MEDIA: SIGHT & SOUND ON THE ART OF MACHINIMA

"Machinima – a portmanteau of machine and cinema – the process of using real-time computer graphics engines to create a cinematic production [...] has existed for as long as in-game recording has been possible." Matt Turner aka Lost Futures provides a historical and critical overview of machinima, a digital form of filmmaking that lies at the intersection of experimental cinema and video art that began with Miltos Manetas’ Miracle, for Sight & Sound magazine. A must read.

MEDIA COVERAGE: IO DONNA

The July 2 issue of IO Donna, the weekly magazine of Il Corriere della Sera, includes an in-depth article by Camilla Baresani on GAME VIDEO/ART. A SURVEY with several quotes from the students who developed the exhibition.

It's a must read.

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MEDIA COVERAGE: IL SOLE 24 ORE

Italy's most prestigious Sunday magazine, Il Domenicale, has published a terrific review of GAME VIDEO/ART. A SURVEY. Critic Marco Sammicheli has clearly spent some time inside the Contemporary Exhibition Hall at IULM University...

You can read the full text here (in Italian)

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MEDIA COVERAGE: BE.BEAP ON GAME VIDEO/ART. A SURVEY

MICHELE ROTA, BE.BEAP; MAY 3, 2016. Excerpt:

"[Il machinima è] una tecnica che unisce cinema e software art in grado di dimostrare come il videogioco, uno tra i materiali visivi più imperanti della nostra generazione, non sia un prodotto standardizzato, bensì una piattaforma aperta allo stravolgimento e al remixaggio in grado di generare nuove forme di arte contemporanea." (Michele Rota)

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DUELS ON MACHINIMA

Film AND MEDIA magazine DUELS has published a comprehensive article on GAME VIDEO/ART. A SURVEY featuring a conversation between Massimo Rota and Matteo Bittanti ON the past, present, and future of machinima.

You can read the full story (in Italian) by clicking on the image below:

Below, an excerpt: