深藏在中国东北某处不毛之地,“比特矿业”日夜耗费着巨额电力,工厂室温持续高达40摄氏度,飞速运转的挖矿机及散热风扇共同爆发出后金融危机时代的轰鸣。徐文恺(又名aaajiao)的声音装置《穷人采矿》(2011)正是使用这一虚拟货币作为语境来源。一台改装后的采矿机连接网络在展期内持续进行实时采矿,而一组裸露的扬声器通过接触式麦克风收取 Deep in the barren part of northeastern China, “bit mining” consumes huge amounts of electricity day and night. The factory temperature is as high as 40 degrees Celsius. The rapid operation of mining machines and cooling fans has triggered a boom in the post-financial crisis era. Xu Wenkai (aaajiao), a sound installation called Poor People Mining (2011), uses this virtual currency as a source of context. A converted mining machine connected to the network continued to conduct real-time mining during the exhibition period while a bare set of loudspeakers was charged through the contact microphone