Christoph Wachter & Mathias Jud

Can You Hear Me? 2014

In their interventions, the two Swiss artists question the approaches to the digital space and its underlying infrastructure. At the Swiss embassy in Berlin – adjacent to the German Chancellor’s Office – they constructed wooden towers with improvised antennas made out of ordinary tin cans and set up a Mesh-Network allowing anonymous communication. In a room highly monitored by intelligence offices, they thereby create a space for exchange where, for example, messages can be sent anonymously to the NSA.

Wachter/Jud’s work is a remarkable example for an artistic practice that is participatory and relies on the creation of communities. Their artistic strategy creates an awareness of the dependencies and regularities of a globally interconnected world. With their intervention they reconquer the digital space as a place of free communication.

Artwork: https://canyouhearme.de
Artist: http://www.wachter-jud.net