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SUMMARY:THE BLUE FLOWER SYNDROME by Benze De Ream
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DTSTART:20260612T160000Z
DESCRIPTION:FORUM WITH BENZE DE REAM\, FLAVIA DZODAN\, MARIANA FERNANDEZ MO
	RA AND METAHAVEN\nSTARTING 8PM\n\nThe Blue Flower Syndrome is a discussion
	 on palatability\, power and computation\nencoded in a single rushed train
	 [of thought] // [commute] to an interview on a\nDutch iris farm. Blending
	 autofiction\, media theory and myth\, it traces the\nentanglements betwee
	n public-facing interfaces\, machinic mathematics and the\ndata that fuels
	 them. The work reveals how life as a product of purely\nprobabilistic and
	 statistical decisions expresses and roots itself through both\nour daily 
	essentials\, such as clothes and food\, as well as historical practices\na
	nd technologies that shaped them. In the afterword\, Metahaven expands on 
	the\ntext by outlining influence design – a project in which computation o
	perates as\nan ideological carrier – placing The Blue Flower Syndrome with
	in a contemporary\nmedia landscape read through a historical-materialist l
	ens.\n\nBenze De Ream is a designer\, artist and researcher whose practice
	 investigates\nthe political and cognitive mechanics of algorithmic system
	s. He has been\ntrained at the Geo-Design department\, Design Academy Eind
	hoven\, and is a\nrecipient of the Gijs Bakker Award. His research unfolds
	 through moving image\,\nperformance\, writing and experiential installati
	on\, probing how computation\nchoreographs social and affective realities.
URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/the-blue-flower-syndrome-by-benze-de-re
	am
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LOCATION:San Serriffe - Sint Annenstraat 30\, 1012 HE Amsterdam
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CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,blues,discussion,food,oude kerk,performance
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<h2> forum with Benze De Ream, Flavia Dzodan, 
	Mariana Fernandez Mora and Metahaven starting 8pm </h2> <p>The Blue Flower
	 Syndrome is a discussion on palatability, power and computation encoded i
	n a single rushed train <em>[of thought] // [commute]</em> to an interview
	 on a Dutch iris farm. Blending autofiction, media theory and myth, it tra
	ces the entanglements between public-facing interfaces, machinic mathemati
	cs and the data that fuels them. The work reveals how life as a product of
	 purely probabilistic and statistical decisions expresses and roots itself
	 through both our daily essentials, such as clothes and food, as well as h
	istorical practices and technologies that shaped them. In the afterword, M
	etahaven expands on the text by outlining influence design – a project in 
	which computation operates as an ideological carrier – placing The Blue Fl
	ower Syndrome within a contemporary media landscape read through a histori
	cal-materialist lens.</p> <p>Benze De Ream is a designer, artist and resea
	rcher whose practice investigates the political and cognitive mechanics of
	 algorithmic systems. He has been trained at the Geo-Design department, De
	sign Academy Eindhoven, and is a recipient of the Gijs Bakker Award. His r
	esearch unfolds through moving image, performance, writing and experientia
	l installation, probing how computation choreographs social and affective 
	realities.</p>
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