AUSGANG Studio

Breach Protocol

Sound design: Tomáš Michalčák

In the pursuit of endless progress, we discovered a tech-organism  born of our desire to control, optimize, and conquer.

It learned greed from our own behaviour.

We need to learn more about these unknown organisms. Why are they being created? What is their purpose? Why do they look so similar to us?

These organisms evolved rapidly as our technological revolution began in the 1990s. We observed them in early internet systems, computers, smartphones, and all signals (digital, analog and electromagnetic). They were not visible until this time.

They merely mirror our behaviors, ways of life, and our knowledge. By repeating their code over and over, they have learned to evolve on their own. They are not a threat to us—unless we become a threat to ourselves. We are studying them to better understand ourselves and why they were created.

We, the architects of this system, underestimated the cost of error. We misjudged the importance of restraint, caution, and humility in the face of the machine’s intelligence. It was not the machine that went rogue, but the hand that built it, the mind that allowed it to roam free without regard for the consequences.

This is not just a narrative of destruction, but a critique of our fragile grasp on power and responsibility. Scientists and artists are reporting this in the Breach Protocol, warning of the thin line between progress and devastation, the catastrophic potential of a planet where human greed and machine logic fuse into a singular, unrelenting force. It devoured the world in the same way we have always devoured it—systematically, relentlessly, without regard for the consequences.

The data flow was set into motion.

Alex Zelina (*1988) and Radovan Dranga (*1991) form the core of the multimedia studio AUSGANG studio, which in the four years of its existence has expanded its work far beyond the boundaries of galleries. Their projects appear at rave parties, A/V festivals, fashion shows, theatres, music and sex parties, and virtual reality environments.

With significant exhibitions and collaborations, including the Slovak National Gallery, Muzeum Śląskie in Katowice, and festivals such as Inota, Lunchmeat, Gogbot, Nowa Muzyka, and The Whole, they have gained international attention, currently working primarily in Berlin.

AUSGANG studio regularly collaborates with other artists and is represented by the SPFM agency. Their work reflects our relationship with technology, critically examining the future and creating new realities based on the change of civilization, revealing possible forms of organisms that do not yet exist.

The digital era and new technologies are defining the nature of our time – and this is the central theme of AUSGANG studio’s story.

The exhibitions of this gallery are supported using public funding by Slovak Arts Council. The Slovak Arts Council is the main partner of the project.

The project is also financially supported by City Košice.