Shut down your computer and join the second edition of The Internet Yami-Ichi in Linz! The Internet Yami-Ichi, from the Japanese “Internet Black Market,” but also “sickness” and “addiction,” is a flea market where people consumed by the Internet can share and buy Internet-related things in real life.
The Internet Yami-Ichi was created by the Japanese art collective IDPW in 2012, and took place in Tokyo for the first time. Since then many editions have been organized in various cities like New York, Seoul, Moscow, Berlin and more.
Project Credits:
- This project is supported by Ars Electronica and Interface Cultures
- Curated by Sofia Braga
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Biographies:
IDPW (JP) is a loose collective of 10-some members operating under the slogan “a secret society on the internet that goes back more than 100 years”, who descend on various internet scenes from time to time. They are known for “Internet Black Market”, “Text Party”, “Whatever Button” and other projects in monthly get-togethers. In 2012 IDPW won the “New Face” award at the 17th Japan Media Arts Festival.
http://idpw.org/
Sofia Braga (IT) develops her artistic research at the intersection between Digital and Post-Digital practices. She graduates in Visual Arts (BA, MA) at the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna and is currently attending the Interface Cultures master program at Kunstuniversität Linz. Her works have been exhibited at Ars Electronica Festival, The wrong–New Digital Art Biennale, Xie Zilong Museum (CN), Link Art Center (IT).
http://sofiabraga.com/
