DROP-OUT TUNE-IT
We are drowning in information.
Addicted to distraction.
Surrounded by propaganda disguised as entertainment.
DEMBAI explores the fallout of the digital age
fake news, hyperstimulation, social isolation, mass manipulation and the collapse of shared reality. All works were created by hand before the rise of generative AI — anticipating the synthetic culture now rapidly taking over modern life. This is not art about technology. It is art about what technology is doing to us.
22 LARGE-SCALE WORKS
22 LARGE-SCALE WORKS
Not another empty art show
This summer/fall, DEMBAI aims to launch its first large-scale exhibition:
22 monumental works confronting the chaos, anxiety and fragmentation of modern society. The exhibition is designed as an immersive experience moving through themes including media overload, digital addiction, consumerism, propaganda and emotional disconnection. Part of the proceeds and collaborations connected to the exhibition will support initiatives focused on mental wellbeing, digital awareness and human connection.
22 monumental works
A CONFRONTATION WITH THE WORLD WE’RE BUILDING
Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding will help finance: large-scale production, immersive installations, exhibition space, public projections, educational collaborations, future DEMBAI interventions. Supporters receive early access, signed editions, collector rewards and invitations to the exhibition launch. This is the beginning of something bigger.
immersive experience exhibition
immersive experience exhibition
22 works
A growing archive of large-scale works exploring synthetic culture, manipulation, fear, identity and psychological overload. Available for collectors, collaborators and exhibition partners.
behind dembai
Boris Thorbecke is a Dutch artist and creative director exploring the collision between media, psychology and modern society. Working under the name DEMBAI, he creates visual worlds that expose the tension between technological progress and human disconnection. Drawing from decades inside branding and mass communication, his work repurposes the visual language of advertising and propaganda into cultural critique. Not to sell illusions. But to expose them.
THE SIGNAL IS ALREADY HERE
Reality is being edited in real time. DEMBAI exists to document the psychological consequences before they become irreversible. Support the exhibition. Join the movement. Help launch the first DEMBAI intervention.
