Milan Machinima Festival 2023: Five Video Art Works Made with Video Games
The 2023 Milan Machinima Festival, which focuses on machinima, is available online for free until March 26. An in-person event is scheduled for March 25 at the Museo Interattivo del Cinema in Milan, with tickets available on Eventbrite. Among the featured works is Hardly Working by Total Refusal, which earned the Best Director award at the 2022 Locarno Film Festival. The online extension, VRAL, introduces new content every two weeks and provides exclusive material on Patreon. Noteworthy pieces include A Report for Humanity by Luca Giacomelli, Hurt/Comfort by Kara Güt, Prazinburk Ridge by Martin Bell, This History Is Auto-Generated: A Tale Of Two Thailands by Nanut Thanapornrapee, and The Sunset Special by Nicolas Gebbe, which critiques consumer culture.
Key facts
- Milan Machinima Festival 2023 runs online until March 26 and offline on March 25 at Museo Interattivo del Cinema, Milan.
- Hardly Working by Total Refusal won Best Director at Locarno Film Festival 2022.
- VRAL is the online supplement of the festival, releasing works biweekly with interviews.
- A Report for Humanity by Luca Giacomelli adapts Kafka's story using synthesized voice and game footage.
- Hurt/Comfort by Kara Güt uses a Twitch stream while playing Elden Ring to explore confession and performativity.
- Prazinburk Ridge by Martin Bell was made with Unreal Engine during the pandemic, based on a biography of Douglas Clark.
- This History Is Auto-Generated by Nanut Thanapornrapee uses GPT-3 and game footage to create alternative histories of Thailand.
- The Sunset Special by Nicolas Gebbe includes an animated short, a website, and a forthcoming VR experience.
Entities
Artists
- Luca Giacomelli
- Kara Güt
- Martin Bell
- Nanut Thanapornrapee
- Nicolas Gebbe
- Total Refusal
- Franz Kafka
- George R. R. Martin
- Steve Bell
- Douglas Clark
Institutions
- Milan Machinima Festival
- Museo Interattivo del Cinema
- Eventbrite
- VRAL
- Patreon
- Locarno Film Festival
- Twitch
- Amazon
- FromSoftware
- Epic Games
- Rockstar Games
- Roblox Corporation
- Lucas Pope
- Indie Film Hustle
- Pitch Publishing
- Artribune
- FISAR
- Scuola Internazionale di Comics di Firenze
- Gravure
Locations
- Milan
- Italy
- Locarno
- Switzerland
- Thailand