things of internet — Helena Maciukiewicz

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Carried out at the Jan Matejko Academy
of Fine Arts in Krakow

Under guidance of Piotr Hojda PhD and
Stanisław Półtorak PhD

In collaboration with Marcin Maciejewski
and Joanna Murzyn from the Digital Ecology Institute

Things of Internet is an interactive installation made to highlight the physical dimensions of the Internet and its negative impact on the environment. It invites the recipient to determine their own imaginary parameters describing the physical features of the Web. In response it presents its actual image—to every chosen potential feature there is an assigned fact about the environmental consequences of internet usage which is printed on a receipt from the other side of the object—“the void”.

By involving speculation and imagination, the project aims to encourage everyone to analyze their own online habits. Awareness is important for informed decision-making and behavioral change, so it's necessary to consider even those aspects that might not yet seem to demand immediate action.

The project was awarded by the Austrian Culture Forum and participated in an exhibition held during Przemiany festival at the Copernicus Science Center in Warsaw.