FLASH

FLASH is a sonic reenactment of one of the fastest stock market crashes in history, occurring on May 6, 2010 and known as Flash Crash. As a set of strange events took place globally on that day, from an uncertain election outcome in the UK to demonstrations against austerity policies in Greece, US commentators searched for a meaningful narrative to the unfolding market accident.

Speculations on what happened continued until 2015, when a London trader was arrested and extradited to the US to be investigated on market manipulation charges. The trader admitted to profiting from the market during high volatility by using software hacked to enable spoofing, a tactic to alter the perceived supply and demand of a market commodity in order to affect its price.

FLASH was performed on the 8^th anniversary of the crash, translating May 6, 2010 trading data from the New York Stock Exchange and Chicago Stock Exchange into sound. The performance was released in 2019 by German label MILLE PLATEAUX.

2019 (release): Flash Demons
MILLE PLATEAUX
Audiovisual genealogy of financial algorithmic collapse, limited editon USB
2018 (talk): Automated Lands
NEW INSTITUTE, rotterdam; IMPAKT Festival
HET HUIS, utrecht
A talk on sonic work, part of the panel "Algorithms And Financial Speculation"; Alt-Age
DESIGN MUSEUM, london

FLASH is a sonic reenactment of one of the fastest stock market crashes in history, occurring on May 6, 2010 and known as Flash Crash. As a set of strange events took place globally on that day, from an uncertain election outcome in the UK to demonstrations against austerity policies in Greece, US commentators searched for a meaningful narrative to the unfolding market accident.
Speculations on what happened continued until 2015, when a London trader was arrested and extradited to the US to be investigated on market manipulation charges. The trader admitted to profiting from the market during high volatility by using software hacked to enable spoofing, a tactic to alter the perceived supply and demand of a market commodity in order to affect its price.
FLASH was performed on the 8^th anniversary of the crash, translating May 6, 2010 trading data from the New York Stock Exchange and Chicago Stock Exchange into sound. The performance was released in 2019 by German label MILLE PLATEAUX.

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 (live): Waluigi's Purgatory
MEET, milan
.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Presenting the interactive performance 'Waluigi's Purgatory' in Italian; ROMA EUROPA FESTIVAL
MATTATOIO, rome
.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Presenting the interactive performance 'Waluigi's Purgatory' with Evita Manji; ROBOT FESTIVAL
bologna
.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Presenting the interactive performance 'Waluigi's Purgatory' with Evita Manji
(group show): Waluigi's Purgatory
ARE YOU FOR REAL
.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Exhibiting a series of video excerpts through an interactive, contextual interface; Decentralized Futures
ETOPIA, zaragoza
.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Exhibiting a prototype of the onchain multiplayer narrative game 'Fango 1000'
(press): Kill the Luigi in your head
NERO
.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... dmstfctn speak to NERO about their performance 'Waluigi's Purgatory'; what happens when an AI cheats?
DAZED
.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... dmstfctn speak to Günseli Yalcinkaya at DAZED about 'Waluigi's Purgatory'
2024 (live): 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
(screening): NOINDEX: is nothing forever?
ICA, london; SOLO AI AWARD
GOLDSMITHS, london
Showing excerpts from 'Waluigi's Purgatory' at SOLO AI's award ceremony
(press): S+T+ARTS nomination
ARS ELECTRONICA
'Godmode Epochs' wins a S+T+ARTS nomination exactly a year after its release; Networked Worlds
WEPRESENT
'Waluigi's Purgatory' featured in the latest Wepresent x Wetransfer publication; dmstfctn & Evita Manji
COEVAL MAGAZINE
dmstfctn and 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?"
(talk): bodystacked
LCF, london
A talk on the faciality of AI characthers in the 'GOD MODE' series (2022—)
2023 (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'
(press): Turret Theory
SERPENTINE
Alasdair Milne examines the configuration of '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
(press): 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
(press): 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
(press): 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 BIENNIALE
TRINDADE, porto; A SCHOOL OF SCHOOLS
LUMA, arles
(screening): Ø.29
CORSICA STUDIOS, london; PORTO DESIGN BIENNIALE
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): 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
A presentation of the 'Offshore Investigation Vehicle' project (2017-18); transmediale face value
HKW, berlin
A presentation of the 'Offshore Investigation Vehicle' project (2017-18); IMPAKT Festival
HET HUIS, utrecht
A talk on sonic work, part of the panel "Algorithms And Financial Speculation"; MoneyLab #4
SOMERSET HOUSE, london
A presentation of the 'Offshore Investigation Vehicle' project (2017-18); 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....."
(press): 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