Matteo Bittanti

My academic research focuses on the cultural, social, and theoretical aspects of emerging technologies, with an emphasis on their effects on communication, visual culture, and the arts. I am particularly interested in new media art, especially Game Art. My approach is interdisciplinary, connecting media studies, game studies, visual studies, and art history.
Between 2007 and 2014, I was an Adjunct Professor at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco and Oakland, California where I taught graduate and undergraduate courses in the Visual Studies and Visual and Critical Studies programs. In the United States, I worked as an Associate Researcher and as a PostDoc Researcher at Stanford University and at the University of California, Berkeley. Today, I am on the Scientific and Review Board of various academic journals and institutions.
My artistic practice lies at the intersection of video games, cinema, and the web. My work has been exhibited in the United States, Canada, Argentina, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, France, Cuba, Switzerland, Japan, Spain, and Italy.
My projects have been featured in The Guardian, The New York Times, Harper's Magazine, Fast Company, Motherboard/Vice, BBC, The Bold Italic, Polygon, The San Francisco Chronicle, The San Francisco Examiner, Flash Art, KQED, Hyperallergic, The Atlantic, BusinessWeek, Il Sole 24 Ore, La Repubblica, Il Corriere della Sera, L'Espresso, Rivista Studio, LINK, Business Insider, Radio Popolare, Courier International, Arte Magazine, Dday.it, Swiss Radio Two and TAR.

CURRENT POSITION:

Associate Professor; Programme Manager, Master of Arts in Game Design; Member of the Board, Visual & Media Studies Doctorate programme.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Media studies, game studies, digital humanities, visual studies, and cultural studies.

DISCIPLINARY AREA:

L-ART/06

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Monografie & curatele

​Giochi video. Performance, spettacolo, streaming (A cura di, con Enrico Gandolfi), Mimesis Edizioni, Milano, 2018.

Machinima. Dal videogioco alla videoarte​ (A cura di)​, Mimesis Edizioni, Milano, 2017​.

MACHINIMA. 32 conversazioni sull'arte del videogioco, Concrete Press, San Francisco, 2017.

GAME VIDEO/ART. A SURVEY (​A cura di, con Vincenzo Trione), Silvana Editoriale, Milano, 2016.

Extra Miles. Estetica della guida videoludica, Concrete Press, San Francisco, 2016​.

Oltre il gioco. Critica della ludicizzazione (A cura di, ​con Emanuela Zilio), Milano, Edizioni Unicopli, 2016.

Orizzonti di Forza. Fenomenologia della guida videoludica, Milano, Edizioni Unicopli, 2015.

Machinima! Teorie. Pratiche. Dialoghi (A cura di, ​con Henry Lowood), Milano, Edizioni Unicopli, 2013.

Intermedialità. Videogiochi, cinema, televisione, fumetti (A cura di), Milano, Edizioni Unicopli, 2008.

Schermi Interattivi. Il cinema nei videogiochi (A cura di), Roma, Meltemi, 2008.

GameScenes. Art in the Age of Videogames​ (con Domenico Quaranta) Milano, Johan & Levi, 2006.

Doom. Giocare in prima persona (A cura di, ​con Sue Morris), Milano, costa & nolan, 2005.

Civilization. Storia virtuale, fantasie reali (A cura di), Milano, costa & nolan, 2005.

Gli strumenti del videogiocare. Logiche, Estetiche e (v)ideologie (A cura di), Milan, costa & nolan, 2005.

Per una cultura del videogames. Teorie e prassi del videogiocare (A cura di), Milano, Edizioni Unicopli, 2002 [​edizione ampliata:​ 2004].

SimCity. Mappando le città virtuali (A cura di), Milano, Edizioni Unicopli, 2004.

The Sims. Similitudini. Simboli. Simulacri (con Mary Flanagan), Milano, Edizioni Unicopli, 2003.

L'innovazione technoludica: i videogiochi nell'era simbolica (1958-1984), Milano, Jackson Libri, 1999.

 

 

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COURSES 2021/2022

Bachelor of Science in Corporate Communication and Public Relations

- Social change in the digital age
 
Bachelor of Science in Communication, Media and Advertising

- Digital Communication

Master's Degree in Television, Cinema and New Media

- Videogames: tecnology and art

COURSES 2020/2021

Bachelor of Science in Corporate Communication and Public Relations

- Social change in the digital age

Bachelor of Science in Communication, Media and Advertising (Group 1, 2)

- Web languages 

Digital communication 

Master's Degree in Television, Cinema and New Media

- New media and digital enterteinment

Gaming and video games

COURSES 2019/2020

Bachelor of Science in Communication, Media and Advertising (Group 1, 2)

- Mass media, new media and network companies

Multimedia communication

Master's Degree in Television, Cinema and New Media

- New media and Digital Entertainment

Gaming and Video Games

COURSES 2018/2019

Bachelor of Science in Communication, Media and Advertising (Group 1, 2)

- Mass media, new media and network companies

Multimedia communication

Master's Degree in Television, Cinema and New Media

- Digital art Identity, culture and technology

COURSES 2017/2018

Bachelor of Science in Communication, Media and Advertising (Group 1)

Mass media, new media and network companies

- Multimedia communication

Bachelor of Science in Communication, Media and Advertising (Group 2)

Mass media, new media and network companies

- Multimedia communication

COURSES 2016/2017

Bachelor of Science in Communication, Media and Advertising (Group 1)

Mass media, new media and network companies

- Multimedia communication

Bachelor of Science in Communication, Media and Advertising (Group 2)

Mass media, new media and network companies

- Multimedia communication