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Retrograde Divination Protocols 02 (2026)
performance curation of a/v performance, electronic live set, electroacoustic live set + performance Performance acts: MIRA新伝統, Kelvin T, Auror Screening + Gameplay: Solo Show – swarm axes 05 𝘙𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘴 returns as a set of performances this retrograde season, bringing together four acts—sonic incantations and visual tactics—to yield and redirect chaos. Athens-based audio-visual duo MIRA 新伝統…
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HEX STATE SERVER by Brandon Tay (2026)
exhibition curation, programme organising and curatorial essay (Art and Market) At the core of ‘HEX STATE SERVER’ is the interplay between individual agency and destiny, drawing parallels between Chinese divination and computation. Drawing on Yuk Hui’s concepts of recursivity and contingency, our framework proposed that the I Ching functions as proto-computational infrastructure: converting randomness into…
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Don’t Hate the Player… (2026)
live SPORE gameplay and artist dialogue moderating with audience interaction segments How do we bridge the gap between biological intelligence and synthetic simulation? Don’t Hate the Player brings together contemporary artist Brandon Tay, and educator, researcher, and artist Jenn Leung, for an artists conversation conducted through a live gameplay of SPORE, the 2008 life-simulation game…
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ιη ιтѕ тσтαℓιту: 𝘗𝘏𝘈𝘕𝘛𝘖𝘔 𝘐𝘕𝘋𝘌𝘟 LARP Activation (2026)
Terence McKenna’s Timewave Zero theory proposed that the I Ching’s 64 hexagrams contain a mathematical formula for calculating the end of time: a threshold singularity where everything changes. Step inside Brandon Tay’s HEX STATE SERVER exhibition for 𝘐𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘛𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, an hour-long live-action roleplay where up to 20 participants become computational agents navigating a speculative…
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To Trace a Shadow’s Tail (2025)
Performances by: Y1cong (manymanybow), Red, WelainejScreening films by: Virtue Village, Suze Chan Artist Roundtable: Joseph Chen (Virtue Village), Y1cong, Suze Chan To trace the shape of absence, to corrupt micro-artifacts, to stockpile blur. Spectres circling the cringe-sincerity cycle. A triple-bill treat 🍬: Milan-based live arts curator and Chinese internet cartographer Y1cong, DJ alias manymanybow, performs with…
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Retrograde Divination Protocols 01 (2025)
performance curation of noise set, LARP performance, IDM, DJ set, LARP and bot workshop Performance acts: Apu Nanu, Chaulichi, Bea Xu, LifeWielderWorkshop artists: Bea Xu, Jenn Leung When Mercury stations retrograde and Mars exacerbates, chaos becomes grounding. 𝘙𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘴 are a set of lifelines–part spell, part tactics–to yield and redirect chaos. 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵: Bea Xu’s 三三三…
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Welcome >_< Take a Seat Wherever (cringevibing on a downward spiral) (2023)
exhibition curation, research video bibliography and published curatorial essay (Do Not Research) Participating artists: Miri & Jenn, Noura Tafeche, Janice Kei, Ringo Lo, Brandon Bandy, Rachel Jackson, E8mkboy, Cas Wong A rhetorical delusion or heartfelt self-affirmation, “Welcome >_< Take a Seat Wherever (cringevibing on a downward spiral)” explores the emotive language of Gen Z as…