Demons

DEMONS
2018
AV performance
22 minutes

Performed: Spektrum (Berlin)

DEMONS is an audiovisual reenactment of the October 19, 1987 stock market crash known as Black Monday, the first in which algorithmic trading was implicated. Performed on the the 31^st anniversary of the crash at Spektrum in Berlin, the piece explores confirmation bias in algorithmic trading, translating historic data from the day's trading at the New York Stock Exchange into sound.

Responding to a set of seemingly unconnected events unfolding at the time of market opening, the computers of institutional investors on the New York Stock Exchange executed a number of automated trades in order to protect the values of their portfolios against volatile market conditions. As the computers followed each others' trading patterns, a panic selling domino effect was triggered. A recording of the performance is included in Flash Demons (MILLE PLATEAUX, 2019).

2019 (music): Flash Demons
MILLE PLATEAUX
2018 (live AV): Radical Networks
SPEKTRUM, Berlin
(talk): IMPAKT Festival
HET HUIS, Utrecht

DEMONS
2018
AV performance
22 minutes
Performed: Spektrum (Berlin)

DEMONS is an audiovisual reenactment of the October 19, 1987 stock market crash known as Black Monday, the first in which algorithmic trading was implicated. Performed on the the 31^st anniversary of the crash at Spektrum in Berlin, the piece explores confirmation bias in algorithmic trading, translating historic data from the day's trading at the New York Stock Exchange into sound.
Responding to a set of seemingly unconnected events unfolding at the time of market opening, the computers of institutional investors on the New York Stock Exchange executed a number of automated trades in order to protect the values of their portfolios against volatile market conditions. As the computers followed each others' trading patterns, a panic selling domino effect was triggered. A recording of the performance is included in Flash Demons (MILLE PLATEAUX, 2019).

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London−based artist duo dmstfctn explores complex systems through the lenses of simulation, fiction and experience. Their immersive performances, video installations and video games demystify systems by replicating and exploring them together with audiences, and remystify them by building new stories and worlds atop them.

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now (fellowship): N-SPACE
SOMERSET HOUSE STUDIOS, London
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(talk): ars electronica
POSTCITY, Linz
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(group show): Me + You + Them = Us
ADAPTER, Budapest
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(publication): Future Art Ecosystems 5
SERPENTINE, London
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BIANJIE RESEARCH GROUP
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2025 (group show): Rhizome World
WSA, New York City; EDINBURGH ART FESTIVAL
Edinburgh; authenticity unmasked
EDINBURGH ART FESTIVAL, Edinburgh; OS2.4
SINGAPORE ART MUSEUM, Singapore; ELAP 2025
NUNNERY GALLERY, London; Bits & Bots
CENTRO DE HISTORIAS, Zaragoza
(solo show): The Models
TECNOPOLO, Bologna
(panel): AI, Creativity and Ethics
V&A, London; New Metabolism
GLUON, Brussels
(publication): Investigating Decentralized Action in Art
LECTURIS
(news): dmstfctn & Lawrence Lek
Digital Deal podcast; dmstfctn ^× Lawrence Lek
DIGITAL DEAL PODCAST; What happens when AI lies?
DOMUS; Prompting as creative writing
MANGROVIA
2024 (live AV): Futur.Shock
FOLD, London; Waluigi's Purgatory
SERPENTINE^×HQI, London; ROMA EUROPA FESTIVAL
MATTATOIO, Rome; ROBOT FESTIVAL
SAN BARBAZIANO, Bologna; CRYPTIDS with Günseli Yalcinkaya
SONAR+D, Barcelona; GOD MODE (ep. 1)
SYSTEM, Shanghai; INDEX Biennial
GNRATION, Braga; Waluigi's Purgatory
MEET, Milan; SMART LIFE FESTIVAL
TEATRO S. CARLO, Modena; GOD MODE (ep. 1)
MUDAERUK, Seoul
(group show): Waluigi's Purgatory
ARE YOU FOR REAL; Decentralized Futures
ETOPIA, Zaragoza; Decentralized Futures
KOELHUIS, Eindhoven
(screening): NOINDEX: is nothing forever?
ICA, London
(award): S+T+ARTS nomination
ARS ELECTRONICA; SOLO AI AWARD
GOLDSMITHS, London
(news): what happens when an AI cheats?
DAZED; Kill the Luigi in your head
NERO; dmstfctn & Evita Manji
COEVAL MAGAZINE; conversation with evita & dmstfctn
T-MAG; In conversation with Evita Manji & dmstfctn
T-MAG; Networked Worlds
WEPRESENT
(fellowship): European Digital Deal
LEONARDO SUPERCOMPUTER, Bologna
(talk): bodystacked
LCF, London
2023 (group show): Directory
THE WRONG BIENNALE, Alicante
(live AV): 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; AI UK 2023
QEII CENTRE, London
(award): EDIGMA SEMIBREVE AWARD
Braga
(publication): Large Lore Models
METALABEL; Large Lore Models
METALABEL
(residency): ARTECHO
ETOPIA, Zaragoza
(news): Turret Theory
SERPENTINE; Public Engagement Grant
THE ALAN TURING INSTITUTE, London; dmstfctn investigates contemporary environments
CLOT; how to train ai?
ARTRIBUNE
2022 (live AV): 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
2021 (book): ECHO FX
KRISIS PUBLISHING; 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; ECHO FX
SLEEK; REALITY CHECK AHEAD
CLOT
2020 (live AV): CTM ^× TRANSMEDIALE
BERGHAIN, Berlin
(solo): OFFSHORE MATTERS
AKSIOMA, Ljubljana
(screening): INTERFACE CHAOS
FORUM STADTPARK, Graz
(talk): Moneylab #8
AKSIOMA
(news): INTERFACE CHAOS ^ft SKY H1
NERO; CHASING ILLICIT MONEY
NEW YORK TIMES; Tax Havens: Normalized Grand Theft
WE MAKE MONEY NOT ART
2019 (live AV): DESIGNING TIME
DESIGN MUSEUM, London
(solo): NETWORK ENSEMBLE
GLUQBAR, Milan
(group show): A SCHOOL OF SCHOOLS
C-MINE, Genk; A SCHOOL OF SCHOOLS
Z33, Hasselt; 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
(music): Flash Demons
MILLE PLATEAUX
2018 (live AV): transmediale face value
HKW, Berlin; Borderline Festival
ONASSIS, Athens; Borderline Festival
ONASSIS STEGI, Athens; Radical Networks
SPEKTRUM, Berlin
(group show): 4^th Design Biennial
ARTER, Istanbul; 4^th 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; transmediale face value
HKW, Berlin; IMPAKT Festival
HET HUIS, Utrecht; MoneyLab #4
SOMERSET HOUSE, London; Alt-Age
DESIGN MUSEUM, London
(publication): A DAY IN THE LIFE OF
SCHLOSS-POST; The Offshore Economist
Rizosfera
(news): What Audre Lorde's Language of Self Care Can Teach
FRIEZE; Happy tax haven to all
NERO
2017 (talk): the influencers
CCCB, Barcelona
(residency): Vilem Flusser Residency
TRANSMEDIALE, Berlin
(music): SELECTED NETWORK STUDIES
NUKFM

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