Institute of Diagram Studies

David Benqué is a designer and researcher from Paris France, currently living and working in Cork Ireland. Since his PhD at the Royal College of Art in London UK (2020) he operates as the Institute of Diagram Studies. This independent structure for research and creative practice stretches from graphic design to software development and media theory. The institute deploys the language of diagrams to read existing systems (algorithmic, technical, political) and to write new interventions in the form of publications, software, visualisations, and more.

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Sigil Séance Against Space Billionaires
- 31^st MFRU
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Sigil Séance Against Space Billionaires is a protection ritual against "New Space" colonizing overlords and an exploration of peer-to-peer online gathering. The sigil-making collaborative ritual in the form of an online call opens up the space to discuss and negotiate the formula they want to load and launch. The meetings present opportunities to think and exchange about current exploitation projects and colonial behaviors, to formulate collectively what bothers us and to express a clear desire for change.

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