WELCOME TO THE DESERT OF THE REAL (2010)

Digital video, color, sound, 6' 37"

Definito dall’artista come “video di contro-propaganda”, questo machinima è stato girato con America’s Army, un popolare videogame online sviluppato dal Dipartimento della Difesa degli Stati Uniti. Il testo è stato adattato da un documento di autovalutazione del disturbo post traumatico da stress. Colonna sonora di Pan Sonic.

Described by the artist as a “Reverse propaganda video”, this machinima was shot inside America's Army, a popular online game developed by the U.S. Department of Defense. The text was adapted from a Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Checklist, a self-report assessment tool. Music by Pan Sonic.

 

PAOLO PEDERCINI (ITALY)

Paolo Pedercini (b. 1981, Italy) lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and teaches an experimental game design class at Carnegie Mellon University. His artistic practice focuses on the relationship between electronic entertainment  and ideology. He often works under the project name “molleindustria” producing video games addressing various social issues such as environmentalism, food politics, labor and gender. His work has been exhibited in proper art contexts from over seventeen countries around the world. He lectured in several universities in Europe and the United States in venues ranging from the oldest squat in Italy to the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Paolo’s work has been received wide international coverage by major media including The Guardian, El Pais, BBC, Liberation, Der Standard, The New York Times, Washington Post, Business Week, Playboy Brazil, ARTE’ TV, The Times among others.

Nato in Italia nel 1981, ma residente a Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania dove insegna un corso di game design sperimentale presso la Carnegie Mellon University, Pedercini esamina la relazione tra intrattenimento elettronico e ideologia. Spesso utilizza lo pseudonimo di “La molleindustria" producendo videogiochi che affrontano questioni sociali come l’ambientalismo, la politica alimentare, il lavoro e il sesso. Le sue opere state esposte in diciassette nazioni. Ha tenuto conferenze in numerose università europee e negli Stati Uniti e in luoghi che spaziano dalla più antica casa occupata italiana al Centro Pompidou di Parigi. Le opere di Pedercini sono state discusse da pubblicazioni internazionali come The Guardian, El Pais, BBC, Liberation, Der Standard, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Business Week, Playboy Brazil, ARTE TV e The Times.