[spectre] Aksioma’s new editorial series multithread

[Marcela Okretič]

Dear friends,


We are very proud to announce Aksioma’s new editorial series *multithread *and
we'd really love to see you in the upcoming presentation in Berlin, on 29
January at 7pm at panke.gallery
<https://aksioma.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1ae755fe8a8dbe61fc37d4622&id=719a61f432&e=b2b01b8bf8>
!


Marcela & Janez


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*multithread*
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is focusing primarily on artistic and creative interventions in the field
of online and algorithmic landscapes. Rather than institutional forms and
the voices of established theorists, *multithread *promotes the emerging
perspectives of critical observers who address the topic of the
contemporary socio-technological condition, moving beyond academic rigor as
the dominant framework, while remaining in dialogue with leading-edge
discourse.



The series, edited by Lea Sande and Ema Maznik Antić, is aimed at
experimental and interdisciplinary writing, embracing a heterogeneity of
approaches, languages, and registers. It allows for critical exploration
and research, encouraging contributions ranging from speculative fiction to
systematic analysis, including critical and political theory, philosophy,
art and media studies.



Conceived as a meeting ground for emerging imaginaries and new voices, the
series probes the tensions between technology, imagination, and society,
illuminating both innovative currents of thought and the authors shaping
them.

With an expected frequency of four issues per year, *multithread *is
published in a pocket format with colour images. Each issue includes an
afterword by an established author that expands on the central topic,
situates it within a broader discursive context, and delves into the
responses articulated in the main text.



*UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS*



21 January 2026 at 7 PM
*Aksioma | Project Space
<https://aksioma.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1ae755fe8a8dbe61fc37d4622&id=6c07f6b646&e=b2b01b8bf8>,
Ljubljana*



29 January 2026 at 7 PM
*panke.gallery
<https://aksioma.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1ae755fe8a8dbe61fc37d4622&id=719a61f432&e=b2b01b8bf8>,
Berlin*





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*multithread** #1: *


*Benze De Ream The Blue Flower Syndrome
<https://aksioma.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1ae755fe8a8dbe61fc37d4622&id=a6baffd7f4&e=b2b01b8bf8>*

With an afterword by Metahaven

Release date: 21 January 2026



T*he Blue Flower Syndrome* is a discussion on palatability, power and
computation encoded in a single rushed train _[of thought] // [commute]_ to
an interview on a Dutch iris farm. Blending autofiction, media theory and
myth, it traces the entanglements between public-facing interfaces,
machinic mathematics 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 historical practices and technologies that
shaped them. In the afterword, *Metahaven
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*expands
on the text by outlining influence design – a project in which computation
operates as an ideological carrier – placing The Blue Flower Syndrome
within a contemporary media landscape read through a historical-materialist
lens.



*Benze De Ream* is a designer, artist, and researcher whose practice
investigates the political and cognitive mechanics of algorithmic systems.
He has been trained at the Geo-Design department, Design Academy Eindhoven,
and is a recipient of the Gijs Bakker Award. His research unfolds through
moving image, performance, writing, and experiential installation, probing
how computation choreographs social and affective realities.



EN | 10.5 x 16.7 cm | 80 pp | COLOUR | soft cover | 2026
ISBN 978-961-7173-67-3

*PREVIEW
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*multithread*

Series edited by Lea Sande and Ema Maznik Antić
Issue 01 edited by Lea Sande, Ema Maznik Antić, Primož Krašovec, Janez
Fakin Janša
Design by Federico Antonini
Published by Aksioma – Institute for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana
Represented by Marcela Okretič
Editor in chief: Janez Fakin Janša



*MORE PUBLICATIONS
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Marcela Okretič

Aksioma - Institute for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana

www.aksioma.org
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