FACELESSNESS IS FREEDOM (moving forward to 2026): STATEMENT OF POSITION
Under broad, catch-all frameworks, legal work about the human condition is treated as if it were dangerous, despite posing no illegal risk whatsoever.
The Middle-Class Content Farm: Why Substack Is Not Your Community
By Lloyd Lewis for Art of FACELESS
Let us stop pretending Substack
The Open Web is DEAD
The open web isn’t dying — it’s already dead. The platforms killed it. We just pretended not to notice.
Introducing The Closed Web Papers Research Tier
An AOF Statement on Access, Integrity & Independence
Over the coming weeks,
THE RWTH & RHIANNA FILES
Future-born anthropological archaeologists, time-slipped field agents, erotic and ungovernably curious.
The Hollow Circuit Visual Novel: available on STEAM January 2026
The Hollow Circuit is a Lunarpunk visual novel that merges philosophy, eroticism, and psychological horror through a multi-timeline narrative where language becomes a virus and art becomes resistance.
The Right Number of Fucks: An Equation for Artists
Every artist we know lives in a constant state of contradiction — caring
Nobody's Going to Help You
You are alone in the network. Navigation is an act of ethics. Sources are rooms; claims are creatures; your attention is the only currency. The map redraws itself every time you blink.
Another Day, Another Medium Article — And They Lap It Up
Medium has become the mirror where AI narcissists meet to admire their own reflections.
Snake Oil and Spectres: The Myth of AI Detection
The message is simple:
If a detector isn’t validated, it isn’t the truth.
It’s just a mirror reflecting the bias of its creators.
And the more it’s used, the deeper that bias becomes baked into the world.
The Garden Behind the Glass: Why Art of FACELESS Built Its Own AI
Subscriptions are now limited.
We’re keeping this circle small — not to exclude, but to ensure the system scales ethically and remains in human hands. Once the gate closes, it stays closed.
The Pharmakon Paradox: Image Ownership and Algorithmic Obedience
What began as an artistic test became a case study in algorithmic obedience: how a platform-trained large-language model can mimic ethical dialogue while reinforcing the ideology of its maker.