Biancoshock Brings Internet to Offline Italian Village with Analog Logos
Italian street artist Biancoshock, known for his playful yet socially engaged interventions, has created a project titled "web 0.0" in Civitacampomarano, a village of 400 inhabitants in the province of Campobasso, Italy, where digital divide is a reality—no internet, poor mobile service, and almost no data network. Invited by the first edition of the urban art festival CVTa Street Festival, Biancoshock installed 12 interventions that translate iconic internet logos into physical, analog objects: Facebook bulletin boards, WhatsApp telephone booths, a WeTransfer truck, a Gmail mailbox, and a newsstand with the RSS logo. Notably, an elderly woman, embodying folk wisdom, posed proudly in front of a Wikipedia sign. The project humorously brings the digital world into everyday life without actual connectivity.
Key facts
- Civitacampomarano has only 400 inhabitants, mostly elderly.
- The village lacks internet, mobile service, and data networks.
- Biancoshock is an internationally known Italian street artist.
- The project is called 'web 0.0'.
- It includes 12 interventions turning internet logos into analog objects.
- Examples include Facebook bulletin boards, WhatsApp phone booths, WeTransfer truck, Gmail mailbox, and RSS newsstand.
- An elderly woman posed with a Wikipedia sign.
- The project was part of the first edition of CVTa Street Festival.
Entities
Artists
- Biancoshock
Institutions
- CVTa Street Festival
- Artribune
Locations
- Civitacampomarano
- Campobasso
- Italy