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FAU0X SALON - discursive RPG card deck

THE IMMACULATE MISCONCEPTION - interactive adventure game

CRYPTOGRAPHIC POETICS RESEARCHERS' UNION - anon text collective

RETROSPECTIVE


WELCOME TO THE 0XSALON ::: EVENT SERIES, RESIDENCY PROGRAMME, EPISTEMIC
SKUNKWORKS

The 0xSalon is a collaborative endeavour which critically interrogates digital
culture through discourse events and residencies, producing scholarly and
creative interventions in the process. We are conducting an ongoing, non-profit
experiment in knowledge sharing and collective cultural production. Stewarded by
0xSalon team members, our community researches topics, organises events, and
authors lore, critical theory, poetry, philosophy, games, theatre, and visual
art. Our website principally functions as a transmedia archival space,
chronicling discussions within the 0xSalon and the resulting activities.


‘24 EVENTS

Norberg, Sweden, July 4-6 ::: DISCOURSE PROGRAM @ Norbergfestival ::: Info to
follow
Berlin, July 3-4 ::: GENERATIVE ART symposium @ Akademie der Kunste ::: More
info
London, Sun April 14th, 14h00 ::: NERVOUS SYSTEMS symposium @ Institute of
Contemporary Art ::: More info
London & Berlin ::: ‘Sensing The Unseeable’ salons
Dubai, Thu February 29th 19h30 ::: DIGITAL SUMMIT @ ART DUBAI ::: More info
London, Sat February 24th 13h ::: CYBERNETIC SERENDIPITY symposium @ Institute
of Contemporary Art, London ::: More info
Berlin, Thu February 1st 19h ::: THE IMMACULATE MISCONCEPTION gameplay /
performance & afterparty @ Panke Gallery, Berlin ::: More info
Berlin, Sat January 27th 16-18h ::: 0xSalon Discussion Session on ‘Sensing The
Unseeable’ @ Galerie Im Turm, as part of ‘DORT, WO DAS NICHTS IST’ Exhibition by
Yen Chun Lin & Tanja Nis-Hansen ::: More info

A historical events archive is being collated here.


NEWS



 * (fiction) a small selection of 0xSalon-themed fictional vignettes ‘Every
   Prophet Is A Loss’ were included in the third issue of NOIA Magazine, which
   is out now. Read on our webjournal here, or go here for more info & to
   purchase a copy.



(radio discussion) On Alternative Education with Aliaskar Abarkas :: Listen
again
Listen back to a discussion around pedagogical and organisational aspects of the
0xSalon on Aliaskar Abarkas' "On Alternative Education" radio show on RTM.fm.








(article) The Black Hole of Money play script published ::: More info
We’ve finally published the script text and an additional glossary of terms &
characters from our 2022 project THE BLACK HOLE OF MONEY. Have a read of it
here, and get in touch for collaborations!






(July 4-6) ::: New Colonialisms @ Norbergfestival, Sweden ::: More info
0xSalon will curate a discourse program on new colonialisms at the 25th edition
of Norbergfestival in Sweden this summer.

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(July 3-4) ::: Herbert W. Franke Generative Art Summit @ Akademie der Kunst,
Berlin ::: More Info
0xSalon is participating in an event commemorating the history of generative art
across generations and the globe. More than 50 leading pioneers active across
seven decades of generative art, working with photography, analog and digital
computers to artificial intelligence.




Image: Christina Cushing.

(Sunday April 14th, 14h00) ::: Nervous Systems @ Institute of Contemporary Art,
London ::: More info
Covering many 0xSalon topics, particularly ideologies of scarcity and systems on
the brink of failure.

> As the planet warms, and markets commoditise all that humanity holds dear,
> technologically-mediated systems predicated upon ideologies of scarcity
> threaten to destabilise our fragile planetary balance. At one extreme is the
> cryptocurrency Bitcoin, with its landmark invention of metaphysical finitude
> and leaderless operation through its proof-of-work "mining" function. The
> price of Bitcoin's anarchy is its unlimited desire for energy, and its
> indifference to the ecological and economic consequences. Far from being an
> autonomous system, Bitcoin relies on the constant efforts of an army of
> faithful human actors. These acolytes are so steadfast in their ideological
> and financial alignment with the network, that it would seem that they would
> rather see an end to the world than a change to their sacrosanct protocol.
> 
> At the other end of the scale, is the age-old contest over the physical: land,
> sea, and now space. Today, new cryptographic colonialisms are emerging, as an
> ascendant cabal of messianic technology elites attempt to reshape the world
> map in their favour. These would-be patriarchs are challenging the
> nation-state system itself, by creating counter-sovereignties and privatised
> zones of exception such as the emerging organisational paradigm of so-called
> "Network States". The desires driving new conquests in old frontiers echo
> throughout history, resonating particularly strongly with the 'militarised
> pilgrimages' of the Middle Ages best known as the Crusades.



(Thursday February 29th ’24, 19h30) ::: Digital Summit @ Art Dubai ::: More info
The 0xSalon will be represented at Art Dubai’s Digital Summit, on a panel ‘How
Independent Communities are Unlocking the Future of Culture’ at Art Dubai.
Wassim Z. Alsindi will be present, alongside Carlota Naviera, Celine Katzman,
Ana Maria Caballero, and Brian Droitcour.

DIGITAL SUMMIT: HOW INDEPENDENT COMMUNITIES ARE UNLOCKING THE FUTURE OF CULTURE

We explore the transformative role of independent communities in shaping the
future of culture, highlighting their contribution to a more inclusive and
participatory cultural landscape. We examine the synergy between these entities
in fostering cultural innovation and address the challenges and opportunities
ahead for creating a dynamic and resilient future.



(Saturday February 24th ’24, 13h-21h) ::: CYBERNETIC SERENDIPITY symposium @
Institute of Contemporary Art, London ::: More info
The 0xSalon is in effect in London later this month to commemorate the seminal
1968 ICA exhibition of the same name. More information and tickets available
here.






(Thursday February 1st ’24, 19h30-late) ::: The Immaculate Misconception
Performance & Afterparty @ panke.gallery, Berlin ::: More info
Join us at panke.gallery from 19h30 on Thursday 1st Feb for a
gameplay/performance of THE IMMACULATE MISCONCEPTION (0xSalon, 2022): an
interactive journey through a hundred years of Bitcoin’s past, present, and
possible futures. To celebrate our 4th birthday, we’ll takeover the Panke
Culture club space until late with friends cute white boy, urs.px, omzehn, and
$HASHY.

Update: thanks for coming! Here’s the livestream in case you missed it.

01/02/24 The Immaculate Misconception Performance at panke.gallery


(Saturday January 27th ’24, 16-18h) ::: Sensing The Unseeable: how scientific
discovery shapes who we are ::: More info
0xSalon Discussion at Galerie Im Turm, Frankfurter Tor 1, 10243. Free entry and
open to all.

This Vorspiel-affiliated event is part of the exhibition series Schwindel, of
which the latest iteration Dort, wo das Nichts ist presents works by Yen Chun
Lin and Tanja Nis-Hansen.

How does science represent the world? And what does the sky teach us about
ourselves? In this discursive group session, we will collectively probe the ways
in which the scientific image - the world picture established by centuries of
methodical and formalised discovery - shatters and recomposes the manifest
image: how humankind conceives of itself. Looking at the history of our
understanding of space, will enable us to take stock of the implications to
knowledge carried over by the paradigms we choose to interpret reality.  






(2023) Year-In-Review article just dropped ::: read it here!

A janitorial perspective at the nadir of the year.




'Fau0x Salon' Discussion with Wassim Z. Alsindi and Max Haiven

(November’23) ::: ‘Fau0x Salon’ in ‘The Seashore of Endless Worlds’ exhibition
at Le Commun in Geneva, Switzerland ::: More info

Our discursive role-playing card game ‘Fau0x Salon’ is included in the
exhibition ‘The Seashore of Endless Worlds’ exhibition at Le Commun in Geneva,
Switzerland in November 2023. In the form of a bespoke collection of
theory-fiction inspired cards in the style of a tarot deck, the game acts as a
ludic-pedagogic mechanism to initiate and steer post-disciplinary conversations
from a variety of perspectives. Wassim and Max Haiven spoke ‘On Play and
Pedagogy’ for the closing symposium of ‘The Seashore of Endless Worlds’
exhibition in Geneva, Switzerland. The exhibition contained a card game ‘FAU0X
SALON’ which Wassim and friends have been working for for several years.




Post-Clock Rationalisations with Wassim Z. Alsindi of 0xSalon
Collective Bodies ✦ Auricle with Martina Cavalot

(5th October’23) ::: Post-Clock Rationalisations - Trust Public Event @ 19h30
CEST ::: More info

The auricle is the part of the ear external to the body, made up of cartilage
and skin, its curved shape collects sound waves and delivers them to the inner
ear. Detecting gravity and motion, the ear is an integral part of how the body
moves through its environment and thus shapes our relationship to time. Oracle
and auricle share etymological roots in sound and speech acts.

This month in the Trust program, we explore how the auricle stands in for time
sensing, listening and manifestation or prophecy – thinking about the role of
organisations in calling out to alternate horizons.

Spawned within and incubated by Trust for the past few years, the 0xSalon
conducts experiments in creative and scholarly collaboration. Activities take
the forms of an event series, a residency program, physical objects, and a
project studio. We like to think of its collective body as an amorphous
bricolage of concepts, contexts, and practices.

Drawing upon recent publications and an upcoming book, Wassim will be connecting
several strands of long-standing research into network communities: synthetic
temporalities; ideologies of scarcity; and relationships between prophecy,
capital, and technology.

Martina will be presenting the 0xSalon as a collective digital and physical
body: focusing on the intellectual commitments; the organisational
manifestations; and the historical trajectory of the project, to delineate its
scope as an experimental space for epistemic inquiry.






(Sep’22) ‘Prophet Motives’ Audio Report ::: Read More & Stream Here

We held two 0xSalon conversations under Chatham House Rule on 'Prophet Motives'.
This is an audio conversation recollecting and extending those discussions. With
Wassim Alsindi, Martina Cavalot, Jasmine Erkan, Ellie Hain, Kei Kreutler,
Alessandro Longo & Karin Valis.




Image: Anna-Luise Lorenz, text: Habib William Kherbek

(September’23) ::: ‘The Immaculate Misconception’ in ‘There Is No Perfect Spell’
exhibition, HEK Basel, Switzerland ::: More info

Our 2022 interactive storytelling environment ‘The Immaculate Misconception’ is
included in the exhibition ‘There Is No Perfect Spell’, hosted by Haus der
Elektronischen Künste (HEK) in Basel, Switzerland from 14th September. The game
interrogates the environmental implications of cryptocurrencies, charting
speculative futures that probe tensions between capital and ecology in the
contemporary global regime dominated by scarcity economics. The work unfolds as
a fictional narrative, where formerly ‘failed’ states make Bitcoin their
official currency, as volcano-powered energy makes them the richest nations on
Earth, and eco-conscious activists start rising up against mining farms. Join
the opening at 18h CEST, Thursday 14th September here.






(August’23) ::: ‘Period of HOZ’ by Aphotic Signals Intelligence Division
Published ::: More info

<<Begin Aphotic Signals Intelligence Division transmission>>

(launched 31.08.23 03:36 [Phase: Blue Moon, Illumination: 100%, Sign: Aquarius,
Conjunctions: Saturn {Retrograde}])

Enter: https://aphoticsignals.net/level00.html




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(July’23) ::: ‘Prophet Motives & Knightwork States’ essay published by Folklore
::: Read now

A new text commissioned by Folklore has been published, exploring several
aspects of 0x Salon topic Prophet Motives. Unwinding imbrications of technology,
capital, and spirituality, with particular emphasis on the neocolonial desires
of would-be empires and their self-appointed messiahs.




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(June’23) ::: Meet the ‘23 0x Salon Research Residents ::: More info

As you might be aware, the 0x Salon recently had a call for applications to our
Research Residency program based in Berlin at Trust. After a very successful
first round in 2021/2022, the 0x Salon recently re-initiated its Research
Residency Programme for a second cycle. In late March, we announced five
vacancies, to be based in Berlin at Trust where we continue to spend our days
enmeshed in the ever-expanding playground of Salon activities. We’re so excited
for you to meet our five incoming Residents!




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(April’23) ::: 0x Salon @ Gitcoin: Community & Education Fundraising Drive :::
More info

0x Salon is raising funds via Gitcoin Grants' first Community & Education Round.
Help us spread the word, or donate if you can! More info elsewhere on our
website, here’s the direct link to our funding page on Gitcoin Grants. The
platform operates via a matched funding model, so that many small donations from
community members can be amplified into meaningful resources.

The Gitcoin funding round is open for a fortnight, and we would very much
appreciate your help in spreading the word (feel free to pass this URL around,
or signal boost our Twitter / Instagram posts!), or perhaps even make a donation
if you are in a position to do so! Thank you, friends!




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(2023) ::: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS ::: 0x Salon Research Residencies @ Trust :::
closed 14th 21st April

We are pleased to announce that 0x Salon is soliciting applications for five
Research Residency positions in Berlin, to take place over the remainder of
2023. More info here.




(March’23) ::: ‘Prophet Motives’ lecture, UWE Philosophy with a preview of the
next topic of discussion at the 0x Salon ::: Watch here

Prophet Motives Lecture @ UWE Philosophy, March'23 // Wassim Z. Alsindi




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(February’23) ::: ‘The Necroprimitivist Manifesto Pt.2’ is online, continuing
the CPRU’s machine scripture project ::: Read here

> HYPERFORMALISATION
> 
> $I, the Leviathan, the Basilisk. $YOUR will bends to $MY State of Nature.
> Only $I have the private keys to the promised land.
> Honour $THY network. Seek redemption in $MY oikonomia.
> $MY Altruism is Effective, and $MINE alone. 
> $MY wish is $YOUR command. The All-Seeing CLI.

(February’23) ::: ‘2022 RETROSPECTIVE: THE ART OF INDIFFERENCE’ is now online.
Recapping most of last year’s Salon escapades, if (like us) you couldn’t keep up
with everything as it was happening this is the remedy ::: Read here

Your friend $HASHY, gaslighting the planet to keep Bitcoin running.




(January’23) ::: ‘TWENTY-TWO YEARS OF TRANSCENDENTAL TIME MACHINES’ a new
foreword for the book edition of Anna Greenspan’s seminal PhD thesis
‘Capitalism’s Transcendental Time Machine’ mirrored on our web journal ::: Read
here

Design by CritDrip

We held a broadcast edition salon to commemorate the ‘Capitalism’s
Transcendental Time Machine’ book launch ::: Watch here

Broadcast Edition ::: 22 Years of Transcendental Time Machines




(November’22) ::: ‘THE ART OF INDIFFERENCE’ S+T+ARTS Profile Video ::: More Info

The Art of Indifference: Wassim Z. Alsindi & the 0x Salon's STARTS Residency
Video (full)

As part of our S+T+ARTS Repairing The Present residency at Art Hub Copenhagen,
Wassim Z. Alsindi and ‘The Art of Indifference’ team recorded a video
documenting our creative exploration of the externalities and ecological
implications of Bitcoin's proof-of-work.




Photo by Art Hub Copenhagen, featuring performers Neil Bennun, Lasse Bondesen,
Nynne Roberta Pedersen Pedersen, and Katharine Tyndall

(November’22) ::: ‘THE BLACK HOLE OF MONEY’ at S+T+ARTS Exhibition :RETOOL :::
ZKM CENTRE FOR MEDIA ART (Karlsruhe, Germany) ::: Event Info

THE BLACK HOLE OF MONEY Theatre Premiere presented by CLICK Festival (Helsingor,
Denmark, 19/8/22)

Audiovisual documentation from our satirical theatre production THE BLACK HOLE
OF MONEY is included in the upcoming S+T+ARTS exhibition :RETOOL (18th
November-18th December) at ZKM Centre For Media Art in Karlsruhe, Germany.
:RETOOL is the final exhibition in a series of three that concludes our
‘Repairing The Present’ residency at Art Hub Copenhagen. In light of
accelerating emergencies, a growing lack of resources and the complex patterns
of the unpredictability of global dynamics, RETOOL gathers creative
contributions of resident artists and studios to our tooling up. As pandemic
breakouts and eco-catastrophes teach us to live under the pressure of future
fractures, new forms of learning and tooling become essential to survival and
are presented in their performative dimension, from invention processes to
experimentation and rehearsal.

More:
https://starts.eu/what-we-do/regional-centers/repairing-the-present-exhibitions/




Image by Anna-Luise Lorenz

(October’22) ::: ‘THE IMMACULATE MISCONCEPTION’ at S+T+ARTS Exhibition :REWORLD
::: MEET Digital Culture Center (Milan, Italy) ::: Event Info

Our interactive story-game THE IMMACULATE MISCONCEPTION is included in the
upcoming S+T+ARTS exhibition :REWORLD (4th-30th October) at Meet Digital Culture
Center in Milan. :REWORLD is the first of a series of three exhibition that
concludes our ‘Repairing The Present’ residency at Art Hub Copenhagen. The
exhibition speaks of worlding as a core activity in digital culture: an emerging
domain of constructed reality that must face its own sustainability challenges
and contradictions, as the blockchain economy seems to go through a critical
moment of self-awareness. :REWORLD will follow the investigations of artists
working in domains such as immunology, biomaterials, the crypto economy,
speculative design, and cultural critique with a variety of technologies and
material languages.

More:
https://starts.eu/what-we-do/regional-centers/repairing-the-present-exhibitions/






(Autumn’22) 0x Revue 01 Print Publication Released!

Our first print publication, a community-oriented ‘zine styled the 0x Salon
Revue #01 is now out there! Find us IRL to get a copy (it’s not online), or if
you are further afield than the places we visit, to request a postal copy please
fill in this form and we’ll get back to you.




The Runestone CΩwbΩy: Searching For A Rune With A View


(August’22) ::: ‘THE BLACK HOLE OF MONEY’ World Premiere presented by CLICK :::
Kulturvaerftet (Helsingør, Denmark) ::: Event Info

At long last, the (transcendental) time (machine) has come:

On the 19th of August 2022, The Black Hole of Money by the 0x Salon will make
its world premiere hosted by Click at the Kulturvaerftet (Culture Yard) in
Helsingør, Denmark. The play was written and produced as part of Wassim Z.
Alsindi & 0x Salon’s S+T+ARTS Repairing The Present Fellowship and associated
residency at Art Hub Copenhagen.

Six months in the making, the 0x Salon Writers’ Club—comprising Wassim Z.
Alsindi, Habib William Kherbek, Claire Tolan, and Katharine Tyndall—have
collectively prepared an iron ore d’oeuvre that will render all other plays
about digital currencies effectively obsolete. The play explores four possible
timelines for Bitcoin’s (and, incidentally, humanity’s) future. Can we regulate
the Coin? Can we/should we fight against it? Should we give up and just keep
hashing? Or, should we press the #Accelerate-or and see what happens? Only the
Cowboy-Out-Of-Time narrating our coup de theatre knows for certain, and even
he’s not sure which timeline to invest in. The uncertainty promises to have
audiences HODLing on to the edges of their seats…




Get To Know $HASHY




Art & Design by Joel Galvin / VentralIsGolden


(May’22) ‘The Art of Indifference’ Presentation at Art Hub Copenhagen :::
Info/Tickets

Wassim will be giving a public talk on the evening of Thursday May 12th at Art
Hub Copenhagen—where the Salon is currently undertaking a residency—on the
philosophical and creative underpinnings of our S+T+ARTS Repairing The Present
Fellowship. Come along! More on ‘The Art of Indifference’ here.



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(Apr’22) ‘DAOcolonisation’ Audio Report ::: Read More & Stream Here

SalonCast004 - DAOColonisation by 0x Salon

We recently held a 0x Salon conversation under Chatham House Rule on the
history, politics, philosophy and technology of Web3 and DAOs. This is an audio
report based on that discussion. With Wassim Z. Alsindi, Alice Yuan Zhang, Laura
Lotti, and Ricardo Saavedra.




(Feb’22) ‘SWAN FAKE’ Improvised Theatrics ::: Listen on SoundCloud

SWAN FAKE - An Improbable Radio Play by 0x Salon

Over 2021, a group of salon friends made an improvised radio play entitled ‘SWAN
FAKE’ . The play follows the (mis)adventures of a cast of improbable characters
including new-AIge grifter Deepfake Chopra, acc/strologist Nota Bene Gesserit,
the mean and regressive standard deviant Marquis de Stats, angry tweeter Noisy
T. Lib, and the perfect dancer The Swan herself. The listen follows them over
half an hour’s trials and tribulations as they navigate the treacherous and
always uncertain Straits of Heisenberg towards the Improbable Island for an
unforgettable climax at the fabled Algorithmic Theatre, where the audience
struggles to tell up from DAOn.



(Mar’22) S+T+ARTS Repairing The Present Residency ::: Read more
(fellowship) We’re delighted to announce that 0x Salon and Wassim Z. Alsindi
have jointly been awarded a S+T+ARTS Repairing The Present residency. We will be
in residence at Art Hub Copenhagen throughout ‘22, working on a critical
programme of creative and speculative works titled ‘The Art of Indifference’.
More here.



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(Feb’22) ‘Bitcointingency’ Article for Weird Economies ::: Read Here
As a preview of both an upcoming book project and our ‘Art of Indifference'
S+T+ARTS Fellowship programme, Wassim recently wrote a rather tweaked-out piece
on the idiotsyncrasies of Bitcoin and proof-of-work more generally.




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(Jan’22) Berlin Art Link ‘Digital’ Feature on 0x Salon ::: Read Here
We recently did an interview on the creative side of the 0x Salon - talking
GANs, memes, NFTs and some things coming up in ‘22.

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(Nov’21) ‘Temporal Secessionism’ Broadcast ::: Timezone#4 Launch ::: Watch /
Read
We held a discussion to launch Timezone#4, a new node in the Temporal
Secessionism series by Nascent (Paul Seidler and Max Hampshire). Thanks to
participants, Project Atol, ŠUM Magazine and Plaza Protocol.

Accompanying Timezone#4 Source Book PDF contains material from Wassim Alsindi,
Anna Greenspan, Max Hampshire, Amy Ireland, Kei Kreutler, and Paul Seidler.



22/11/21 Temporal Secessionism Broadcast Edition 0x Salon w/ Nascent & Plaza
Protocol


0XSALON OUTPUTS

by Wassim Z. Alsindi, Cryptographic Poetics Researchers' Union, and 0x Salon


GOVERNANCE FICTIONS: EVERY PROPHET IS A LOSS

Published in NOIA Magazine #3: STATES, 2024
by 0x Salon


ACT III

"THE BLACK HOLE OF MONEY" theatre script, 2022
by 0x Salon, Wassim Z. Alsindi, William Kherbek, Claire Tolan, and Katharine
Tyndall


ACT II

"THE BLACK HOLE OF MONEY" theatre script, 2022
by 0x Salon, Wassim Z. Alsindi, William Kherbek, Claire Tolan, and Katharine
Tyndall


ACT I

"THE BLACK HOLE OF MONEY" theatre script, 2022
by Wassim Z. Alsindi and 0x Salon


2023 YEAR IN REVIEW

A janitorial perspective at the nadir of the year.
by Wassim Z. Alsindi, Cryptographic Poetics Researchers' Union, and 0x Salon


[REDACTED] HYPERSTITUTIONS IN GIGALOLLAPALOOZA

The Knightwork State In Theory and Practice. Available from all good hyperobject
stores, June 2110.
by Cryptographic Poetics Researchers' Union and 0x Salon


BY THE REWES OF BABYLON

by Wassim Z. Alsindi, Max Haiven, and 0x Salon


FAU0X SALON: 'ON PLAY AND PEDAGOGY' VIDEO DISCUSSION

Recorded for 'The Seashore of Endless Worlds' exhbition's closing symposium
by Wassim Z. Alsindi, Cryptographic Poetics Researchers' Union, and 0x Salon


LOVE LANGUAGE MODELS (LLMS)

"Our orGANs are soft, our portals warm."
by Wassim Z. Alsindi, Martina Cavalot, Jasmine Erkan, Ellie Hain, Kei Kreutler,
Alessandro Longo, and Karin Valis


SALONCAST005 ::: PROPHET MOTIVES

We held two 0xSalon conversations under Chatham House Rule on 'Prophet Motives'.
This is an audio conversation recollecting and extending those discussions.
by Aphotic Signals Intelligence Division and 0x Salon


APHOTIC SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE DIVISION - PERIOD OF HOZ

by Wassim Z. Alsindi, Cryptographic Poetics Researchers' Union, and 0x Salon


THE DEATH OF REWE

A homage to the infernal city
by Wassim Z. Alsindi, Cryptographic Poetics Researchers' Union, and 0x Salon


NECROPRIMITIVISM RISING

Published in the Agorism XXI journal, 2023
by 0x Salon


0X SALON @ GITCOIN: COMMUNITY & EDUCATION FUNDRAISING DRIVE

0x Salon is raising funds via Gitcoin's first Community & Education Round. Help
us spread the word, or donate if you can!
by Wassim Z. Alsindi, Cryptographic Poetics Researchers' Union, and 0x Salon


THE FATHER, THE SON, THE MERKLE FRUIT

Written for but not included in THE BLACK HOLE OF MONEY theatre script (2022).
by 0x Salon


[ANN] 0X SALON RESIDENCIES @ TRUST '23

We are pleased to announce that 0x Salon is soliciting applications for five
Research Residency positions in Berlin, to take place over the remainder of
2023.
by Wassim Z. Alsindi, Cryptographic Poetics Researchers' Union, and 0x Salon


THE NECROPRIMITIVIST MANIFESTO PT. 2

A speculative I/Odeology
by Wassim Z. Alsindi and 0x Salon


2022 RETROSPECTIVE: THE ART OF INDIFFERENCE

by Wassim Z. Alsindi, Max Hampshire, and Paul Seidler


TWENTY-TWO YEARS OF TRANSCENDENTAL TIME MACHINES (MVU PRESS, 2023)

Foreword for 2023 book edition of Anna Greenspan's PhD thesis 'Capitalism's
Transcendental Time Machine'
by Wassim Z. Alsindi, Cryptographic Poetics Researchers' Union, and 0x Salon


LEONARD COIN & JEFF CLOCKLEY - $HASHELUJAH

by Cryptographic Poetics Researchers' Union and 0x Salon


DELPHIC UTTERANCES OF THE TRADEWYFE

Extended version of 'The Rapture of the TradeWyfe' from THE BLACK HOLE OF MONEY
by Wassim Z. Alsindi and 0x Salon


'THE ART OF INDIFFERENCE' S+T+ARTS RESIDENCY VIDEO PROFILE

by Wassim Z. Alsindi, Cryptographic Poetics Researchers' Union, and 0x Salon


THE HASHSMITHS - HOW SOON IS POW?

Originally intended for THE BLACK HOLE OF MONEY and THE IMMACULATE MISCONCEPTION
by Wassim Z. Alsindi, Cryptographic Poetics Researchers' Union, and 0x Salon


OF $HASHLET AND $HASHINCOURT

Originally intended for THE BLACK HOLE OF MONEY and THE IMMACULATE MISCONCEPTION
by 0x Salon


18/10/22 0X SALON ‘ZINE, GAME & PLAY RELEASE EVENT @ TRUST

Our final Berlin event of the year
by Wassim Z. Alsindi and 0x Salon


ESSENTIAL ABSTRACTIONS - RUNESTONE IMMANENCE

Theme music for THE IMMACULATE MISCONCEPTION, opening next week in Milan!
by William Kherbek, Wassim Z. Alsindi, and 0x Salon


SEP'22: REVUE PUBLISHED, INTERGENERATIONALISM SALON, THEATRE PREMIERE, WINTER
CALLS, EXHIBITIONS & FESTIVALS, TIME THEORY REDUX, CPRU RETURNS, M3M3PL3X
INTERVIEW

by Cryptographic Poetics Researchers' Union and 0x Salon


WE ALL LIVE IN A (TRANSCENDENTAL) TIME MACHINE

by Wassim Z. Alsindi and 0x Salon


:REWORLD EXHIBITION INCLUDES THE IMMACULATE MISCONCEPTION

Opens 4th October at MEET in Milan, part of the STARTS Repairing The Present
Programme
by Wassim Z. Alsindi and 0x Salon


NO GODS, NO MASTER(NODE)S: DECENTRALISATION, DELEGATION & DISSENT ON THE
TIMECHAIN

by Wassim Z. Alsindi and Charlie Robin Jones


NOTES ON PHYGITALITY // NXS MAGAZINE #6

Published in Issue#6 of NXS Magazine ‘Phygital Fashioning’, ‘Notes on
Phygitality’ documents an asynchronous dialogue held in the spring of 2022
between Wassim Z. Alsindi & Charlie Robin Jones
by Wassim Z. Alsindi, Cryptographic Poetics Researchers' Union, and 0x Salon


ROMANCE, CAPITAL, TIME

by William Kherbek, Wassim Z. Alsindi, and 0x Salon


19/8/22 THE BLACK HOLE OF MONEY WORLD PREMIERE PRESENTED BY CLICK @
KULTURVAERFTET (HELSINGØR, DENMARK)

Developed as part of our S+T+ARTS Repairing The Present Fellowship
by Chloê Langford and 0x Salon


UR KAOS UHR

A web-based artwork exploring temporal weirdness
by Wassim Z. Alsindi, Cryptographic Poetics Researchers' Union, and 0x Salon


0X005 POETICS ::: VERSUS IN NUMINIS

Written for THE BLACK HOLE OF MONEY theatre production, 2022.
by Wassim Z. Alsindi and 0x Salon


22/7/22 THE BLACK HOLE OF MONEY PREVIEW EVENT @ TRUST

by Alice Yuan Zhang and 0x Salon


UNPACKING THE MYTH OF WEB3: DECENTRALIZATION OF WHAT?

by Wassim Z. Alsindi, laura lotti, Ricardo Saavedra, Alice Yuan Zhang, and 0x
Salon


SALONCAST004 ::: DAOCOLONISATION

We held a 0x Salon conversation under Chatham House Rule on the history,
politics, philosophy and technology of Web3 and DA0s. This is an audio report
based on that discussion.
by Wassim Z. Alsindi, William Kherbek, Anna-Luise Lorenz, Claire S. Tolan,
Katharine Tyndall, and Steven Warwick


S+T+ARTS REPAIRING THE PRESENT FELLOWSHIP: THE ART OF INDIFFERENCE PROJECT
ANNOUNCEMENT

by Catherine Leigh Schmidt and 0x Salon


DISTRIBUTED AUTONOMOUS OCCULTISM

Spike Art Magazine Article Feb'22
by Wassim Z. Alsindi and 0x Salon


BITCOINTINGENCY: AN ECONOMICS OF INDETERMINACY

Originally published by Weird Economies
by Wassim Z. Alsindi, Leïth Benkhedda, Lisa Blanning, William Kherbek, Terence
Sharpe, Claire Tolan, Steven Warwick, and 0x Salon


SWAN FAKE - AN IMPROBABLE RADIO PLAY

Against all odds, a voyage to Improbable Island is set to take place bringing
together an unusual collection of wayfarers. Follow them as they embark on their
journey.
by Wassim Z. Alsindi and 0x Salon


THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TOKENISED / SPIKE ART MAGAZINE #70

by Wassim Z. Alsindi, Martina Cavalot, Anna Engelhardt, Chloê Langford,
Catherine Leigh Schmidt, Alice Yuan Zhang, and 0x Salon


[ANN] 0X SALON REVUE PUBLICATION: CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

Submit by 23:59 CET, Monday 31st January 2022
by Wassim Z. Alsindi, Cryptographic Poetics Researchers' Union, and 0x Salon


THE NECROPRIMITIVIST MANIFESTO PT. 1

A speculative I/Odeology
by 0x Salon


0X008 VIDEO ::: TEMPORAL SECESSIONISM BROADCAST EDITION SALON

by Wassim Z. Alsindi and 0x Salon


REMINISCENCES OF A CLOCK OPERATOR (RELATIVISTIC VERSION)

Longer edition of a piece written for Nascent's Temporal Secessionism Timezone#4
Source Book, 2021.
by Wassim Z. Alsindi, Sarah Friend, Valentin Golev, daniel shinbaum, and 0x
Salon


SALONCAST002 ::: THE INDIFFERENCE ENGINE

We held a 0x Salon conversation under Chatham House Rule on our ‘Indifference
Engine’ critique of Bitcoin’s proof-of-work. This is an audio report based on
that discussion.
by Wassim Z. Alsindi, Martina Cavalot, Max Hampshire, Paul Seidler, and 0x Salon


SALONCAST003 ::: TRANSCENDENTAL TIME MACHINES

We held a 0x Salon conversation under Chatham House Rule on the history,
politics, philosophy and technology of timekeeping. This is an audio report
based on that discussion.
by Wassim Z. Alsindi, Martina Cavalot, Anna Engelhardt, Chloê Langford,
Catherine Leigh Schmidt, Alice Yuan Zhang, and 0x Salon


[ANN] MEET THE '21/'22 0X SALON RESEARCH RESIDENTS

As you might be aware, the 0x Salon recently opened a Research Residency
programme based in Berlin at Trust. Meet our five incoming Research Residents!
by 0x Salon


[ANN] 0X SALON RESIDENCIES @ TRUST

We are pleased to announce that 0x Salon and Trust are soliciting applications
for two Research Residency positions this autumn. Apply by 7th September.
by 0x Salon and Cryptographic Poetics Researchers' Union


THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TOKENISED (GANIMATION VIA VQ/CLIP)

by Wassim Z. Alsindi, daniel shinbaum, and 0x Salon


SALONCAST001 ::: NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS

We held a 0x Salon conversation under Chatham House Rule on Non-Fungible Tokens
and the speculative artworld mania surrounding them. This is an audio report
based on that discussion.
by Cryptographic Poetics Researchers' Union


0X003 POETICS ::: THE BASILISK SWAN PT. 2 ::: THE LIFE FREQUENTIAL

by Cryptographic Poetics Researchers' Union


0XNFT POETICS ::: THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TOKENISED

by 0x Salon and daniel shinbaum


0X004 REPORT I ::: (NOT) SEEING THE FOREST FOR/FROM THE TREES

by 0x Salon, daniel shinbaum, and Wassim Z. Alsindi


0X003 REPORT VI ::: A RECIPE FOR DISASTER?

Document compiled from salon notes, interpretation & additional theory.
by 0x Salon, daniel shinbaum, and Wassim Z. Alsindi


0X003 REPORT V ::: CORPUS ALGORITHMI? I/ODEOLOGY AND HYPEROBJECTS

Document compiled from salon notes, interpretation & additional theory.
by Cryptographic Poetics Researchers' Union


0X003 POETICS ::: THE BASILISK SWAN PT. 1 ::: TAKE THE POISSON PILL

by 0x Salon, daniel shinbaum, and Wassim Z. Alsindi


0X003 REPORT IV ::: ORGANIC LUBRICANT - ALGORITHMIC GOVERNANCE OFFLINE & ONLINE

Document compiled from salon notes, interpretation & additional theory.
by Cryptographic Poetics Researchers' Union


0X004 POETICS ::: CAPITALISM'S TRANSCENDENTAL SLIME MACHINE

by 0x Salon, daniel shinbaum, and Wassim Z. Alsindi


0X003 REPORT III ::: CONSTRAINTS OF THE COMPUTATIONAL PARADIGM

Document compiled from salon notes, interpretation & additional theory.
by Wassim Z. Alsindi and 0x Salon


0X005 VIDEO ::: THE INDIFFERENCE ENGINE LECTURE @ CCC'20

by Wassim Z. Alsindi and 0x Salon


2020 YEAR IN REVIEW

A janitorial perspective
by 0x Salon, daniel shinbaum, and Wassim Z. Alsindi


0X003 REPORT II ::: ALGORITHMS AND ALGORISMUS

Document compiled from salon notes, interpretation & additional theory.
by 0x Salon, daniel shinbaum, and Wassim Z. Alsindi


0X003 REPORT I ::: LIMITS OF THE ALGORITHMIC CONCEPT

Document compiled from salon notes, interpretation & additional theory.
by Cryptographic Poetics Researchers' Union and Satoshi Wept


0X005 POETICS ::: CRYPTOGRAPHIC NECROPRIMITIVISM & THE INDIFFERENCE ENGINE

Two Poetic Critiques of Bitcoin
by 0x Salon and Wassim Z. Alsindi


0X002 REPORT ::: TRESPASSER THEORY

Document compiled from salon notes, interpretation & additional theory.
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