Blending #autofiction, media theory and #myth, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐲𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐞 by #BenzeDeReam traces the entanglements between public-facing interfaces, machinic mathematics and the data that fuels them 🪻🪻🪻

more about the publication > https://aksioma.org/the-blue-flower-syndrome

watch full presentation > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvhL5gA3wEg

✦ 𝐴 𝑉𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝐵𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑓 𝑆𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝐼 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑠 ✦ essay by #TegaBrain & #SamLavigne for the 𝗔re 𝗬ou 𝗔 𝗦oftware 𝗨pdate? book 🔖

“AI futurism risks warping public perception towards a belief that emerging computing can make a meaningful contribution to solving these problems and, in doing so, also contributes to normalising what are shocking and terrifying signs of climate breakdown..."

✨ Preview and order here > https://aksioma.org/are-you-a-software-update

𝐴𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑁𝑜𝑛-𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑡. 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟 1: 𝐴𝐼 𝐻𝑦𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚 installation by #MartynaMarciniak is now on view at 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗼 𝗦̌𝗶𝘀̌𝗸𝗮, #Ljubljana, until 22 May!
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> https://aksioma.org/becomingimage/exhibitions/anatomy-of-non-fact/

Yesterday evening we opened 𝐿𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑆𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒 by #FelicityHammond 💚 Tysm everyone for coming.

Exhibition is on view in #Aksioma Project Space until 𝟯𝟬 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹
> https://aksioma.org/becomingimage/exhibitions/latent-space/

Successfully kicked off NODE#2 of #BecomingImage: 𝑺𝒚𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒖𝒎 and the opening of 𝐴𝐼 𝐻𝑦𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚 exhibition (on view until 22 May) ❇️ ❕

Big thanks to everyone for coming, all the artists, speakers, researchers and #KinoŠiška and their team 💚

The programme continues today > https://aksioma.org/becomingimage/

Accompanying the 𝐴𝐼 𝐻𝑦𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚 installation by #MartynaMarciniak is a short video featuring the #BalenciagaPope monologuing about notions of truth and questioning the reliability of images and traditional sources of authority 🥼

🟢 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 & 𝐴𝐼 𝐻𝑦𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚 exhibition opening happening tomorrow in Kino Šiška, #Ljubljana!

> https://aksioma.org/becomingimage/

#SheungYiu’s video essay 𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑎 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑒-𝑒𝑎𝑡-𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 investigates how synthetic faces replace the real and transform identities, tracing the cyclical evolution from #facialrecognition to synthetic facial data through #uncanny visuals of digital doubles traversing vast abstract landscapes.

The full video essay will be screened on 𝟯𝟭 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 at the #BecomingImage: 𝑺𝒚𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒖𝒎 in Kino Šiška, followed by a talk with the author! 🪞✳️

> https://aksioma.org/becomingimage/screenings/its-a-face-eat-face-world/

#BecomingImage 🟩 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 #𝟮
31 March | 7h30–9 PM | Kino Šiška
❕𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲, 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱!

> https://aksioma.org/becomingimage/symposium/

✦ SCREENING + ARTIST TALK | 𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑎 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑒-𝑒𝑎𝑡-𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑
This presentation introduces a video essay by #SheungYiu tracing the shift from facial recognition to synthetic facial data.

✦ ARTIST TALK | 𝑉𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠
#FelicityHammond presents a research project exploring links between geological mining and data mining.

#AlanWarburton ’s 2020 video essay 𝑅𝐺𝐵𝐹𝐴𝑄 traces a recent history of what he terms the #hyperimage, drafting a trajectory from computer graphics to synthetic data and examining how images have become increasingly unmoored from photographic #indexicality.

Full video essay awaits you on 𝟯𝟭 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 at the #BecomingImage: 𝑺𝒚𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒖𝒎 in Kino Šiška 🧩 🖼️

> https://aksioma.org/becomingimage/symposium/rgbfaq/

#BecomingImage ❇️ 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 #𝟭
31 March | 5–7 PM | Kino Šiška
❕ Admission is free, only registration required > https://pretix.eu/aksioma/becomingimage/

Programme explores how synthetic images and machine vision shape perception, identity, and belief, examines the infrastructures, aesthetics, and politics behind AI-generated and computational images.

SCREENING | 𝑅𝐺𝐵𝐹𝐴𝑄 by #AlanWarburton
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LECTURE | 𝑂𝑛 𝐵𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐼𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒 by #MarcoDeMutiis
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ARTIST TALK | 𝐵𝑙𝑜𝑏𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑆𝑙𝑜𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐻𝑦𝑝𝑒𝑟-𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 by #MartynaMarciniak