AES+F: Art That Predicted the Future
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Welcome to the permanent apocalypse, as predicted by AES+F. Why do their artworks made 10–30 years ago feel like today’s headlines? From video-game violence without blood, to carnivalesque medieval memes (yes, even brainrot), to airports as purgatory — AES+F’s works trace the uncanny overlap between digital culture and world events that keep catching up with the art. We dropped by the collective’s Berlin studio on a blazing August afternoon to talk about the strange timeline we’re all stuck in. We cover: ❈ Last Riot — a war with no blood, no victory, no end (only respawn). ❈ Inverso Mundus — the world upside down, a 24/7 media carnival where apocalypse = content. ❈ Allegoria Sacra — airports as liminal purgatory, metaphors that turned literal during COVID.
