In my european artistical birth place Vienna, in the series organized by my dear colleagues, VELAK, I had the pleasure to present a set based on the history of communication through submarine cables and short waves.
deep in the ocean
high in the sky
boats and ships.
commodities. exploring commodities. transporting goods. selling commodities.
laying submarine communication cables.
over short distances, between islands and along coasts
quicksilver, copper and plastic.
submarine communication cables.
1850 between England and France
stock market data.
Crimean War, 1853 between Bucharest and London.
1854 Black Sea cost.
April 1855 Varna to the Crimean peninsula.
A telegram from Crimea Island reaches London within few hours.
deep in the ocean
high in the sky
today! submarine communication cables transport what has become the most valuable commodity of our times: DATA.
95% of the internet communication infrastructure
from deep in the ocean, data journey continues high in the sky
20th century – Air sliced like a cake
Radio spectrum. Long wave. Medium wave. Short wave.
Austria April 1st 1923 Radio Hekaphon
Germany October 29th 1923 Funk-Stunde AG Berlin
data from another part of the world arriving in your mobile phone.
Central Gardens 2024
cq cq this is the donau-bosporus line, calling cq and standing by
deep in the ocean
high in the sky
