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
The Institut National des Beaux-Arts in Tétouan, Morocco, has announced Hack the Game: Game Art, Détournement and Video Game Imaginaries, the inaugural edition of the Technology and Art Research International Colloquium (TARIC). The event will take place during the 17th Mediterranean Biennale of Art Schools, scheduled for 9–13
Playground digital video/machinima, color, sound, 10 min 23 sec, 2023, France Created by Célia Caroubi Introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org Playground is a desktop documentary filmed inside Roblox. Célia Caroubi joins her twelve-year-old sister Anna for a remote play session that turns uneasy when another player,
The Power of Play Artists/participants: Espen Aarseth, Pok Yin Victor Leung, postgraduate students from CityUHK School of Creative Media’s Art and Activist Games Workshop, and game cultures represented through Senet, Counter-Strike, Quake III Arena, Minecraft, labyrinth traditions, robotic play, indie games, and eSport Curator: Espen Aarseth, Dean
Museums and Video Games. Collection, Interaction, and Playable Heritage Edited by Matteo Bittanti and Elisabetta Modena In 2011, artist and game designer Pippin Barr created The Artist Is Present, a video game based on Marina Abramović’s performance of the same name, originally staged in 2010 at the Museum of
Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture Otaniementie 14 Espoo, 02150 Finland Application deadline: August 31, 2026, 11:59pm Read the original post here Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture (Aalto ARTS) is a global leader in higher education in design, fashion, games, media, architecture, film, art
Red Threads (我很爱你 / I love you very much) digital video/machinima, color, sound, 12 min, 2022, China Created by Yuchi Ma Yuchi Ma’s Red Threads (我很爱你 / I love you very much) (2022) is a 12-minute single-channel video that treats distance not as an absence but as a
The Mineral Kingdom (Dark Green) (2025) is a 37-minute looped video installation within Connolly’s broader Mineral Kingdom cycle. The work is closely related to Scenes from Subnature and the Mineral Kingdom, a six-channel installation shown earlier in 2025 at lower_cavity, an artist-run, invitational residency and
Event: Shadow Creatures – From Spirit Photography to the Ghosts of the Algorithm Venue: Fotomuseum Winterthur, Grüzenstrasse 44 + 45, CH-8400 Winterthur Dates: 27 June–11 October 2026 Curators: Marco De Mutiis and Rea Grünenfelder Opening: 26 June 2026, 18:00–22:00 Artist talk and book launch: 27 June 2026,
YLOD [video for a bricked ps3] single-channel video, colour, sound, 5 min 31 sec, 2025, United States of America created by Kara Güt June 12–25 2026 introduced by Matteo Bittanti vral.org YLOD [video for a bricked ps3] imagines a faulty character creation menu still haunting the interior
Event: Pixel Pioneers Artists: Christopher Kulendran Thomas, Feng Mengbo, Larry Achiampong, Claudia Hart, Suzanne Treister, Geert Mul, Hoos Blotkamp, Nam June Paik, Peter Struycken, Jeroen Jongeleen Curator: Amira Gad Venue: Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, Gallery II, 4th floor, and Gallery III, 5th floor, Museumpark 24, 3015 CX Rotterdam, The Netherlands
ZIP-Scene Conference on Immersive Storytelling Venue: DOX Centre for Contemporary Art Poupětova 1 170 00 Praha 7-Holešovice Prague, Czech Republic ART*VR Festival activities also extend to Prague Planetarium. Dates: 12–14 November 2026 Admission: Registration fee: 100 EUR for physical attendance. A reduced registration fee is available