Offshore Investigation Vehicle

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 artistic explorations of tax havens, led by an investigative journalist
(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 talk on offshore investigative w—i—p, part of a panel on play in art and finance
(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

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.

2023.4.18 (live): 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
(residency): GODMODE CHRONICLES
ARTECHO
Building a fully on-chain narrative generation game, a.k.a a 'Large Lore Model'
(press): 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
(press): 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
(release): ECHO FX
KRISIS PUBLISHING
A book and performance about market manipulation on Brexit Referendum night; Ø
FLATLINE PRESS/HYPERDUB
(press): 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
(talk): Moneylab #8
AKSIOMA
A panel on artistic explorations of tax havens, led by an investigative journalist
(press): 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
(release): 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): 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
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
(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.....'
2017 (talk): the influencers
CCCB, barcelona
(residency): Vilem Flusser Residency
TRANSMEDIALE, berlin
(release): SELECTED NETWORK STUDIES
NUKFM
Audiovisual experiments with wireless networks, released as custom SD card