The (๐˜‚๐—ป)๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ โ˜๏ธ โ€“ (๐ŸงŠ)๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ is here! ๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—น ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: https://aksioma.org/unrealdata-book

The reader explores the production of unreal data as acts of resistance and opposition, and as attempts to carve out small and often temporary spaces of agency and autonomy when faced with systems that seem to leave little room for imagination and choice.

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(un)real data โ˜๏ธ โ€“ (๐ŸงŠ)real effects - Aksioma

Language: English Pre-order is open until 13 November 2024.The books will be shipped on 14 November. Regular price: 22โ‚ฌ | Preorder: 15โ‚ฌ (un)real data โ˜๏ธ โ€“ (๐ŸงŠ)real effects explores the inherent ambiguity of data as an opportunity to not only describe the world but strategically intervene in it. Is it possible to create specific real-world [โ€ฆ]

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Last episode! #RรฉgineDebatty concludes ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐น๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐ต๐‘’โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ˆ๐‘  podcast series by hosting artist #MajaSmrekar to discuss trans species motherhood, challenging traditional views of the female bodyโ€ฆ and dogs. ๐Ÿ•

Tune in at: https://aksioma.org/the-future-behind-us-ep.10

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The Future Behind Us | Ep. #10: What Are the Limits of Interspecies Communication? [w/ Maja Smrekar] - Aksioma

We have lived alongside dogs for thousands of years. How close have we grown to each other since we first domesticated them? In one of her performances, artist Maja Smrekar biologically manipulated her body so that she could use her own breast milk to feed an Icelandic Spitz puppy. Behind its spectacular and, for some, controversial guises, Smrekarโ€™s exploration of transpecies motherhood probed uncomfortable issues [...]

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Today on ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐น๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐ต๐‘’โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ˆ๐‘  podcast episode ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—”๐—œ ๐—š๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† #RรฉgineDebatty talks w/ designer, artist and academic #PinarYoldas about prosthetic labia, feminist techno-science and living in a city governed by an artificial intelligence that loves you.

๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™€๏ธ๐ŸŽง Tune in: https://aksioma.org/the-future-behind-us-ep.9

In ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ƒ๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘†๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘๐‘ก๐‘ˆ๐‘€ ๐ด๐‘›๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘ฆ, you can read a republished essay by #DanielaSilvestrin on Yoldasโ€™ work, which imagines an ๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘š for our 'Plastic Age': https://aksioma.org/postscriptum-anthology

The Future Behind Us | Ep. #9: When an AI Governs Your City [w/ Pinar Yoldas] - Aksioma

Smart cities across the world are pioneering chatbots, autonomous vehicles and AI technologies to help streamline bureaucratic services, facilitate police recruitment, fill in potholes or locate resources at the library. Could algorithmic systems of control and governance be applied to all public services? [...]

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In the podcast episode ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—”๐—œ, ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—”๐—œ #RรฉgineDebatty talks with artist #SanelaJahiฤ‡ about workers' subordination to machinery, resisting AI and automating creativity (or not.).

๐ŸŽง Listen at: https://aksioma.org/the-future-behind-us-ep.8

๐Ÿ“˜ Read about Sanelaโ€™s artistic research project in the book ๐‘ˆ๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐บ๐‘Ž๐‘ง๐‘’: https://aksioma.org/under-the-calculative-gaze-book

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The Future Behind Us | Ep. #8: Taming AI, Playing AI [w/ Sanela Jahiฤ‡] - Aksioma

Can everything โ€“ including vision, flexibility, imagination and other skills often associated with creative practices โ€“ be turned into data? Should artists feel threatened by AIs that compose music, make animation movies or write novels? Or is there something intrinsically uncomputable in the artistic mind? [...]

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Today in the episode ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ #RรฉgineDebatty talks with #CarmenWeisskopf & #DomagojSmoljo from !๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ถ๐˜๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ธ about services offered on the darknet, their Random Darknet Shopper project, police confiscating their exhibition, and the Island School of Social Autonomy (ISSA).

๐ŸŽง https://aksioma.org/the-future-behind-us-ep.7

๐Ÿ“š To dive deeper into the RDS project, read Jon Lackman's contribution in ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ƒ๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘†๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘๐‘ก๐‘ˆ๐‘€ ๐ด๐‘›๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘ฆ: https://aksioma.org/postscriptum-anthology

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The Future Behind Us | Ep. #7: Solidarity, Perils and Ethics on Darknet Markets [w/ !Mediengruppe Bitnik] - Aksioma

Darknet markets, identity shielding, bots and cryptocurrencies have revolutionised commerce and society, each in its own way. What happens when you bring all these disrupting ingredients together? [...]

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We are halfway through ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐น๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐ต๐‘’โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ˆ๐‘  #podcast!

In the 6th episode ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐˜†๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜ #RรฉgineDebatty talks with artist #EvanRoth about the internetโ€™s materiality, biases built into digital systems, and why we donโ€™t need to like, comment and interact to connect with other people.

๐ŸŽง Listen at: https://aksioma.org/the-future-behind-us-ep.6

The Future Behind Us | Ep. #6: Chasing the Physicality of the Internet [w/ Evan Roth] - Aksioma

Internet has obliterated borders, distances and other hallmarks of geography, making us forget its material reality: its data centres, wires, routers, processors and a vast network of intercontinental cables. [...]

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Since 2003, ๐— ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ has been devising โ€œartisanal remedies to the idiocy of mainstream entertainment in the form of short experimental gamesโ€. What started as a project to create mordant parodies soon became one of the most iconic pioneering works of critical video games.

In ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ผ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ #RรฉgineDebatty talks with game developer #PaoloPedercini about socially engaged video games, unexpected controversies and the future of gaming.

๐Ÿ‘‚ https://aksioma.org/the-future-behind-us-ep.5

The Future Behind Us | Ep. #5: Social Justice, Satire and Video Games [w/ Paolo Pedercini from MOLLEINDUSTRIA] - Aksioma

Can you make video games about environmental justice or labour? How about religion, the military, gun violence, mass incarceration, immigration or the Anthropocene? Can you entertain players with such hard-hitting matters? [...]

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In the episode ๐—จ๐—ฝ-๐—–๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ of the podcast series ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐น๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐ต๐‘’โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ˆ๐‘  #RรฉgineDebatty talks with artist, writer and filmmaker #JillMagid about establishing intimate relations with systems of power, being censored by the Dutch Secret Service and blurring the boundaries between art and life.

๐ŸŽง Tune in at: https://aksioma.org/the-future-behind-us-ep.4

The Future Behind Us | Ep. #4: Up-Close and Personal with Impersonal Power Structures [w/ Jill Magid] - Aksioma

What does it feel to infiltrate or work alongside structures of power that most of us find impersonal and intimidating? How do you capitalise on the systemic loopholes and quirks inherent to institutions of authority such as intelligence agencies, corporations, bureaucracies and law enforcement agencies? [...]

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In todayโ€™s ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐น๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐ต๐‘’โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ˆ๐‘  podcast episode titled ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐— ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต? #RegineDebatty talks with the artist duo #UBERMORGEN about taking risks, playing with the media and working with the vulnerabilities of technological systems.

๐ŸŽง Listen at: https://aksioma.org/the-future-behind-us-ep.3

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The Future Behind Us | Ep. #3: How Much is Your Democracy Worth? [w/ UBERMORGEN] - Aksioma

In 2000, during the presidential race between George Bush and Al Gore, a group of โ€œMaverick Austrian Business Peopleโ€ launched a platform that gave US voters the possibility to auction off their votes to bidders on the internet. Thirteen US states attempted to shut down the project [...]

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Not only we released a new ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐น๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐ต๐‘’โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ˆ๐‘  #podcast episode, itโ€™s also Friday the 13th! If the mummy of Nefertiti were to rise today, you think she would demand for her bust to be returned to the sands of Egypt?

In ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ #RรฉgineDebatty talks with artist #NoraAlBadri who has been developing artworks that use AI, deepfake technology and 3D scanning to spark debates about power imbalances and ethical museum practices.

๐ŸŽง https://aksioma.org/the-future-behind-us-ep.2

The Future Behind Us | Ep. #2: Decolonising Museum Collections [w/ Nora Al-Badri] - Aksioma

The discussion about the growing list of looted and illicitly acquired museum treasures is one that most Westerners would rather not think about. Unless a scandal, a protest, a movie or a contemporary artwork forces ex-colonising countries to confront the firm grip that their institutions [...]

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