The Internet Yami-Ichi
@Tate Modern, as part of OffPrint London Fair
20 - 22 May 2016
Tadeo Sendon | Shinji Toya | Emiddio |KAAP | Irini Pigaditi | GlitcHaus | Nukeme | FZS + UMZ | Christophe Cachelin | Chloe Spicer | Mr.Nowhere | Banrei | Nye Thompson | One Life Remains | Libby Heaney | Minutiae | Cloud8Art | Rob Walker | Anna Ridler | Yinan Song | Erik Zepka | Martin Lau | Julien Bader | Marta Velasco Velasco | Jordi Canals | Sigergallery | Art Selectronic |Fabio Lattanzi Antinori | 2 Loops Print | Jennifer Crouch | Brian van Lijf | Marie Namur & Pascale Loyens
arebyte Gallery joined Offprint London 2016 to host London’s first ever Internet Yami-Ichi (Black Market) event at Tate Modern as part of Offprint London 2016. The fair will showcase up to 20 local and international artists working mainly in digital and net-based practices exploring the potential of online art IRL (In Real Life).
The Internet Yami-Ichi (Black Market) is a weekend flea market which deals with “Internet-ish” things, face-to-face, in actual space. Both flea markets and the Internet are fantastical and chaotic mixes of the amazing and the useless.
There are over 30 artists selling their work; from a limited edition artbook, that is an archive of Internet field recordings by Tadeo Sendon, Shinji Toya will sell CD-R's which has a dying website on it, a project developed for storage-un.it (part of arebyte's programme).People can also buy the selfie-cap, made by Christophe Cachelin, which is literally a hat that shows you yourself, all the time. Libby Heaney, who as a digital fortune-teller will be selling fortunes by using leaked data (that is used by large corporations and advertising companies) to try and modify our behaviour in the future by looking at what we’ve done in the past.
The Internet Yami-Ichi is a celebration, where together we experience the afterglow offline, as the “buzz” of the Internet wears off. After visiting Berlin, Brussels and Amsterdam, Linz, New York and more, Tate Modern in London will be the pinnacle of all Yami-Ichi’s. The Internet Yami-Ichi (Black Market) is a weekend flea market which deals “Internet-ish” things, face-to-face, in actual space. Both flea markets and the Internet are fanatical and chaotic mixes of the amazing and useless.
The Internet Yami-Ichi is a celebration, where together we experience the afterglow, off line, as the “buzz” of the Internet wears off. After visiting Berlin, Brussels and Amsterdam, Linz, New York and more, Tate Modern in London is the pinnacle of all Yami-Ichi’s.
Curated by arebyte & Tine Scharaffenberg
*Fair opening hours: FRI 6 PM-10 PM / SAT 12-8 PM / SUN 12-6 PM
