Internet in real life: This ‘online’ village will blow your mind

What would life be without the Internet? What if all elements of the Internet and its concepts could be absorbed in real life? Strange but worth pondering over. Milan-based artist Biancoshock initiated a project called "Web 0.0", with the aim to emphasise that people can lead their lives just fine without the use of the 'Internet'. If you visit Civitacampomarano, Italy, a small village with nearly 400 people, you'll see a low-tech version of popular Web services like an old metal mailbox as Gmail, a community bulletin board as Facebook, a bunch of chairs arranged around a TV as YouTube, and a public bench for kissing as Tinder. Click through for examples of the Internet, moulded into real-life objects and environments. (Source: Biancoshock)

Biancoshock writes on his website, "In this village, rich in folk traditions, Internet is a partially unknown world: mobile phones have difficulty working and the data connection is practically nonexistent." (Source: Biancoshock.com)

"The provocative idea is to show that these virtual functions, considered by the vast majority of the population as necessary and essential to everyday life, also exist in the country, where the connection is hard to reach: this is a sort of Internet “in real life” able to demonstrate that in traditions and popular culture these instruments, in other ways, have always existed and have allowed people and families to have cultural exchanges, meeting at the bar and living the town’s streets," he adds. Click through for other examples of the Internet, moulded into real-life objects and environments. (Source: Biancoshock.com)

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