FOMO – Fear of Missing out @ ICA

!Mediengruppe Bitnik presents their work at the Fear of Missing Out conference (ICA London) together with Peter Sunde from Kolmisoppi.

Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi discusses his work within the organisation Konsthack. Best known for co-founding the controv#FOMO2ersial The Pirate Bay, Kolmisoppi is a Berlin/Kuopio-based Scandinavian hacker/artist working with projects that have the potential to change society. In particular, he deals with questions of intellectual property rights.

The Q&A with Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi is led by Matthew Fuller.

Artists !Mediengruppe Bitnik present Random Darknet Shopping Bots, Mail Art and Surveillance Algorithms, giving insight into their latest work around bots. Retracing their recent explorations into the Darknets – from Memes to Onionland – !Mediengruppe Bitnik examine anonymity as a form of anti-identity and the approach of applying loss of control as a means to challenge established structures and mechanisms.