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Game / Performance (2017)

THE CHURCH OF INTERNET

#TheInternetOfPlaces: Facebook

 

There will soon be a point in time when the dead social media users will surpass the living. 

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A recent extension to our cultural relationship with death is the increasing number of the deceased who have created a large amount of digital content, such as social media profiles, that will remain online after their death. Issues on how this information is sensitively dealt with are complicated, [and there are no] clear policies on what happens to the [data] of deceased users.
- Wikipedia 9.5.2017

 

The Church of Internet is a game that the audience plays together. The game forms into a mourning gathering where we search for new ways of grieving, remembering and celebrating in the internet era. It is a possibility to face questions about empathy in digital interaction and all that we leave behind.

The internet never forgets.

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The Church of Internet is part of Kiasma Theatre’s ARS17 program.

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PREMIERE: 2nd of August 2017

CONCEPT: W A U H A U S

WORKING GROUP: Samuli Laine, Jussi Matikainen, Aku Meriläinen & Jarkko Partanen 
PRODUCTION:  URB-Festival, W A U H A U S

PHOTOS: Simo Karisalo

SUPPORTED BY: Taiteen Edistämiskeskus / Arts Promotion Centre Finland and SKR / Suomen Kulttuurirahasto

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