The OFFSHORE INVESTIGATION VEHICLE is an international corporate structure set up to model corporate financial practices observed in tax havens to grasp their inner workings. The OFFSHORE INVESTIGATION VEHICLE consisted of Empire Management Limited, a UK private limited company directed by members of DMSTFCTN; Invest. One Limited, a Seychelles International Business Company directed by a nominee called M.A.D Farmer; and a corporate bank account, held by Invest. One Limited with Euro Pacific Bank in Puerto Rico.

    The vehicle's structure and operational scope was explored through lectures, performances and exhibitions, and members of the public could join it by purchasing shares in Empire Management Limited, becoming able to propose, discuss and vote on resolutions now documented on the UK registrar of companies. Detailed information on the set up and use of the vehicle is available as a PDF.

    2020 (solo)
    OFFSHORE MATTERS
    AKSIOMA, ljubljana
    (talk)
    Moneylab #8
    AKSIOMA
    A panel on works of art that investigate the offshore financial industry
    (press)
    CHASING ILLICIT MONEY
    NEW YORK TIMES
    "A group of artists began a project to show how money could be moved offshore"
    2018 (live)
    transmediale face value
    HKW, berlin
    (talk)
    Automated Lands
    NEW INSTITUTE, rotterdam
    MoneyLab #4
    SOMERSET HOUSE, london
    A presentation of the 'Offshore Investigation Vehicle' project (2017-18)
    (release)
    The Offshore Economist
    Rizosfera
    "You are alone on a dusty desert road... You have just run out of water....."
    2017 (residency)
    Vilem Flusser Residency
    TRANSMEDIALE, berlin

    10. The OFFSHORE INVESTIGATION VEHICLE is an international corporate structure set up to model corporate financial practices observed in tax havens to grasp their inner workings. The OFFSHORE INVESTIGATION VEHICLE consisted of Empire Management Limited, a UK private limited company directed by members of DMSTFCTN; Invest. One Limited, a Seychelles International Business Company directed by a nominee called M.A.D Farmer; and a corporate bank account, held by Invest. One Limited with Euro Pacific Bank in Puerto Rico.

      The vehicle's structure and operational scope was explored through lectures, performances and exhibitions, and members of the public could join it by purchasing shares in Empire Management Limited, becoming able to propose, discuss and vote on resolutions now documented on the UK registrar of companies. Detailed information on the set up and use of the vehicle is available as a PDF.

    2017-18

    Offshore Investigation Vehicle

    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)
    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)
    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
    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