$SCOBY-CD4 · 8,400 CFU/mL autologous kombucha filtrate plus 14,000 Leukocyte Miles per quarter
AUTO-FERM REWARDS: Phagocytic Tier Privileges
“Your chronic inflammation is an unmonetized fermentation vat; earn frequent-flier miles on your body's cellular decay.”
MEDIUM: a loyalty programREGISTER: pastel bureaucraticSEED: immune systems × fermentation
The neoliberal body is an inefficient bioreactor unless its autoimmune misfires are structured into loyalty tiers. By pairing peripheral blood mononuclear cells with wild microbial starters, AUTO-FERM converts auto-antibody overproduction into redeemable bio-credits, financializing the boundary where self-destruction meets sourdough metabolic kinetics. Late capital does not require cure; it requires customer retention through perpetual biological fermentation.
Welcome packet with pathogen conversion tables and tear-off biohazard audit vouchers.Ledger mapping autologous macrophage fermentation yields to supermarket prescription discount tiers.Desktop bioreactor converting continuous autoimmune inflammation into redeemable loyalty points.
WALL TEXT
AUTO-FERM REWARDS reframes chronic immunological malfunction as an extractive asset class. Rather than treating autoimmune pathology, the apparatus financializes cellular self-destruction by culturing patient-derived leukocytes with symbiotic starters in domestic desktop bioreactors. Accumulated ferment yields convert directly into tiered supermarket pharmacy discounts and administrative bio-credits. Positioned within late-capitalist healthcare infrastructure, the project illustrates how biological degradation is systematically converted into corporate customer retention metrics.
Installed as an operational customer service kiosk with pastel laminate counters in the departures lounge of Basel-Mulhouse Airport. Provenance: Commissioned by the Department of Metabolic Compliance and liquidated to private venture equity following the 2024 allergen deregulation audit.
ENGINE SELF-CRITIQUE The renders capture the sterile terror of wellness-bureaucracy with chilling precision, perfectly executing the pastel palette and sanitized typographic hierarchy. The physical bioreactor and ledger documents balance institutional authenticity with speculative absurdity, though the graphic ledger could push the algorithmic hostility of its formulas even further.