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The New Common Room: Why We’re Opening a Discord
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The New Common Room: Why We’re Opening a Discord

We moved our Substack work to Ghost to save it. Now we’re moving the conversation to Discord to save us. By Art of Faceless The migration is complete. If you are reading this, you have successfully landed with us on the Sovereign Web. The archives are safe, the subscription list is secure, and, most importantly, there are no algorithms here recommending hate speech in the sidebar. But Ghost is a place for publishing. It is where we put the work on the wall. What we missed, immediately, are yo


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The Archive Opens: Chronicles of The Hollow Circuit™
Sugar Mouse Mouth by Lloyd Lewis ©2026 Art of FACELESS

The Archive Opens: Chronicles of The Hollow Circuit™

We are announcing the initiation of a massive archival project that has been fourteen years in the making. Today marks the soft launch of Chronicles of The Hollow Circuit™ - the definitive repository for Art of FACELESS spanning over a decade of investigation into identity, anonymity, and the encroaching digital gaze. Chronicles of The Hollow Circuit™ – Est. 2012 Art of FACELESSChronicles of The Hollow Circuit™ What Is This Archive? This is not just a gallery. It is a map of our trajectory.


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When Art Becomes Research (And Nobody Can Tell the Difference)
The Academic Wizard ©2026 Art of FACELESS

When Art Becomes Research (And Nobody Can Tell the Difference)

Art of FACELESS February 2026 You know that feeling when you're watching a really good film, and halfway through you realise it's not just entertainment, it's actually teaching you something about how the world works? And then you can't separate the story from the insight anymore? That's basically what we've been building for 14 years, except it goes both ways, runs infinitely deep, and we've finally figured out the maths behind why it works. The Simple Version We run two websites: artoffa


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First Alt.Cardiff2026 poster leaflets drop tomorrow.
Colour version of ISSUE #1 of the Alt.Cardiff2026 ZineGlitch poster. ©2026 Art of FACELESS

First Alt.Cardiff2026 poster leaflets drop tomorrow.

> SYSTEM WARNING // CRITICAL THOUGHT "The algorithm isn't just watching you; it is actively predicting your next thought. To remain unpredictable is the only true resistance." The first Cardiff drop of the printed, folded zine posters go out tomorrow. Here's the colour version of the poster. Issue #1 2026 Cardiff/Athens edition. Three languages and cultures represented: English (UK), Welsh, and Greek. https://www.tumblr.com/altcardiff2026/807573287461928960/the-first-cardiff-drop-of-th


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On Not Leading With Letters: A Reminder About Assumptions
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On Not Leading With Letters: A Reminder About Assumptions

We haven't worn a tie in decades. Our skin carries more ink than our CVs carry institutional credentials. We lead with "multimedia creatives from Cardiff" because that's what we are, punk artists who've spent fourteen years building hyperstitional universes, documenting facelessness as resistance architecture, and rejecting the surveillance capitalism that academia too often serves. But here's the thing about breadcrumbs: you have to follow them to know where they lead. Someone recently dismis


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