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ALWAYS MORE ELABORATE, ALWAYS SMARTER
09.28.2021
Erratum
Böckhstraße 40. 10967
Berlin, Germany
XTREME MIXOLOGISTS
This exhibition explores the dynamics of digital interconnectedness, where players navigate a network of manipulation, emotional capital, and algorithmic control. The works examine how identities are performed and consumed within the simulation of contemporary social media culture.
Knife that takes out another knife. A spit of blood in the mouth while cutting each other's lip with the same knife orgasmically. In the mouth you no longer know whose blood is whose, but the blood always tastes just as good. In the simulation you mix fluids casually while running through the fabric that interconnects the players, all connected to the drama. A sweet and painful elixir that lights up the eyes and expands the veins so that more stimuli can be absorbed into the bloodstream. Always more elaborate, always smarter.
The players develop a keen sense of psychology. They skilfully manipulate it, either to obtain items from the players who have more, or to obtain emotional capital which in its proper synthesis is converted into more drama, like a currency that is traded as if local crypto. The instant an act is committed, or a word spoken, it is immediately assimilated by the algorithm that disperses it to the entire network for a decentralized checkup that communicates between its players at the speed of Instagram stories.
Everyone is in the web, everyone is part of the game, the web governs the rules. In it, everyone can become, in a very casual and elegant way, either predators or preyed upon. The game itself is the master model that keeps everyone active. No one quite understands how to play it or why, but sooner or later everyone learns. Within the simulation everyone finds their true selves.