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Dotcome Séance
Screening
Dotcom Séance
16 Oct 2022 – 4 Dec 2022
Regular hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- Closed
- Wednesday
- Closed
- Thursday
- Closed
- Friday
- Closed
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- 12:00 – 18:00
Free admission
Address
- The Now Building
- Tottenham Court Road
- London
England - WC2H 8LH
- United Kingdom
Dotcom Séance is a major public project by artist Simon Denny installed across Outernet's wrap-around screens in London’s Soho neighbourhood, free and accessible to the public.
About
Simon Denny makes visual art and exhibitions that unpack the social and political implications of the technology industry and the rise of social media, start-up culture, blockchains and cryptocurrencies, using a variety of media including installation, sculpture, print and video.
For this project, the artist has selected 21 dotcom era companies declared ‘dead’ in the wake of the ostensible dotcom crash in the early 2000s, with the purpose of “resurrecting” their existence as it stands in a contemporary setting.
Each company was given a number of new logos produced by text-to-image Artificial Intelligence, created in collaboration with Cosmographia. These new logos, which take the form of NFTs, entitle their holders to register an ENS subdomain and serve as “employees” of the reanimated company.
