Internet Yami-Ichi @ The Knockdown Center.

The Internet Yami-­ Ichi * is a free­ -to­ -attend flea market where people gather and exchange “Internet­ -ish” things in real life. Originating in the mysterious orient** the New York edition of the Internet Yami-­Ichi will be the first in the United States and appropriately, the largest yet. Over 100 vendors will sell their stuff at Knockdown Center, a 50,000 square foot former door factory-­turned arts space in Maspeth, Queens.

Online secret society IDPW organized the first Internet Yami-Ichi in Tokyo in 2012. Since then it has travelled to Berlin, Sapporo , Brussels , and Amsterdam . Past vendor items include glitch ­-embroidered clothing, Edward Snowden snow globes, and apps rejected by Apple. The Internet Yami-­Ichi in New York coincides with the first ever WWyW (World Wide Yami ­Ichi Weeks), simultaneous markets in Taichung, Taiwan; Linz, Austria, and Seoul, Korea.

Flea markets and the Internet are both fanatical and chaotic mixes of the amazing and the useless. In the Internet Yami-­Ichi the wills and desires which brought us online are salvaged into a social exchange celebrating the Internet, in the real world.

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Adam Okrasinski, Addie Wagenknecht, Albert Negredo, Allison Parrish, Andrew Badr, Angie Shen, Anime Research Group, Annie Malamet, Ansh, Aram Bartholl, Arcangel Surfware, ART404, Ayyoko Confidential, Babycastles, to.be, Tokyo Twilight, Chris Romero, Carla Gannis, Caroline Sinders, eteam, Social Clinic, Claire, Clement Valla, Corinna Kirsch and Dylan Schenker, Daniel Johnson, Daniel Johnston, Darren Kong, David Huerta, David Kraftsow, Dries Depoorter, Louise Drulhe, Dorita, Ed Bear, Elena Garnelo, Emily Sheehan, Emma Stamm, exonemo, Fabien Mousse, Hannah Epstein, IDPW, The Institute for the Study of Invisible Walls, Jon Burgerman, Katy Dresner, Kristin Lucas & 
Joe McKay, Faith Holland, Fantasista Utamaro, G. A. Carafelli & Jen Ahearn, Goichi HOSAKA, Guilherme Pena Costa, Imani Razat, Nina KUO, Internet dude (?), Invisible Light Network, Jeff Donaldson, Jeff Ong, Johann Diedrick, John Farrell & Fletcher Bach, John Provencher, Julian Sheep, Karen Y. Chan, Create In Situ, Laura Juo Hsin Chen, Lauren McCarthy, Ryan Hale, Leah Schrager, Linn Livijn Wexell, Lizzie Davis, Maddy Varner, luxloop, Marianna de Nadal, Art F City, Powrplnt, Mattia Casalegno, Jason Sigal, Masanori Mizuno, Michael Mandiberg, Mike Cho, Miles Joyner, Meguru Yamaguchi- NIGHT TRAIN, Mike Richison, Nate Graham, NIKO, Nicolas Probst, Nukeme, Nullsleep, ØLIVIA_FØX, OR Books, OTO, Library of the Printed Web, Qanta Shimizu, Philip David Stearns, Rafaël Rozendaal, Lorenzo Sanjuan, The Rack NYC, RAFiA, Rei Nakanishi, HELLO VELOCITY, Ohm and Sport, MR BOTS, Roberta Bennett, Robert Martin, Ross Goodwin, Rollin Leonard, Ryoji Tanaka, Surya Mattu & Tega Brain, Sarah Grant,
Sarah Rothberg, Sessa Englund, Sekai Kouzuma, Several.Works, Sharang Biswas,Shingo Ohno, ShunyaHAGIWARA, Song Hia, Tabita Rezaire, tadahi, Takuya Hosogane, Eri Takane, Taisan Tanaka, Taeyoon Choi, Gifpop, Alvin Yeung, Takashi Horisaki, Tess Adams, Transfer Gallery,
Trish MacKenzie, Twinhead 
and 
Cat Holtz, Uttam Grandhi, Uni & Yefeng, VSOON, Wade Jeffree, WEATHER MAN, Yuchen Zhang, Zach Krall, Zach Lieberman, ZZYW!!