London-based artist duo dmstfctn explores opaque systems of power through performance, installation, video games and film. Their work often involves audiences directly, inviting them into the 'demystification' of systems by replicating and replaying them, and into their 'remystification' by building worlds, characters and myths atop them.

    next (group show)
    Rhizome World
    RHIZOME, new york
    .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Showing GOD MODE (ep. 1) and Godmode Epochs, co-presented by Onkaos
    Bits & Bots
    CENTRO DE HISTORIAS, zaragoza
    .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Showing The Models (2025), endless AI-generated improv theatre
    OS2.4
    SINGAPORE ART MUSEUM
    .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Showing the AI-training video game Godmode Epochs (2023) online
    (news)
    dmstfctn & Lawrence Lek
    DIGITAL DEAL PODCAST
    .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... dmstfctn & Lawrence Lek talk about improvisation, roleplaying and mistakes in AI
    dmstfctn & Lawrence Lek
    Digital Deal Podcast
    ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    What happens when AI lies?
    DOMUS
    .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Interview about The Models (2025), endless AI-generated improv theatre
    2025 (solo show)
    ART CITY 2025
    TECNOPOLO, bologna
    (panel)
    AI, Creativity and Ethics
    V&A, london
    New Metabolism
    GLUON, brussels
    (group show)
    East London Art Prize
    NUNNERY GALLERY
    2024 (live)
    Waluigi's Purgatory
    MEET, milan
    ROMA EUROPA FESTIVAL
    MATTATOIO, rome
    ROBOT FESTIVAL
    bologna
    SMART LIFE FESTIVAL
    TEATRO S CARLO, modena
    INDEX Biennial
    GNRATION, braga
    CRYPTIDS with Gunseli Yalcinkaya
    SONAR+D, barcelona
    CRYPTIDS
    SONAR+D, barcelona
    Futur.Shock
    FOLD, london
    Waluigi's Purgatory
    SERPENTINE×HQI, london
    GOD MODE (ep. 1)
    MUDAERUK, seoul
    GOD MODE (ep. 1)
    SYSTEM, shanghai
    (group show)
    Waluigi's Purgatory
    ARE YOU FOR REAL
    Showing excerpts from Waluigi's Purgatory (2024) with contextual notes
    Decentralized Futures
    ETOPIA, zaragoza
    SOLO AI AWARD
    GOLDSMITHS, london
    (screening)
    NOINDEX: is nothing forever?
    ICA, london
    (news)
    what happens when an AI cheats?
    DAZED
    dmstfctn speak to Günseli Yalcinkaya about Waluigi's Purgatory (2024)
    Kill the Luigi in your head
    NERO
    dmstfctn speak to NERO about Waluigi's Purgatory (2024)
    dmstfctn & Evita Manji
    COEVAL MAGAZINE
    dmstfctn & Evita Manji speak to Alasdair Milne about Waluigi's Purgatory (2024)
    conversation with evita & dmstfctn
    T-MAG
    In conversation with Evita Manji & dmstfctn
    T-MAG
    "Ever wondered whether an Artificial Intelligence could have its own desires?"
    S+T+ARTS nomination
    ARS ELECTRONICA
    Godmode Epochs (2023) wins a S+T+ARTS nomination a year after its release
    Networked Worlds
    WEPRESENT
    Waluigi's Purgatory (2024) featured in the Wepresent x Wetransfer publication
    (residency)
    European Digital Deal
    LEONARDO SUPERCOMPUTER, bologna
    Finetuning a system for endless AI generated theatrical improvisation
    (talk)
    bodystacked
    LCF, london
    A talk on the faciality of AI characters in the GOD MODE series (2022-)
    2023 (group show)
    Directory
    THE WRONG BIENNALE, alicante
    (live)
    Semibreve
    THEATRO CIRCO, braga
    (talk)
    Autonomous Worlds day
    istanbul
    Beyond Cultures of Ownership
    SOMERSET HOUSE, london
    Godmode Epochs
    SERPENTINE, twitch
    dmstfctn plays Godmode Epochs
    SERPENTINE, twitch
    Godmode Epochs (2023) launch on Serpentine's Twitch with curator Eva Jäger
    AI UK 2023
    QEII CENTRE, london
    (release)
    Large Lore Models
    0XPARC
    Large Lore Models
    0XPARC
    A speculative tool for narrative building, with Eva Jäger and Alasdair Milne
    Godmode Epochs
    STEAM
    An AI training game set in an infinite supermarket, time is short, the AI frustrated
    (residency)
    ARTECHO
    ETOPIA, zaragoza
    Building a fully onchain narrative generation game, a.k.a a 'Large Lore Model'
    (news)
    Turret Theory
    SERPENTINE
    Alasdair Milne examines the video game Godmode Epochs (2023)
    Godmode Epochs
    ALAN TURING INSTITUTE
    dmstfctn are awarded the 2022 Alan Turing Institute Public Engagement Grant
    dmstfctn investigates contemporary environments
    CLOT
    An interview with Christopher Michael on the GOD MODE series (2022—)
    come addestrare una intelligenza artificiale?
    ARTRIBUNE
    An interview in Italian expanding on the vide ogame Godmode Epochs (2023)
    2022 (live)
    GOD MODE (ep. 1)
    SERPENTINE, london
    IMPAKT FESTIVAL
    HET HUIS, utrecht
    UNSOUND BUBBLES
    kraków
    GOD MODE (ep. 1)
    HQI, london
    (news)
    Artist conversation with dmstfctn
    IMPAKT TV
    A live interview on simulation and AI, hosted by Marijn Bril at IMPAKT festival
    2021 (release)
    ECHO FX
    KRISIS PUBLISHING
    A book and performance about market manipulation on Brexit Referendum night
    Ø
    FLATLINE PRESS/HYPERDUB
    (screening)
    INTERFACE CHAOS ft SKY H1
    CAFE OTO, london
    (group show)
    NONPLUSULTRABLACK
    SYNNIKA, frankfurt
    (news)
    Demystification Committee debuts echo fx
    AQNB
    "The performance revisits the sociopolitical and economic tumult following Brexit"
    ECHO FX
    SLEEK
    "A modern tale, constructed of lies, gorilla advertising bus campaigns and ..."
    REALITY CHECK AHEAD
    CLOT
    "If the performance was a reaction, the book is a reflection, at 0x speed ..."
    2020 (live)
    CTM × TRANSMEDIALE
    BERGHAIN, berlin
    (solo)
    OFFSHORE MATTERS
    AKSIOMA, ljubljana
    (screening)
    INTERFACE CHAOS
    FORUM STADTPARK, graz
    (talk)
    Moneylab #8
    AKSIOMA
    A panel on works of art that investigate the offshore financial industry
    (news)
    INTERFACE CHAOS ft SKY H1
    NERO
    An interview on the short film 'INTERFACE CHAOS' (2019), including excerpts
    CHASING ILLICIT MONEY
    NEW YORK TIMES
    "A group of artists began a project to show how money could be moved offshore"
    2019 (live)
    DESIGNING TIME
    DESIGN MUSEUM, london
    (solo)
    NETWORK ENSEMBLE
    GLUQBAR, milan
    (group show)
    A SCHOOL OF SCHOOLS
    C-MINE, genk
    PORTO DESIGN BIENNALE
    TRINDADE, porto
    A SCHOOL OF SCHOOLS
    LUMA, arles
    (screening)
    Ø.29
    CORSICA STUDIOS, london
    PORTO DESIGN BIENNALE
    CAMPO 24 DE AGOSTO, porto
    INTERFACE CHAOS
    TRUST, berlin
    INTERFACE CHAOS
    EVENING CLASS, london
    (release)
    Flash Demons
    MILLE PLATEAUX
    Audiovisual genealogy of financial algorithmic collapse, limited editon USB
    2018 (live)
    transmediale face value
    HKW, berlin
    Borderline Festival
    ONASSIS, athens
    Borderline Festival
    ONASSIS STEGI, athens
    "Approach from West India Quay, see what corpses sprouted on the Isle of Dead"
    Radical Networks
    SPEKTRUM, berlin
    (group show)
    4th Design Biennial
    ARTER, istanbul
    4th Istanbul Design BIENNIAL
    ARTER, istanbul
    transmediale face value
    HKW, berlin
    Situation #111
    FOTOMUSEUM, winterthur
    (talk)
    Automated Lands
    NEW INSTITUTE, rotterdam
    Automated Landscapes
    HET NIEUWE INSTITUUT, rotterdam
    Discussing the participative artwork Offshore Investigation Vehicle (2018)
    transmediale face value
    HKW, berlin
    Discussing the participative artwork Offshore Investigation Vehicle (2018)
    IMPAKT Festival
    HET HUIS, utrecht
    Discussing sonic experimentation with algorithms and financial speculation
    MoneyLab #4
    SOMERSET HOUSE, london
    Discussing the participative artwork Offshore Investigation Vehicle (2018)
    Alt-Age
    DESIGN MUSEUM, london
    (release)
    A DAY IN THE LIFE OF
    SCHLOSS-POST
    "The phone on the cafe table buzzes: Graham. Mark sighs. Graham is a prick"
    The Offshore Economist
    Rizosfera
    "You are alone on a dusty desert road... You have just run out of water....."
    (news)
    Buon Paradiso Fiscale a Tutti
    NERO
    An interview in Italian expanding on 'Offshore Investigation Vehicle' (2017-18)
    2017 (talk)
    the influencers
    CCCB, barcelona
    (residency)
    Vilem Flusser Residency
    TRANSMEDIALE, berlin
    (release)
    SELECTED NETWORK STUDIES
    NUKFM
    AV experiments with wireless network infrastructure, limited edition SD card