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📖 NEW RELEASE 📖 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑉𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝐴𝑢𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑛 Published on the occasion of 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗕𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗹 🔗 Preview & pre-order (at a discounted price) > aksioma.org/the-vast-automaton-book 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀: #BaniBrusadin & #GiuliaColletti 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻: Alessandro Lanfrancotti
🔮 Why do certain images acquire a life of their own? In #DigitalOccultism, #SophiePublig & #MikkelRørbo explore the strange bridge between occult symbols and meme ecologies, where recognition, belonging and in/out-groups become part of the spell. ⟡ Full video + book > aksioma.org/digital-occultism
Watch 𝑈𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝐿𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑐 by #BassamIssaAlSabah & #JenniferMehigan at #Aksioma until 26 August & continue with reading #NoraOMurchu’s PostScriptUM#55: 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝐵𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑆𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑠, exploring how images actively produce the worlds we live in 🦢 ❃ aksioma.org/when-images-... ❃ aksioma.org/uncensored-l...
🕯️🫧 Uncensored Lilac 🌙🦢, a film by #BassamIssaAlSabah & #JenniferMehigan, about revenge, desire, and the ways climate change reshapes social and environmental relations. ❃ Opening this Wednesday, 8 PM at Aksioma. > aksioma.org/uncensored-lilac
💥 REMINDER 💥 last days to apply for #U30+ season 2027 programme curated by #LaraMejač! 💥 💥 💥 > Apply here: bit.ly/4usZFbf > More about U30+: aksioma.org/u30
Screening: 𝑼𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝑳𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒄 🧚♂️ by #BassamIssaAlSabah & #JenniferMehigan 5–26 August ❃ #Aksioma | Project Space, #Ljubljana 👄 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: WED, 5 August at 8 PM 🪽 The film tells a story about revenge and desire, following a group of goddesses and their companions. ❃ aksioma.org/uncensored-lilac
Artists of #U30+ season 2026 face reveal 👁👄👁 Introducing #BetiFrim, #MatejMihevc and #NevenaAndrejić, whose new projects will take over #Aksioma | Project Space this autumn. Curated by #MajaBurja. 𝗯𝘁𝘄… 🥺 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝟯𝟬+ 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝟮 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁. 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 <𝟯 bit.ly/4usZFbf
LAST DAYS to place an order before we become unavailable due to excessive sunlight ⛱️ Scroll through our online bookshop and grab your summer reading (platform power, digital occultism, network spirituality, etc.), discounted book combos, a Lacan hat, or a duckrabbit keychain 🐬 aksioma.org/bookshop
The memes that introduce the three chapters of #DigitalOccultism by #SophiePublig & #MikkelRorbo: When it Stares Back, Psyops and Psyberwars, and Meme Magick. 🔮 aksioma.org/digital-occu...
Introducing the curator of 𝗨𝟯𝟬+ 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳! 😊 #LaraMejač is an independent curator and producer, exploring digital culture & the societal, political & environmental implications of contemporary technologies. 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝟯𝟬+ 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝟮 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁! Submit yours 💌 bit.ly/4usZFbf
#DigitalOccultism by #SophiePublig & #MikkelRørbo, recently published as part of #multithread series, charts out the history of memetic circulation, situating it within a genealogy of occult logics. ✨🔮 Find authors’ talk, description and preview of the book here > aksioma.org/digital-occultism 🗝️🌙
𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝐵𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑆𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑠 by #NoraOMurchu examines the relationship between representation and the organisation of reality within the contemporary circulation of images. ✦ aksioma.org/when-images-become-systems 🪞 Featuring works by #SimoneCNiquille, #BassamIssaAlSabah, #JenniferMehigan, #AyoungKim
Thanks to everyone who already stepped into 𝑫𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓’𝒔 𝑺𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 ༻⋆. ° There’s still time to follow delivery routes into parallel worlds, drift through nocturnal Seoul, and get lost inside #AyoungKim ’s speculative maze of algorithms, labour and desire, 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝟯𝟬 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 at #Aksioma ✶ ✶ ✶
All packed for 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐄𝐱𝐢𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭 in #Amsterdam .ᐟ◻️ ✴️ ◼️ ↘️ #Aksioma’s publications and merch will be available at the /// 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒊 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝑭𝒂𝒊𝒓 /// 𝑂𝑇301 𝐶𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑚𝑎 𝐵𝑎𝑟 𝐹𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑦, 𝐽𝑢𝑛𝑒 26, 17.00-23:00 > Check out the full festival schedule at networkcultures.org/geert/events/incs-exit-fest/
Thanks to everyone who came by for our last event before the summer, and to #NouraTafeche for the premiere of 𓁺 𝑨 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒉𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑽𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𓁺 We moved through layers of visibility, spectacle, opacity, and the politics of looking — asking not only what images show us, but what they ask us to accept.
“The city never stops updating. Routes recalculate endlessly. Time stretches, folds and collapses under the pressure of coordination..." ✶ Experience 𝐷𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝐷𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑟’𝑠 𝑆𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 by #AyoungKim 𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄, 𝟴 𝗣𝗠 𝗮𝘁 #Aksioma & read full text in PostScriptUM#55: 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝐵𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑆𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑠 by #NoraOMurchú
What if images no longer describe reality, but prepare acceptance? Join #NouraTafeche for 𝑨 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒉𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑽𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏, a lecture-performance on architectural rendering, visual power, and the future as already verified. ✶ 𝟭𝟳 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 / 𝟳 𝗣𝗠 / #Aksioma ✶ Visual Production and Animation by #ElenaZaghis
The first copies of 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝐵𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑆𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑠 (𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗨𝗠#𝟱𝟱) by #NoraOMurchu are here and will be available next week, 𝟭𝟳 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲, at #Aksioma during the events: ✶ Lecture-performance: 𝑨 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒉𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑽𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 ✶✶ Screening: 𝑫𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓’𝒔 𝑺𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 ✶✶✶ aksioma.org/when-images-become-systems
The video installation 𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑏𝑖𝑡.𝑡𝑣 in #Aksioma by #SimoneCNiquille is on view until 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟮 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 🐰 > aksioma.org/duckrabbit.tv ♥︎ Curated by 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗼 𝗗𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗶𝘀, part of 𝘁&𝗽#𝟭𝟳: #BecomingImage, in collaboration with V-F-X Ljubljana
Lecture-performance: 𝑨 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒉𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑽𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 by #NouraTafeche .˳·˖✶𓆩. 17 June at 7 PM ✶ Aksioma | Project Space .𓆪✶˖·˳. 𓁺 aksioma.org/a-stratigraphy-of-vision
Screening ✶ 𝑫𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓’𝒔 𝑺𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 by #AyoungKim 17–30 June ✶ at #Aksioma Project Space, #Ljubljana ༺ 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝟏𝟕 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞, 𝟖 𝐏𝐌 ༻ ✶ aksioma.org/delivery-dancer%e2%80%99s-sphere
Dear Amsterdam-based friends, 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝑭𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒚𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒆 is coming to you next week 🪻 🪻 🪻 A forum and book launch hosted by 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗲 𝗗𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗺, with 𝗙𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗗𝘇𝗼𝗱𝗮𝗻, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝘇 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗮, and 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻. June 12, 19:30-22:00 @ San Seriffe, Sint Annenstraat 30, 1012 HE #Amsterdam
🪞NEW RELEASE🪞 PostScriptUM#55 | #NoraOMurchú | 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝐵𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑆𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑠: 𝑂𝑛 𝑉𝑖𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝐴𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑃𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 🔗 preview & pre-order: aksioma.org/when-images-become-systems
Memes as #sigils, the algorithm as god, posting as #ritual 🌀🪽🗝️🔮 𝑫𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑶𝒄𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒎 + 𝑺𝒘𝒊𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑹𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝑮𝒐𝒅 combo by #SophiePublig unravels the internet’s soft, sacred and deeply cursed infrastructures. The combo is available to order in our bookshop > aksioma.org/bookshop
💥 𝗣𝗢𝗭𝗜𝗩 💥 𝗔𝗸𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗨𝟯𝟬+ mladim ustvarjalkam_ s področja novih medijev, vizualnih in performativnih umetnosti ter vseh nedoločenih vmesnih polj ponuja možnost, da s strokovno pomočjo razvijejo in uresničijo svoje projekte. 😊 aksioma.org/sl/u30 😊 𝗩𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗷𝗲𝗻𝗲 𝗸 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗷𝗮𝘃𝗶 𝘇𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗼 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳! (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶)
🖥️ 🦋₊˚🐠。🍏 #SofiXian is a researcher, cultural theorist & multimedia artist who has pioneered approaches to consumer aesthetics and co-coined the term #FrutigerAero. Join us 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐀𝐘, 𝟔:𝟑𝟎 𝐏𝐌 𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐋𝐔𝐎 for her talk: 𝑨𝒏 𝑨𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒆𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝑭𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 ꩜✈️ 🌐 🫧 🌱’ 🐬 aksioma.org/how-frutiger-aero-was-uncovered
❕️Last days to see the exhibition 𝐴𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑁𝑜𝑛-𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑡. 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟 1: 𝐴𝐼 𝐻𝑦𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑚 by #MartynaMarciniak at #KinoŠiška ❇️❕️ The installation is on view until 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟮𝟮 𝗠𝗮𝘆. > aksioma.org/anatomy-of-n... ֎ Part of tactics&practice#17 #BecomingImage, curated by #MarcoDeMutiis
🦋🍃 #FrutigerAero: combination of Windows Vista’s design guideline "Aero" and Adrian Frutiger's eponymous font "Frutiger". Join #SofiXian, the researcher who discovered & coined this aesthetic, for her talk: aksioma.org/how-frutiger-aero-was-uncovered 💿 𝟐𝟎 𝐌𝐚𝐲, 𝟔.𝟑𝟎 𝐏𝐌, 𝐀𝐋𝐔𝐎 / 𝐓𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐜̌𝐧𝐚 𝟓, #Ljubljana🪼