INTERNET CAFE  invites us to reflect upon how new media has accelerated the disappearance of social and cultural customs associated with hand-held technology. Looking back at the gadgets and gizmos of the new millennium, the work by selected artists dives deep into the current wave of ‘Y2K’ nostalgia and poses probing questions about our now digitally-centred epoch. The visual and conceptual narrative of the exhibition reveals themes of care, personal identity and agency, highlighting how shifts in technology play a crucial role in the relationship with ourselves and others.

Landline telephones, The Yellow Pages, iPods, Furbies: this exhibition bids them all farewell with a big kiss and a soothing, back-rubbing hug. The playful post-modern building hosts a tribute to the novelties that have quietly slipped away — our Tamagotchi’s last meal, or the Friday Night In that saw our final videotape rental. It holds dear the moments we didn’t realise marked the end.

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ARTISTS

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Honey Baker

Lily Bloom

Naomi Boiko-Stapleton 

Charlie Chesterman 

Eva Dixon 

Olivia England 

Archie Fooks-Smith 

Elliot Fox 

Harry Freegard 

Sam Keelan

Max King 

Sam King

Yuming Lu 

Judy Maxwell-McNicol 

Nell Mitchell 

Faye Rita Robinson 

Georgia Semple

 

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Curated by Juliet Wilson

Exhibition Essay by Anna Moss

Presented by Hypha Studios in partnership with the Cheapside Business Alliance