The NETWORK ENSEMBLE is a sound project making use of wireless network data as creative medium. The project consists of machines able to translate data captured from wireless networks into sound and desktop software able to further modulate the sound for live performance.

    The performances carried out by the NETWORK ENSEMBLE aim to explore the activity of local wireless networks. Notable performances include Design Museum in London, Onassis Stegi in Athens and Spektrum in Berlin.

    The NETWORK ENSEMBLE debuted on the Italian label NUKFM in 2017 with SELECTED NETWORK STUDIES. In 2019, the German label MILLE PLATEAUX released FLASH DEMONS.

    2019 (live)
    DESIGNING TIME
    DESIGN MUSEUM, london
    (solo)
    NETWORK ENSEMBLE
    GLUQBAR, milan
    Flash Demons
    MILLE PLATEAUX
    Audiovisual genealogy of financial algorithmic collapse, released as a custom USB
    2018 (live)
    Borderline Festival
    ONASSIS, athens
    SELECTED NETWORK STUDIES
    NUKFM
    Audiovisual experiments with wireless networks, released as custom SD card
    1. A small black X shaped machine with a red X on top. 2 buttons on the left hand side and some circuitry on top
      NEX, a phone powered wifi sniffer able to translate data packets into sound
    2. A flat black device with two audio ports, a switch and white circuitry on top. A short black aerial is coming out the top.
      NE3, a wifi sniffer able to translate data packets into sound
    3. A flat black device with two audio ports, a switch and white circuitry on top. A short black aerial is coming out the top.
      NE3, a wifi sniffer able to translate data packets into sound
    4. A red and black object, vacuum packaged in clear plastic. There is text that says 'Flash Demons' and 'Network Ensemble' printed on the front.
      Flash Demons, released in 2019 by MILLE PLATEAUX
    5. A red and black object, vacuum packaged in clear plastic. There is text that says 'Flash Demons' and 'Network Ensemble' printed on the front.
      Flash Demons, released in 2019 by MILLE PLATEAUX
    6. A small silver packet with something inside and the words 'Selected Network Studies. Network Ensemble' printed on the front.
      Selected Network Studies, released in 2016 by NUKFM
    7. A small silver packet with something inside and the words 'Selected Network Studies. Network Ensemble' printed on the front.
      Selected Network Studies, released in 2016 by NUKFM
    8. The NETWORK ENSEMBLE is a sound project making use of wireless network data as creative medium. The project consists of machines able to translate data captured from wireless networks into sound and desktop software able to further modulate the sound for live performance.

      The performances carried out by the NETWORK ENSEMBLE aim to explore the activity of local wireless networks. Notable performances include Design Museum in London, Onassis Stegi in Athens and Spektrum in Berlin.

      The NETWORK ENSEMBLE debuted on the Italian label NUKFM in 2017 with SELECTED NETWORK STUDIES. In 2019, the German label MILLE PLATEAUX released FLASH DEMONS.

    2017-19

    Network Ensemble

    Godmode Epochs
    SERPENTINE, twitch
    .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... A game where players train an AI, but they actually just frustrate it until it cheats
    (release)
    Large Lore Models
    0XPARC
    'Large Lore Models', in AUTONOMOUS WORLD N1
    0XPARC
    Speculative tools for decentralized narrative building, with E. Jäger and A. Milne
    (demo)
    AI UK 2023
    QEII CENTRE, london
    GODMODE CHRONICLES
    ARTECHO
    Building a fully on-chain narrative generation game, a.k.a a 'Large Lore Model'
    Turret Theory
    SERPENTINE
    Alasdair Milne examines the simulations and configurations of dmstfctn's game
    2022 (live)
    GOD MODE (ep. 1)
    SERPENTINE, london
    IMPAKT FESTIVAL
    HET HUIS, utrecht
    UNSOUND BUBBLES
    kraków
    GOD MODE (ep. 1)
    HQI, london
    Artist conversation with dmstfctn
    IMPAKT TV
    A conversation on simulations and AI hosted Marijn Bril at IMPAKT festival 2022
    2021 (group show)
    NONPLUSULTRABLACK
    SYNNIKA, frankfurt
    (screening)
    INTERFACE CHAOS ft SKY H1
    CAFE OTO, london
    ECHO FX
    KRISIS PUBLISHING
    A book and performance about market manipulation on Brexit Referendum night
    Ø
    FLATLINE PRESS/HYPERDUB
    Demystification Committee debuts echo fx
    AQNB
    'The AV show 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
    Moneylab #8
    AKSIOMA
    A panel on artistic explorations of tax havens, led by an investigative journalist
    INTERFACE CHAOS ft SKY H1
    NERO
    An interview on the themes of 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
    Flash Demons
    MILLE PLATEAUX
    Audiovisual genealogy of financial algorithmic collapse, released as a custom 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
    Automated Lands
    NEW INSTITUTE, rotterdam
    Automated Landscapes
    HET NIEUWE INSTITUUT, rotterdam
    On infrastructures and geographies of avoidance, from data centres to tax havens
    transmediale face value
    HKW, berlin
    On ways and means of making offshore and other financial processes visible
    IMPAKT Festival
    HET HUIS, utrecht
    On the sonification of stock market crashes, part of a panel on algotrading
    MoneyLab #4
    SOMERSET HOUSE, london
    A talk on offshore investigative w—i—p, part of a panel on play in art and finance
    Alt-Age
    DESIGN MUSEUM, london
    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.....'
    2017 (talk)
    the influencers
    CCCB, barcelona
    (residency)
    Vilem Flusser Residency
    TRANSMEDIALE, berlin
    SELECTED NETWORK STUDIES
    NUKFM
    Audiovisual experiments with wireless networks, released as custom SD card