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Random Darknet Shopper (2014 - ongoing)


The Random Darknet Shopper is an automated online shopping bot which we provide with a budget of $100 in Bitcoins per week. Once a week the bot goes shopping in the deep web where it randomly chooses and purchases one item and has it mailed directly to the exhibition space. Once the items arrive they are unpacked and displayed, each new object adding to a landscape of traded goods from the Darknet.

The Random Darknet Shopper is a live Mail Art piece, an exploration of the deep web via the goods traded there. It directly connects the Darknet with the gallery. By randomizing its consumerism, the bot is guaranteed a wide selection of goods from the thousands listed on deepweb markets.

In its first run from October 2014 - January 2015, Random Darknet Shopper bought 12 items from the deepweb market Agora, which were displayed at Kunst Halle St. Gallen in the exhibition «The Darknet - From Memes to Onionland. An Exploration». Since Agora discontinued its services in September, Random Darknet Shopper will now order items from Alpha Bay, currently the largest deepweb market place.

Ljubljana Edition: Aksioma Institute for Contemporary Art, 24 Feb – 25 Mar 2016
London Edition: Horatio Junior Gallery, London, Dec 11 2015 - Feb 5 2016
St. Gallen Edition: Kunst Halle St. Gallen, Switzerland, Oct 14 2014 - Jan 15 2015

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10.12.14 | No. 12
Hungary HQ Passport Scan
As a last item in this series, Random Darknet Shopper bought a passport scan for 25 USD.

Random Darknet Shopper - Hungarian High Quality Passport Scan
Random Darknet Shopper - Hungarian High Quality Passport Scan Random Darknet Shopper - Hungarian High Quality Passport Scan

Hungarian High Quality Passport Scan
Ordered by Random Darknet Shopper (10 Dec 14)
for 0.07124536 Bitcoins
Status: Arrived (10 Dec 14)
Shipped from Internet.
Item No. 12

The Hungarian Passport scan arrived as digital image. A scan (photography) of a passport in low quality, 72dpi, 956x700px

From the desription:
«All passport is real, valid, colored, scanned passports for online verification...»


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03.12.14 | No. 11
Diesel Men Jeans Replica DI2-6
Random Darknet Shopper just bought jeans from china for 79 USD.

Random Darknet Shopper - Diesel Men Jeans Replica DI2-6
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Diesel Men Jeans Replica DI2-6
Ordered by Random Darknet Shopper (3 Dec 14)
for 0.20928815 Bitcoins
Status: Arrived (8 Jan 15)
Shipped from China
Item No. 11


Console


26.11.14 | No. 10
Sprite Stash Can
Random Darknet Shopper bought a stash can for 0.05930238 BTC

Random Darknet Shopper - Sprite Stash Can
Random Darknet Shopper - Sprite Stash Can
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Sprite Stash Can
Ordered by Random Darknet Shopper (26 Nov 14)
for 0.05930238 Bitcoins
Status: Arrived (8 Jan 15)
Shipped from USA
Item No. 10

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