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Xeno Futurism and Gossamer Fog invite you to In/Human Infrastructures: a three-day symposium, exhibition, and screening programme hosted at Alt_R in Deptford, London. Unfolding across the bank holiday weekend, the symposium will feature a free exhibition and film screenings during the day, followed by an evening programme of lectures, performances, and workshops. Moving beyond academic posturing and hype-cycle sloptimism, the symposium aims to establish a communal contact zone where artists, theorists, and technologists can transfer the tactical skills and operational knowledge needed to navigate an era of accelerating technological capture and uncertain autonomy. Friday 22, Saturday 23 & Sunday 24 May 2026 Alt_R, Enclave 1-2, 50 Resolution Way Deptford, London, SE8 4AL 0rphan Drift videos in the daytime screening program, and presenting OctopusAI work on Sunday 24th of May, the Counter Protocols session. @gossamerfog @xeno_futurism @maggie_mer @bettimarenko @ranumukherjee

K KIN: Metabolic Drift - 0rphan Drift, John Wild, Matt Lewis, V&C (Violet Savage and Ciar Wild) Thursday 14 May 7pm £10 Join us later this month for a new addition to IKLECTIK’s collaborative KIN programming. @iklectikartlab @codedgeometry @0rphan_drift @mattlewis.mattlewis @violet.savage @gravelly_ciar @maggie_mer A three part sonic-led journey through the complex metabolic interplay between society and nature, exploring the vibrational continuum and interconnectedness of the Noosphere, Biosphere, and Geosphere. Video projection and experimental dance both interpret and merge with the sonic experience. Metabolic Drift showcases new research-driven work by 0rphan Drift, Matt Lewis, and John Wild, complemented by experimental improvised dance by V&C (Ciar Wild and Violet Savage).

Screening: Fictioning and the Posthuman Imaginary Curated by Katherine Waugh 29th May, 6 - 8.30pm Screening followed by a discussion with the artists and the curator. Pallas Projects presents a screening programme bringing together works by seminal UK artists David Burrows and Maggie Roberts. Curated by Katherine Waugh, the programme explores practices operating within the field of “fictioning” - where speculative narrative, philosophy and moving image intersect to reframe questions of intelligence, subjectivity and non-human agency. Developed in response to Mark Cullen’s Prototypes for Cyborgs – A Space Opera (Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny, 2025), the programme includes selections from recent film works originating in that exhibition, alongside invited contributions. The evening opens with screenings from all three practices, followed by a discussion between the artists and curator. List of works being shown: Black Hole Ontology (2025) Miasma (2018) If AI Were Cephalopod (2019) Green Skeen (2016) Stargate Sheila (2025) Towards Super-Connection (2024) The Nowhere Belly (2025) Portrait of an Artist as a Transhumanist (2024) 29 May 6 - 8.30pm (followed by refreshments) Screening followed by a discussion with the artists and curator. Photo caption: 1. If AI Were Cephalopod, Orphan Drift, 2019 2. Miasma, Maggie Roberts,2018 3.Towards Super Connection, Mark Cullen, 2024 4. Green Skeen, Orphan Drift & Plasique Fantastique, 2016 5. If AI Were Cephalopod, Orphan Drift, 2019 6. Black Hole Ontology, David Burrows, 2025 7. A Portrait of the Artist as a Transhumanist, Mark Cullen, 2024 @maggie_mer @plastique_fantastique @markoafterdarko #KatherineWaugh #maggie_mer

Coming up!

Repost from @ccsbard • “Assume Form,” curated by Emily Nola, on view April 4 - May 24 as part of the 2026 Graduate Student Curated Exhibitions. Artist/Participants: Cybernetic Culture Research Unit, Lendl Barcelos, Oneohtrix Point Never, 0rphan Drift, Sadie Plant Museum Hours: Wed - Sun, 11am - 5pm⁠ ⁠ To learn more about the exhibitions on view, please visit the link in our bio. Images: Installation views from “Assume Form,” Hessel Museum of Art, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, April 4–May 24, 2026. Master’s thesis exhibition curated by Emily Nola. Photos: Alon Koppel, 2026.

For friends in London, please save the date! Link for tickets coming soon. Part of an exciting more than human evening, 0rphan Drift is creating an AV immersive and embodied experience with dance artists V&C and sound artist John Wild.’ @maggie_mer @ranumukherjee

Emily Nola’s thesis exhibition and publication ‘Assume Form’ is up at Bard , Hessel Museum of Art through May 24. Great to see this period we were so immersed in looked at for its feminist underpinnings and with more complexity and multiplicity than has been given. @emilynola @ccsbard

Repost from @emilynola • Excited to share my thesis exhibition opens on Saturday April 4th at the Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College! “Assume Form” reimagines what exactly alchemized within the Cybernetic Culture Research Unit (CCRU), a para-academic collective convened in 1995. Through a highly interdisciplinary practice they attempted to expand the limits of theoretical production, reckoning with new technologies and their distinct historical moment. Via the artworks, music, magazines, and essays produced by the CCRU and its collaborators, the exhibition creates an imagined space in which the ongoing resonances of this highly influential group begin assuming form. Grateful to the many interlocutors I’ve had on this project, especially the artists, the staff and faculty of CCS Bard, and my incredible cohort who’s exhibitions will also be on view as part of “Everything That Happens Will Happen Today.” Would be thrilled to se you there! Limited seating available on a roundtrip bus from NYC for the opening April 4th. DM me or check the CCS website for details. Can’t wait to share this exhibition with you 🤍

Thanks for unpacking @emilynola Repost from @ccsbard • “Assume Form,” curated by Emily Nola, on view April 4 - May 24 as part of the 2026 Graduate Student Exhibitions and Projects. Opening reception April 4, 1pm - 4pm. ⁠ “Assume Form” reimagines what exactly alchemized within the Cybernetic Culture Research Unit (CCRU), a para-academic collective convened in 1995. Through a highly interdisciplinary practice they attempted to expand the limits of theoretical production, reckoning with new technologies and their distinct historical moment. Via the artworks, music, magazines, and essays produced by the CCRU and its collaborators, the exhibition creates an imagined space in which the ongoing resonances of this highly influential group begin assuming form. Artist/Participants: Cybernetic Culture Research Unit, Lendl Barcelos, Oneohtrix Point Never, 0rphan Drift, Sadie Plant ⁠ For the full exhibition description and to learn more about the other exhibitions on view, please visit the link in our bio.⁠ Image: CCRU with 0rphan Drift, “Modelling the Syzygy Numogram,” 1999, ink pen on paper, 8.27” x 11.69”. Courtesy of the artist (0rphan Drift).

@grayareaorg - presentation for the 10th Gray Atea Festival!

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Zoom-Gespräch: Freitag, 19.7.2024, 20 Uhr 19 Uhr UTC in UK / 11 Uhr PST in den USA Westküste / 14 Uhr EST in den USA Ostküste Ido Radon und 0rphan Drift, mit Stanton Taylor [EN] Die Veranstaltung findet ausschließlich auf Zoom statt: https://rb.gy/7lz77e Begleitend zur Ausstellung #c0da comptoir #fanny carolsruh stellt diese Zoom-Veranstaltung das 0rphan Drift Archiv vor. @0rphan_drift ist eine virtuelle Figur, die seit seit ihrer Gründung 1994 in London als Teil der ersten Generation von Cyberfeminist:innen die Grenzen des maschinellen und menschlichen Sehens erforscht. Die Künstlerin und Autorin @idoradon initiierte dieses Gespräch und führt durch die Zoom-Veranstaltung. Das Gespräch begleitet der Künstler, Autor und Übersetzer Stanton Taylor, ebenfalls ein c0da-Beitragender. Unterstützt durch die @bwstiftung , die #kunststiftungnrw und die #rudolfaugsteinstiftung. Foto-Credit: Katrin Mayer, , Publikationsplattform und Ausstellungsprojekt im Badischen Kunstverein 2024 Zoom Conversation: Friday 19.7.2024, 8 pm 7 pm UTC in UK / 11 am PST in USA West Coast / 2 pm EST in USA East Coast Ido Radon and 0rphan Drift, with Stanton Taylor [EN] The event will take place exclusively on Zoom: https://rb.gy/7lz77e Accompanying the exhibition #c0da comptoir #fanny carolsruh, this Zoom event presents the 0rphan Drift Archive. 0rphan Drift is an artist avatar that has been exploring the boundaries of machine and human vision since its inception in 1994 in London as part of the first generation of Cyberfeminists. Artist and writer Ido Radon initiated this conversation and will lead through the Zoom event. The conversation will also be accompanied by artist, writer and translator Stanton Taylor. He is also a c0da contributor: four chapters of his ongoing essay Traitors in the Machine - Notes on Speculative Feminism, Science Fiction, and Translation can already be found. #badischerkunstverein #kunst #karlsruhe #kunstinkarlsruhe #kulturinkarlsruhe #kunstverein #art #katrinmayer #adkv #visitkarlsruhe #bockaufkarlsruhe #anjacasser @kulturinkarlsruhe @kunstvereine @kulturinkarlsruhe @ka_mnr @kuenstlerischeforschungberlin @idoradon @0rphan_drift