[spectre] Random Darknet Shopper - Horatio Junior, London - 11th December

[!Mediengruppe Bitnik]

Dear friends

The Random Darknet Shopper is roaming the Darknets again and has already
made its first purchase yesterday - a Lacoste T-shirt for 0.1101 Bitcoins.

Over the next eight weeks it will be enlarging the landscape of items
from the Darknets. The items will be on display at Horatio Junior in
London from 11th December 2015 to 5th February 2016.

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Random Darknet Shopper
Curated by Thomas Kitchin

Where:
Horatio Junior
The Lord Nelson
66 Canon Beck Rd.
SE16 7DN, London
http://horatiojr.com <http://horatiojr.com/>

Private View:
December 11, 2015 6pm - 9pm
Exhibition until February 05, 2016

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This is the first time Random Darknet Shopper will be running again,
after it was seized by the public prosecutor in St. Gallen, Switzerland
in January. Random Darknet Shopper was released in May 2015 and after
some technical adjustments it will buy eight more random items from
Alpha Bay market place. The market place has changed - Agora
discontinued its services in September - but the rules are the same:
from December 2015 to February 2016, it will be choosing one item per
week for $100 in Bitcoins or less from the Darknet markets. The items
will be delivered to Horatio Junior, where they will be unpacked
and displayed.

We'd love to see you at the opening on 11th December at Horatio Junior
If you can't make it to London, you can follow the bot's doings at

https://wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.bitnik.org/r/


All the love and all the best!
!Mediengruppe Bitnik


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Recent reviews of Random Darknet Shopper:

«What the Internet can do to Art, and Vice versa ...»
Zerodeux, Spring 2015 edition (scroll down for english)
http://www.zerodeux.fr/guests/mediengruppe-bitnik/

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Frieze d/e issue 18
«Dark Arts» - «Sie haben Post»
http://frieze-magazin.de/archiv/kolumnen/sie-haben-post/?lang=en
http://frieze-magazin.de/archiv/kolumnen/sie-haben-post/?lang=de

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Artnews, Feature in November 2015 Issue
Spy vs. Spy:
A Tech-Savvy Swiss Duo Refines the Art of Espionage and Listens In
https://www.artnews.com/toc/november-2015/

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Ofluxo / Sleek Magazine, Issue 46
«Look Who's Talking»
http://www.ofluxo.net/look-whos-talking-an-essay-on-artificial-intelligence-in-contemporary-art-by-jeni-fulton/

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Financial Times
«Artificial intelligence and the fridge»
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/039b3d28-ac6e-11e4-9d32-00144feab7de.html

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Random Darknet Shopper - The Bot's Collection is also on view:

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ZKM Karlsruhe
«Globale: Infosphere»
05.09.2015 - 31.01. 2016
http://zkm.de/en/event/2015/09/globale-infosphere

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HMKV - Dortmunder U
«(Artifical Intelligence) Digitale Demenz»
http://www.hmkv.de/_en/programm/programmpunkte/2015/Ausstellungen/2015_AID_Artifical_Intelligence_Digitale_Demenz.php

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«Hacking Habitat. Art of Control»
Utrecht
26.02.2016 - 30.06.2016
http://www.hackinghabitat.com/

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Kunstverein Hannover
«Digital Archives»
12.03.2016 – 22.5.2016
http://www.kunstverein-hannover.de/

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