Scratch Tickets
Web art- Thu 19.May @ 11:00 - 4/27/16 23:00
- Fri 20.May @ 11:00 - 4/27/16 23:00
- Sat 21.May @ 11:00 - 4/27/16 23:00
- Sun 22.May @ 11:00 - 4/27/16 23:00
“Scratch Τickets” are lottery tickets where people can win up to 25.000 followers for their personal Twitter or Instagram account. The work is a playful comment on the narcisstic reflection of the online identity constructed in social media. Depoorter purchased thousands of “fake” followers on Twitter and Instagram from one of the many shady companies that create bots for that sole purpose, and will unload them on whoever finds the winning ticket. There are about 1,000 tickets in total, and in addition to the 25.000 Followers Grand Prize —which Depoorter says hasn’t been found yet— there are tickets yielding 100 and 1000 followers.
ARTISTS
Dries Depoorter (BE)
Dries Depoorter is a media artist living online in Belgium. Most of his work is about the Internet and the privacy issues that arise. For his art practices, Depoorter uses programming languages and digital technology. Nature, a series of numbers and everyday situations are his biggest inspiration. In his work, he tries to find the beauty in complexity. Nowadays, he works mainly with Processing and focuses on visualizing information and data. His work has been exhibited at the Internet Yamiichi Austria (Ars Electronica), STRP in Eindhoven and the Wrong – The New Digital Art Biennale amongst others.
