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!Mediengruppe Bitnik (read - the not mediengruppe bitnik) live and work in Zurich/London.They are contemporary artists working on and with the Internet. Their practice expands from the digital to affect physical space...
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Antoni Rayzhekov is a Bulgarian theater director, sound and visual artist based in Vienna. He studied theater directing and performing at National Theater and Film Academy – Sofia, Jazz Music Improvisation at Vienna Konservatorium and informational technol...
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Cvetan Krastev is a Bulgarian artist for whom the idea determines the way of expression. Works in various fields of contemporary art: performance, installation, objects, video, painting. Very specific for his practice are interventions in the natural environment. H...
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DA Lab19-23.09.2017, 16:00-24:00, Studio 56, NAA DA Lab is a new module in the DA Fest program that introduces ne...
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DA Master's ProgammeDigital Arts - Master's Program, NAAThe best of the students' work can be seen on this festival edition in the Film Sceening Programme:
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Elí Joteva is a Bulgarian media artist and researcher, working at the intersection of neurophysics and art through the use of new imaging tools and biofeedback technologies. Using various photographic, digital and sculptural mediums to amplify the intangible, her work often aims to extrapolate the ephe...
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Elliot Bursch is a filmmaker and light technician based in Berlin. Their studies in the field of motion design, camera and lighting for motion pictures led them to be a director of photography and electrician in several short films. They wanted to broaden their field and started working as a lighting technician an...
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Eva and Franco Mattes (1976) are an artist duo originally from Italy, working in New York.Their medium is a combination of Internet, video and installation. Their work explores the ethical and moral issues arising when people interact remotely, especially through soci...
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”Filament” is an A/V experience. Its whole visual side has been created by visual artist Silvana Ilieva. She crafted not only its artwork, but a series of videos and the visuals you'll see during the performance. So far “Filament” has been performed live in Bulgaria, Belgium, Germany, Greec...
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Hristo Kolev has a master’s degree in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry. He believes that modern science is multidisciplinary and asks of scientists to have encyclopedic knowledge and experience in all its shapes and forms. Seven years ago he realized th...
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Bulgarian based music producer and visual artist Ivan Shopov (also known as Cooh / Balkansky) has performed his music and exhibited his art throughout Europe, South America, Asia and Australia. Releasing his many projects for some of the biggest international labels, his music has reached all corners of the world....
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Jeroen van Loon (b. 1985 in ’s Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, lives and works in Utrecht, The Netherlands) received a bachelor in Digital Media Design and a European Media Master of Arts from the HKU University of the Arts Utrecht. His fascination r...
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Studied English in Frankfurt/Main and theatre and comparative literary studies in Berlin before joining Graz University of Music and Performing Arts’ acting class. She was a company member of Lucerne Theatre and Rheinisches Landestheater Neuss. Since 2002 she has been working freelance as performer and ...
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Studied acting at the Conservatory for Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt. He was employed as ensemble member at the state theater Pforzheim (Germany). As freelance actor he has been working at Kammerspiele Munich, Theater Oberhausen and many more. He has been working as voice actor for various movie- and...
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Peter Bosch & Simone Simons From 1985, the beginning of their collaboration in Amsterdam, Bosch & Simons have been involved in performances, concerts and theatre pro...
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..."Polyform is a plane figure constructed by joining together identical basic polygons. The possibilities are so numerous that the exercise seems pointless, unless extra requirements are brought in. Polyforms are a rich source of problems, puzzles and games."......
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The Science was initially formed by Nino Gomes and Martin Stavrev in 2014, combining diverse vocals with deep basslines and intricate rhythms. Two years later the duo was joined by the vocal talent of Viara Popova to form the complete concept of The Science.
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Vataff Project is a mix of abstractions, electronic music, beat and ethno tools from around the world. "High-tech and analog to transcendence" Viktor Marinov started the sound experiments in 2001. Since then, the Vataff Project has been distingui...
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Venelin Shurélov (1977, Bulgaria)Ass. Prof. PhD Venelin Shurélov - Graduated "Scenography" at the National Art Academy, Bulgaria - PhD (2009). Co-founder and professor at the...
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Yoann Trellu has been trained as X-ray manipulator and studied at the Science University Nantes (France) be- fore launching a career as media artist. He has worked as video designer / creator for many cho- reographers and dance companies in France, Germany, USA and Japan, including Akira Matsui, Mayumi Fukuza...
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Random Darknet Shopper - The Bot's Collection

Random Darknet Shopper - The Bot's Collection

Installation, 2017

!Mediengruppe Bitnik (CH/UK)

At its core, Random Darknet Shopper is a live art project that consists of an automated online shopping bot designed to do nothing else but randomly buy items off illicit Tor-enabled websites. For three months, !Mediengruppe Bitnik sent an automated online shopping bot on a shopping expedition into the darknet once a week. With a weekly budget of USD 100 in Bitcoins, the bot randomly chose one item from around 16'000 articles online and had it sent directly to the exhibition space.

At DA Fest 2017 !Mediengruppe Bitnik will present the Random Darknet Shopper - The Bot's collection, that shows the 25 items which the Random Darknet Shopper purchased between October 2014 and March 2016 for the exhibitions at Kunst Halle St. Gallen, Horatio Junior Gallery London and Aksioma Institute for Contemporary Art Ljubljana.

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