Since the peak of on-the-fly purchasing convenience in 2014, marked by the introduction of Amazon Dash Buttons, most of us have lost our sense of premonition. Our general ability to "seize the moment in the wild" has sharply declined. There was a time when we met each other without messaging or sharing locations and obtained items through gift-giving and chance encounters.

In Tristan Gooley's book How to Read Water: Clues and Patterns from Puddles to the Sea, he explains that with a tiny cue, such as a ripple in a puddle, you can understand what’s happening in the vast ocean—if you know how to read it. This skill is how indigenous people in the Pacific survived for centuries. Careful observation of your surroundings brings to mind the Japanese saying, “when the wind blows, the barrel maker prospers.” This illustrates how seemingly unrelated events can suddenly form a kind of supply chain, depending on how you position yourself in the environment. The traditional sequence is 🌬️ → ⛱️ → 👀 → 😔🪕🪕🪕 → 😿 → 🐁 → 🪵🛢️, but you can craft your own supply chain by following the (un)made object guidelines, the subject of PhD research by Japanese artist Inari Wishiki.

The concept of an (un)made object, a technically non-produced item, is rooted in the Japanese saying “Off-the-shelf Mochi”—a moment too good to be true like a mochi rolling off a shelf and landing directly in your mouth as you walk by.

At the post-capitalist gym, you can train your sense of premonition by literally following "Off-the-shelf Mochi" with a specially designed contingent momentum training machine.

By 2030, you will no longer be able to rely on smartphones but rather on your own intuitions!

DISCONNECT YOUR NETWORK DESIRES now and prepare for the future.

The off-the-shelf MOCHI was newly built up for MFRU #30 in Maribor, Slovenia.

Collaborative assistant: Piet Verkleij

Photo: Valerija Intihar, Mitja Lorenčič