Ars Electronica Festival · 2016
Random Darknet Shopper
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 2016
In 2016, the Prix Ars Electronica jury recognised “Random Darknet Shopper” by !Mediengruppe Bitnik (Interactive Art) with a Honorary Mention. Explore 1 other work by !Mediengruppe Bitnik below.
*Random Darknet Shopper* is an automated online shopping bot which ran from within three exhibition spaces between 2014 and 2016. With a budget of $100 in Bitcoins per week, the bot went shopping in the deep web, where it randomly chose and purchased one item per week and had it mailed directly to the exhibition space.
About !Mediengruppe Bitnik
!Mediengruppe Bitnik (read - the not mediengruppe bitnik) (UK/CH) live and work in Zurich/London. They are contemporary artists working on and with the Internet.
Programme information from Prix Ars Electronica Archive. Short excerpt quoted for reference; see the original page for full text, images and credits.