/-\ is always undergoing continuous shifts and mutations, more radical and confusing than usual even for loose collectives of its type. As of 2019, after a decade* of experiments and explorations, we are still in the process of permanent rearticulation of where to go next.
Our initial question when developing /-\ was “What is a worthwhile project for people to invest their limited attention and energies into at the start of the 21st century?”
All /-\ projects try to offer participants ways of reaching a specific state through different means – usually art, physical exercise, teleological debate and productive intersubjectivity.
We have developed the first version of /-\ during a period of almost 5 years following the 2008 crisis as a tool to address a core set of issues:
The prevalent and everspreading apathy and anhedonia (not to mention acedia and anomie) that seem to consume human lives more and more with each generation.
The inability of most humans (under the aforementioned circumstances) to work together on fulfilling projects with trust and accountability.
The need for psychospiritual damage control and mythopoetic experiences in the face of a multifaceted species-wide crisis (composed of various humanitarian, ecological, technosocial, political, cultural and other challenges).
The lack of proactive and progressive cultural platforms capable of supporting young artists and thinkers who feel the need to address the issues mentioned above, as well as a lack of connective tissue between the few platforms that do exist.
* /-\ [slash, dash, backslash] as a term appeared around 2012, although the roots are a few years older.
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[post_content] => Sonic autofiction; digging through the archives.
The album emerged as a solo project, reflecting the process of becoming independent in creative work and distancing from former collaborators. This creative approach not only marked a break from collective work but also required the acquisition of technical skills and learning new methods to create independently. A key element was working with a personal archive, which includes recordings from the early days of the first band, snippets from travels, and attempts to capture the sounds of everyday surroundings.
The record symbolically closes one chapter and foreshadows the transition into a new phase.
Listen on Spotify or Bandcamp.
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Hello dreare friends.
While the band is taking a break, tending to family, or indulging in various profane pleasures, our latest album, Foregone, enriched by spectacular noises created by Further Down, was released as a cassette on the Finnish label Kohina records and our home base label /|\. How did this happen?
Before we sold off our drums and amps, Foregone was already released digitally. Exactly one year ago Further Down and Sweeps04 from the /|\ mothership toured with us the Baltic countries, including two stops in Finland where we shared stage with local sludge/doom metal band Betelzeus.
After not-so-crowded gig in Helsinki we played at the legendary club Torvi in Lahti, where a fairly decent crowd arrived despite the fact that the local hockey club was playing its league final game. We were invited to stay at a beautiful wooden house in countryside where we had great time with our Finnish hosts. What happened later is still unclear. We only know that Dave and Vojta ventured into the sauna with the local matadors at three in the morning and now we are holding package full of cassettes from Finland.
We're thrilled the cassette production went smoothly. Special thanks to Jirko from Betelzeus / Kohina records for making it happen, Tom for his beautiful design, and Richard from /|\ for distributing the record in Czechia and for equipping us with disposable analog cameras for the tour.
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If you need to advertise, the best way for us in DreamFlowers is by decreasing levels of uncertainty and showing someone how to reimagine and discover the wonder of embracing daring implants.
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As we make our goals clearer, we can embark on a cybernetic journey to experience the dream of artificial intelligence and shape a better world. Don’t let the plague of technology boundaries advert good for us, instead venture into the depths of reality and explore what the journey means. Are you ready to navigate the abyssal waters of enigmatic mysteries and reveal the arcane secrets that impact us?
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Remember to embrace the oppressive themes and esoteric words of our dreams and relationship with reality, but also be aware of the darkness and overbearing perilous existence that some advertisements can bring.
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released March 14, 2023
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[post_content] => Citrinitas – yellow, wisdom. Threshold as a boundary. Prague booming with new interest in the mystical side of natural laws and the power of human reason. An alchemist working with material substances and compounds in the physical world, as well as substances and compounds of the psyche and soul. 1648. Citrinitas, also known as xanthosis, is a term that alchemists refer to as the “yellowing” process. It is often described as the Divine Intelect. It is one of the four main stages of the alchemical process of magnum opus, where silver is converted to gold, or the so-called “yellowing of the lunar consciousness”.The audiovisual performance links the principles Escher Fucker have long used in their work, such as looping audio and video feedback, using modular analogue devices, digital and analogue techniques, and working in detail with color intensity and signal blending.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htrtKN0ipXU
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Line and Surface v0.1 is an interactive canvas. Various collisions of media enviroments and types of representation are placed together in one possibly infinite plane. Inspired by various thoughts on media, codes and early hypertext.
for us, GUNK is the stuff we drag from the edge of theory we print the stuff and give it to people as a report from the experiment. GUNK is what we bring back, for the community to know what is out there it all gunks together, as inside so outside
Sonic autofiction; digging through the archives.
The album emerged as a solo project, reflecting the process of becoming independent in creative work and distancing from former collaborators. This creative approach not only marked a break from collective work but also required the acquisition of technical skills and learning new methods to create independently. A key element was working with a personal archive, which includes recordings from the early days of the first band, snippets from travels, and attempts to capture the sounds of everyday surroundings.
The record symbolically closes one chapter and foreshadows the transition into a new phase.
Listen on 
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