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⚘ NEW RELEASE ⚘ 𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 #1 | 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗲 𝗗𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗺 | 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗲 — Link in bio 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝐹𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑦𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑒 is a discussion on palatability, power and computation encoded in a single rushed train _[of thought] // [commute]_ to an interview on a Dutch iris farm. Blending autofiction, media theory and myth, it traces the entanglements between public-facing interfaces, machinic mathematics and the data that fuels them. The work reveals how life as a product of purely probabilistic and statistical decisions expresses and roots itself through both our daily essentials, such as clothes and food, as well as historical practices and technologies that shaped them. In the afterword, 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 expands on the text by outlining influence design – a project in which computation operates as an ideological carrier – placing 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝐹𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑦𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑒 within a contemporary media landscape read through a historical-materialist lens. — 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 Ema Maznik Antić, Lea Sande, Primož Krašovec, Janez F. Janša — 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 Federico Antonini ❋ 𝒎𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝗟𝗔𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗛 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 ❋ 21 January—19h—Aksioma | Project Space

Opening today — The Blue Flower Syndrome 🪻 My installation is exhibited at the @designacademyeindhoven graduation show in the basement of @microstad.coworking for the whole of @dutchdesignweek 19-27 October How do algorithmic systems shape and confine social, cultural, and political interactions? A clue might be in the iris dataset, collected in 1934 by British eugenicist Ronald Fisher to develop an algorithm that discriminated and classified the physical characteristics of three different types of flowers. He intended to subsequently use the algorithm on humans, developing a scientifically verified white supremacy. This algorithm remains foundational in machine learning, which relies on the classification and discrimination of data and operates the backend of today's digital platforms. Referencing the performance of online influencers and the aesthetics of scientific dissection theatres, The Blue Flower Syndrome is a narrative display that warns against ignoring the political infrastructure rendered invisible by the complexity of computational systems. At a time when right-wing politics have a stronghold, it is important to recognise how the hidden values of these systems are shaping our lives. With the generous support of Ron de Groot Theatre Textiles Score in collaboration with @theo__alexander and @angel_d_lite Make up by @cuoreyarisalto Photo credit Nicole Marnati Text by @nadineb0tha #geodesign #ddw24 #designacademyeindhoven #design

multithread #1 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐲𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐞 by @benze.de.ream Blending autofiction, media theory and myth, this work traces the entanglements between public-facing interfaces, machinic mathematics and the data that fuels them. The work reveals how life as a product of purely probabilistic and statistical decisions expresses and roots itself through both our daily essentials, such as clothes and food, as well as historical practices and technologies that shaped them. Author’s presentation at Aksioma + book’s preface: aksioma.org/the-blue-flower-syndrome (link in BIO) 🙏 @hyper.text.markup.lea / @kinzam_

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙡𝙪𝙚 𝙁𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙎𝙮𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙚 🎬💙 Design & Artistic Direction: @benze.de.ream Music: @angel_d_lite Camera: @tondabdszs @benze.de.ream Makeup: @cuoreyarisalto Script: @benze.de.ream

After the launch event in Ljubljana and the presentation in Berlin at the @panke.gallery , we had to go to reprint 💙 multithread #1: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝐹𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑦𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑒 by 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗲 𝗗𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗺 is available to order in our bookshop! ⚘ link in bio ❋

influence on tour ⌖₊ ⊹ 𓊆ྀི❤︎𓊇ྀི for @aksiomaorg @panke.gallery @metahaven {1}fever dream @anirammm.m {2} @metahaven a case for Influence Design™️ {3} fantasy @mamakanberlin {5,7,9} Urša Rahne / Aksioma ~with dream team @kinzam_ @hyper.text.markup.lea @okreticmarcela @nezaspam__ Janez Valter ♡ {6&8} TBFS birthplace ★

Consider 𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 launched 🫡 Huge thank youuuu to everyone who joined us last night and squeezed into #Aksioma to hear 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗲 𝗗𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗺 and the editors talk about Dutch tomatoes. ⚘ ⚘ ⚘ Copies of 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝐹𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑦𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑒 are available on our website and in the project space. Secure yours before it becomes lore.
 — Link in bio Photo: Urša Rahne

Of course, we wouldn’t launch 𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 editorial series without the author of its first issue, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝐹𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑦𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑒 ⚘ ⚘ ⚘ 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗲 𝗗𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗺 will be joining us 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 in #Aksioma! A designer, artist, and researcher, his practice investigates the political and #cognitive mechanics of #algorithmic systems. His research unfolds through moving image, performance, writing, and experiential installation, probing how computation choreographs social and affective realities. He will present his work and engage in conversation with the editors @hyper.text.markup.lea and @kinzam_ , who will also introduce the motivations, audience, and future directions of the series. ❋ ❋ ❋ — Event link in bio — 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼 by Tonda Budszus

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TECHNOSFERATU, 2025. Protocol-based interactive installation we collaborated with @sophiabulgakova @designbyrisinglai @marianna_stefanitsi and with support from @impakt.nl and NCAF Taiwan 200cm, 80cm, 190cm steel, MDF, soundproofing foam, twin-wall polycarbonate, TV screen Technosferatu critically explores the materiality of technology and algorithmic infrastructures in the context of longevity culture and life-extension ideologies. Drawing inspiration from the vampire mythos—figures that live forever, yet at a cost—the project engages with contemporary techno-utopian visions that promise anti-ageing, biohacking, and data-driven optimisation as pathways to eternal life. Immortality is no longer a fantasy but a business model, sold through self-tracking devices, algorithmic healthcare, and personalised performance regimes. Images by @petrkroschinsky

Antidisciplinary Semester of Bits and Atoms. Final projects: @benze.de.ream “ALGORITHMIC COUNTERSPELL” - Algorithmic Counterspell is a method by which to examine social media engagement data, specifically that which is ensnared in comment sections, through the lens of neurolinguistics. By critically interpreting Laban Movement Analysis as a translation tool that bridges the human body with computation, each comment is thought as a body, its phrasing as shape, its tone as effort, and its syntactic spread as space. The project moves toward re-embodying language, breaking it free from purely informational logic. It exhausts or stretches language until something new emerges—something that might escape being easily captured or instrumentalised by platform owners. Algorithmic Counterspell stems from a multinodal body of research, one of these nodes is concerned with the Sumerian myth of the Nam-Shub of Enki, an incantation which is said to have shaped the nature of language. Once uttered, the Nam-Shub is said to have confused a homogenous civilisation, resulting in a fragmentation of language. Research support from @trillo.roberto & @most_dismal_swamp In collaboration with @audreysabri & @_._k.w.e.e.n_._

Process for a research-led literal object