🕳️ Released Phantom Node 63: Armenian IT & Chips Dealers. Technological Phantoms. Invisible Labyrinth
- Foundation date
22 September 2025
This project is a philosophical and artistic study of the phenomenon of "phantom nodes" — invisible yet influential objects and subjects in the contemporary global system. The descriptions contained within this study are metaphorical and allegorical, aimed at uncovering systemic problems, regimes, and civilisational influences. They are not a journalistic investigation or legal accusations, but serve as an artistic interpretation of reality.
This creation is protected and cannot be used by third parties for the purpose of supporting, propagating, or legitimizing criminal regimes, terrorist states, and organizations operating in the shadows. The use of data or analysis results from this project, whether in part or in full, is expressly prohibited if the objective is to support or conceal their criminal activity.
The project may be freely used by individuals and organizations that combat evil, corruption, and aggression.
🕳️ Released Phantom Node 63: Armenian IT & Chips Dealers. Technological Phantoms. Invisible Labyrinth
Where silicon routes morph into hidden passages.
Who is this?
Armenian IT & Chips Dealers denotes a fluid network of traders and intermediaries routing microchips and electronic components through Yerevan into transit chains that may reach sanctioned regimes. It represents systems and practices rather than a single corporate entity.
Type of node:
Tech-logistics hub / trade network.
Status:
Diffuse, embedded in legitimate electronics trade.
Form of control:
Disposable companies, parcel-splitting, forged certificates, crypto and cash channels.
Phantom image:
A labyrinth of crates of chips — outwardly ordinary supply lines concealing other purposes.
What remains after the phantom:
Re-registered consignments, relabelled items, multi-stage transits via neutral jurisdictions.
Core of the node:
What sustained it?
Demand for components, weak supply-chain oversight, profit for intermediaries, regulatory gaps.
How did it become a phantom?
When large consignments were fractioned, paperwork substituted, and end-users hid behind layers of companies.
Why does the phantom still exist?
Because component demand stays high and masking costs are lower than the margins gained.
Phantom’s condition:
Active, adaptive, resilient to standard inspections.
After the regime:
Mapping chokepoints in supply chains;
Strengthening batch and certificate verification;
International cooperation to cut off end-user access.
Collective reaction:
We map these channels and urge transparency: technology that sustains life must not sustain shadow networks.
Core principle:
When a supply chain turns into a labyrinth, accountability dissolves with the trail.
Alt-text:
Graphite illustration: a storage room with stacked boxes; opened crates of microchips on shelves; foreground desk with a tablet displaying batch lists, nearby relabelling tags and tools; shadowy couriers and handlers in the back; atmosphere of concealed tech flows.
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Unmasking the Phantom. Pivtorak.Studio. 22.09.2025
🛡️ This project is an artistic and philosophical exploration. All depictions are allegorical; the piece does not allege facts about specific private individuals without corroborated evidence.
🫧Phantom Node Dossier: Armenian IT & Chips Dealers. Technological Ghosts.
Key Aspects of the Phantom:
"Technological Ghosts" (or "The Invisible Labyrinth"). This phantom node is not just a group of companies but a vital artery that supplies Russian and Iranian regimes with high-tech components. Its phantom essence lies in its function as an "engineering" channel that takes legal goods (microchips, processors) and, through complex manipulation, transforms them into an illegal resource, hidden from all control.
Regimes (which it directly shapes/supports):
💻 Regime of "Shadow Tech Network": The creation of a parallel, clandestine network for trading secret technologies.
📦 Regime of "Micro-Transit": The systematic breaking down of large shipments into small, inconspicuous parcels to avoid detection.
📄 Regime of "Documentary Emulation": The falsification of documents to disguise dual-use components as ordinary consumer goods.
🕵️♂️ Regime of "Anonymous Commerce": Operations carried out through a network of shell companies, making the end consumer and supplier virtually impossible to identify.
Tools (which it actively uses/oversees):
📝 Shell Companies: The use of numerous front companies that create a complex and confusing supply chain.
🔄 Repackaging and Relabeling: The physical alteration of packaging and labels to hide the true origin and purpose of goods.
₿ Cryptocurrency Payments: The use of cryptocurrencies for transactions without a bank trail.
🚚 Small Logistics Companies: Collaboration with lesser-known courier services that lack proper oversight.
Civilizational Influences (which it embodies/exploits):
💔 Fueling Aggression: It is a direct channel for supplying technology used for warfare and repression.
🤖 Destabilizing the Tech Market: The activities of these dealers destroy ethical norms and lead to the emergence of a black market for critical components.
🪢 Erosion of Global Security: It undermines international efforts to prevent the proliferation of dual-use technologies.
👤 Lack of Moral Responsibility: The participants in this network view their actions as purely commercial, ignoring their destructive consequences for global security.
Dissection of a Phantom Node. Pivtorak.Studio. 22.09.2025
🛡️ This project is an artistic and philosophical exploration. All depictions are allegorical; the piece does not allege facts about specific private individuals without corroborated evidence.
