THE VOID +
We Have Always Been Brainrotted
Theory Music Performance
🗓️ 10 Februar 2026 at 7 PM
📍 Aksioma | Project Space, Ljubljana / Online
🗓️ 11 Februar 2026 at 8 PM
📍 Kino Šiška, Ljubljana / Online
In the transdisciplinary performative essay We have always been brainrotted, Aksioma joins forces with the collective THE VOID. The essay, interwoven with audio-visual elements that will be composed on the spot, addresses the prevailing imperative of contemporary social media cultural production, brainrot, which tends towards a form of vertical video defined primarily by unconditional algorithmic curation.
THE VOID (T.V.) is a project that questions the boundaries of audiovisual publishing and creates a platform for sharing the findings of online researchers. It achieves this by establishing a hybrid recording and broadcasting studio that uses a green screen to add live-coded visuals and multi-layered images, broadcasting the event in person and online. For this edition, the collective is expanding into THE VOID +, joined by a group of local artists and the Aksioma team.
We have always been brainrotted addresses the elusive definition of the cultural phenomenon of brainrot. The performative essay attempts to distance itself from understanding of brainrot as a genre of content or a social media trend and instead conceives of it as an imperative and true expression of algorithmic culture. Through an examination of digital holes, peripheral media, and operational images, it anchors brainrot as a reflection of the intertwining of technological, cultural, social, and economic factors.
THE VOID + “band” consists of members of the Amsterdam Institute of Network Cultures (INC) Tommaso Campagna, Jordi Viader Guerrero, and Giulia Timis, intermedia artist and VJ Neža Knez, DJ and producer Tisa Troha aka msn gf, and researcher Lea Sande.
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The Band
Lea Sande: SINGER (research, text, voice)
Tisa Troha: SYNTH (research, text editor, musical performer)
Neža Knez: SCREEN (visual performer, video editor, graphic design)
Giulia Timis: CAMERA (3D visuals, camera, live image processing)
Jordi Viader Guerrero: DESKTOP (research, text editor, visual performer, video editor)
Tommaso Campagna: MODEM (director of photography, live streaming, stage design, video editor)
The Roadies
Oskar Kandare: live camera, debugger
Valter Udovičić: stage technician, sound engineer
The Managers
Janez F. Janša: fat boss with cigar
Marcela Okretič: production and tour manager
Ema Maznik Antić: stage manager
The Promoter
Neža Bukovec