration: 30 minutes Admission: free, advance reservation available Meeting point: Dance House
Kent Sheely has published Crime Time (2026), a new artist book collecting screenshots and digital collages produced during a decade spent inside Grand Theft Auto V Online. Released through Lulu on August 9, the 87-page, full-color paperback has a square format (8.5 × 8.5 inches) and brings
THE UNRAPTURED BIRDS DIVE INTO THE PACIFIC BLUE FOREVER digital video/machinima, 20 min 40 sec, 2026, France created by Yannis Mohand Briki introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org THE UNRAPTURED BIRDS DIVE INTO THE PACIFIC BLUE FOREVER concludes Yannis Mohand Briki’s COMING OF (R)AGE trilogy, turning from
I want to see City paved over and turned into free housing or a nuclear waste repository or something else that helps people. (Lily Belmira) Lily Belmira’s City by Michael Heizer [Free Version] begins outside a fence. Beyond it, a partial reconstruction of Michael Heizer’s City (1970–2022)
Death in August digital video, color, sound, 16 min, 1.85:1, 2023, Portugal Created by Bruno Abib vral.org Following a disturbing incident somewhere in Portugal, a group of friends responds in conflicting ways. Some resist the conditions that surround them, while others seek refuge in a virtual realm.
Ryotaro Sato examines the circulation of game assets in Outlet at BlackBoxKyoto Ryotaro Sato: Outlet August 10–October 11, 2026 BlackBoxKyoto Taniguchi Building, 3F 171-1 Kashiwaya-cho, Nakagyo-ku Kyoto 604-8014, Japan Opening hours: 1:00–9:00 p.m. Closed Tuesday and Wednesday Admission: ¥1,500 on
Yesterday’s Skybox: NBA LIVE 2005 1-On-1 System Modification digital video/machinima, color, sound, 100 min, 2026, China Screen recording documenting the modified one-on-one match between Yao Ming and Shaquille O’Neal. The match itself is programmed to continue indefinitely. This recording concludes when one player
PLAY-TO-PAINT is an ongoing series examining the influence of video games on contemporary painting. Each article considers how artists translate game imagery, virtual camera systems, player-made content, and the temporal logic of play into material form, treating the canvas as a site where digital experience is edited