IDPW: Kensuke Sembo, Yae Akaiwa, Niko, Shunya Hagiwara, Shingo Ohno, Chris Romero & others…

Internet Yami-Ichi

FILE Sao Paulo 2019 | Videoart
Electronic Language International Festival

 

 

‘Internet Yami-Ichi’ is a free flea market where people gather and exchange “Internet-ish” things in real life. Originating in Japan, the first-ever U.S. edition of the Internet Yami-Ichi was the tenth such event, and the largest yet. Over 130 vendors exchanged and sold wares at Knockdown Center, a 5,000 square-meter former door factory turned into an arts space in Maspeth, Queens, New York.

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The online secret society IDPW organized the first Internet YamiIchi in Tokyo in 2012. Since then it has travelled to Berlin, Sapporo, Brussels, and Amsterdam. Items on sale include glitch-embroidered clothing, Edward Snowden snow globes, and apps rejected by Apple. The Internet Yami-Ichi in New York took place during the first ever WWyW (World Wide Yami-Ichi Week), with simultaneous markets in Taichung, Taiwan; Linz, Austria, and Seoul, Korea.