ECHO FX | Demystification Committee

ECHO FX replays the night of the 2016 UK EU membership referendum through the echoes of disinformation spread on social media by Nigel Farage, in an apparent effort to short the £.

230616 2200: as polls close in the UK referendum on EU membership, Nigel Farage, a former commodities broker and the face of Leave EU, concedes defeat.

230616 2252: in a Foreign Exchange market imbued with Remain sentiment, the network effect of Farage's concession pushes the £ to a six month high.

240616 0528: the £ reaches its lowest point in 30 years, losing 12% of its value against the $.

ECHO FX replays the night of the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum through the echoes of disinformation spread on social media by Nigel Farage, in an apparent effort to short the £.

Suggesting a Remain win, those echoes manipulated market sentiment in order to inflate the value of the £, seemingly setting it up for a "pump and dump", a form of trading fraud aimed at boosting the value of an asset through misleading statements.

As the £ subsequently crashed amongst market disbelief, a number of London City traders with access to insider information pointing to a Leave win made millions from the £ collapse.

ECHO FX was screened on the third anniversary of the referendum vote night, in June 2019, and performed live 24 hours before the United Kingdom left the European Union, in January 2020.

2020 (live): CTM x TRANSMEDIALE
BERGHAIN, berlin
2019 (screening): Ø.29
CORSICA STUDIOS, london

ECHO FX replays the night of the 2016 UK EU membership referendum through the echoes of disinformation spread on social media by Nigel Farage, in an apparent effort to short the £.
230616 2200: as polls close in the UK referendum on EU membership, Nigel Farage, a former commodities broker and the face of Leave EU, concedes defeat.
230616 2252: in a Foreign Exchange market imbued with Remain sentiment, the network effect of Farage's concession pushes the £ to a six month high.
240616 0528: the £ reaches its lowest point in 30 years, losing 12% of its value against the $.
ECHO FX replays the night of the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum through the echoes of disinformation spread on social media by Nigel Farage, in an apparent effort to short the £.
Suggesting a Remain win, those echoes manipulated market sentiment in order to inflate the value of the £, seemingly setting it up for a "pump and dump", a form of trading fraud aimed at boosting the value of an asset through misleading statements.

As the £ subsequently crashed amongst market disbelief, a number of London City traders with access to insider information pointing to a Leave win made millions from the £ collapse.
ECHO FX was screened on the third anniversary of the referendum vote night, in June 2019, and performed live 24 hours before the United Kingdom left the European Union, in January 2020.

the DEMYSTIFICATION COMMITTEE studies the intensities of late capitalism, engaging with its networks, interfaces and excesses; it is chaired from london and berlin;

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2021.1.6 (live): INTERFACE CHAOS LIVE
CAFE OTO
..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................; INTERFACE CHAOS LIVE
CAFE OTO, london
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2020 (live): CTM x TRANSMEDIALE
BERGHAIN, berlin; CTM 2020 x TRANSMEDIALE
BERGHAIN, berlin
(solo): OFFSHORE MATTERS
AKSIOMA, ljubljana
(interview): INTERFACE CHAOS
NERO; CHASING ILLICIT MONEY
NEW YORK TIMES
(streaming): Moneylab #8
AKSIOMA
(screening): INTERFACE CHAOS
FORUM STADTPARK, graz
(focus group): RAVENSBOURNE UNIVERSITY
london; BA ARCHITECTURE
RAVENSBOURNE UNIVERSITY, london
(release): RHYTHM, CHAOS & NONPULSED MAN
LD10; RHYTHM, CHAOS AND NONPULSED MAN
LA DELEUZIANA
2019 (solo): NETWORK ENSEMBLE
GLUQBAR, milan
(group show): A SCHOOL OF SCHOOLS
C-MINE, genk; PORTO DESIGN BIENNIAL
TRINDADE, porto; A SCHOOL OF SCHOOLS
LUMA, arles; EMERGENCE
LCC, london
(screening): Ø.29
CORSICA STUDIOS, london; INTERFACE CHAOS
TRUST, berlin; ANTIUNIVERSITY NOW
THE MONTPELIER, london
(live): DESIGNING TIME
DESIGN MUSEUM, london
(residency): DESIGN SYSTEMS
SHARED INSTITUTE, porto
(release): Flash Demons
MILLE PLATEAUX
(focus group): WEISSENSEE KUNSTHOCHSCHULE
berlin; MA VISUAL COMMUNICATION
WEISSENSEE KUNSTHOCHSCHULE, berlin; MA GRAPHIC MEDIA DESIGN
LCC, london
2018 (group show): 4^th Design Biennial
ARTER, istanbul; 4^th Istanbul Design BIENNIAL
ARTER, istanbul; transmediale face value
HKW, berlin; Situation #111
FOTOMUSEUM, winterthur; Projected.Capital
ROEHRS & BOETSCH, zurich; DIGITAL DESIGN WEEKEND
V&A, london
(live): Radical Networks
SPEKTRUM, berlin; Alt-Age
DESIGN MUSEUM, london; transmediale face value
HKW, berlin; Borderline Festival
ONASSIS, athens; Borderline Festival
ONASSIS STEGI, athens
(streaming): IMPAKT Festival
HET HUIS, utrecht; Automated Lands
NEW INSTITUTE, rotterdam; Automated Landscapes
HET NIEUWE INSTITUUT, rotterdam; transmediale face value
HKW, berlin; MoneyLab #4
SOMERSET HOUSE, london; On work
SERPENTINE GALLERIES; Algorithmic Superstructures
SERPENTINE GALLERIES
(talk): Alt-Age
DESIGN MUSEUM, london; Something or Other
LCC, london
(interview): BUON PARADISO FISCALE A TUTTI
NOT; Staying Alive
WE MAKE MONEY NOT ART
(publication): A DAY IN THE LIFE OF
SCHLOSS-POST; THE OFFSHORE ECONOMIST
RIZOSFERA
(focus group): MONEYLAB #4
SOMERSET HOUSE, london
2017 (live): transmediale vorspiel
NON, berlin; Inside Terrain Vague
UMLAUT, london
(talk): the influencers
CCCB, barcelona
(group show): rundgang
UDK, berlin; holding space
THE BRICK CUBE, london; uncertainty playground
LCC, london
(residency): Vilem Flusser Residency Program
berlin
(focus group): london design festival
LCC, london; Vilem Flusser Residency Program
berlin; Vilem Flusser Residency Program
PRETIUMOFFICES, berlin
(release): SELECTED NETWORK STUDIES
NUKFM
2016 (screening): DELEUZE STUDIES
TRE UNIVERSITY, rome; DELEUZE STUDIES
ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY, rome
(release): CHAOS VARIATION I
NUKFM

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