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"There’s something liberating about resisting obsolescence. Things die only when we stop remembering them." (Yannis Mohand Briki) milanmachinimafestival.org/vral-screening

A CLOSER LOOK AT YANNIS MOHAND BRIKI’S THE INSUFFERABLE WEIGHT OF BEING A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD MURDERER milanmachinimafestival.org/blog/2025/10/1…

VRAL #117: BABAK AHTESHAMIPOUR (OCTOBER 10—23 2025) milanmachinimafestival.org/vral-screening

A MACHINIMATED AUDIO DOCUMENTARY FROM 99% INVISIBLE AND ENDLESS THREAD youtube.com/watch?v=9tsrKq…

VRAL #118: ANNA ROTAENKO (OCTOBER 24—NOVEMBER 2025) milanmachinimafestival.org/vral-screening

"I think criticizing GTA is boring — it’s like criticizing Tarantino for his entertaining movies from the nineties — who would we even be without them?" (Anna Rotaenko) milanmachinimafestival.org/vral-screening

"At the time, I was fascinated by ideas of critical engineering, but as a conceptual author, I only flirt with various technologies, occasionally using them against their intended purpose to get my own poetic result." (Anna Rotaenko) milanmachinimafestival.org/vral-screening

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A CLOSER LOOK TO ANNA ROTAENKO’S REAL WEAPON milanmachinimafestival.org/blog/2025/10/2…

"Trevor from GTA sometimes woke up hungover in a minidress. To me, he definitely got the same vibe. But in this video, he plays my alter ego, and the words he/she/they/it say belong to me." (Anna Rotaenko) milanmachinimafestival.org/vral-screening

VRAL #119: BAHAREH KHOSHOOEE (NOVEMBER 7—20 2025) milanmachinimafestival.org/vral-screening

A CLOSER LOOK AT BAHAREH KHOSHOOEE’S LIFESTREAM milanmachinimafestival.org/blog/2025/11/8…

MISBEHAVING AVATARS: ON BAHAREH KHOSHOOEE’S MAXMOTIVES milanmachinimafestival.org/blog/2025/11/9…

"Body types and all sorts of bodily diversities—from skin texture and teeth arrangement to the shape of the nose or the amount of fat on each body part—get flattened through the machine." (Bahareh Khoshooee) milanmachinimafestival.org/vral-screening

"I wanted to look at hands, both physical and virtual, and think about what they symbolize. What does it mean to touch something digital? What does it mean to have a virtual hand that touches virtual objects?" (Bahareh Khoshooee) milanmachinimafestival.org/vral-screening

“I accidentally gave in to that toxic productivity trend that celebrities perform on their shows. Just because people were watching me, I felt pressured not to be “lazy.”” (Bahareh Khoshooee) milanmachinimafestival.org/vral-screening

"Glitch and the unpolished edges are where I thrive. I continue to make work that refuses polish, maybe as a way to directly address the viewer and break the fourth wall. I’m interested in the messy, the in-between, the liminal." (Bahareh Khoshooee) milanmachinimafestival.org/vral-screening

VRAL #120: ALONA RODEH (NOVEMBER 21—DECEMBER 4 2025) milanmachinimafestival.org/vral-screening

"[Drones] represent the essence of the gamification of war and all that is evil, and yet at the same time, they are a symbol of heroism, in the David vs Goliath style." (Alona Rodeh) milanmachinimafestival.org/vral-screening