ENTANGLED WHALES

MULTI-CHANNEL VIDEO INSTALLATION

Whales communicate with each other through sound underwater. ( including clicks, chirps, whistles, and whale songs ). Whales can communicate with each other over a very large distance and also recognize each other through each unique whale sound. Research has shown that commercial shipping disrupts whale songs and communication/ The noise in the ocean is caused by, ships, oil drilling and military exercises, and of the installations of internet cables at the bottom of the ocean. Not only does the placement of the cables cause a lot of noise, the cables themselves are a problem too. More than a thousand recorded incidents between 1980 and 2000 of whales getting entangled

The digital infrastructure has changed a lot in recent years. Large big tech companies are investing in internet cables. Facebook is already working to connect all continents with giant fiber optic cables. Europe, Asia and Africa will be connected in a few years by the longest cable (45,000 kilometers) in the world. Facebook isn't the only tech company investing in internet cables. Google already has about 100,000 miles in its possession worldwide.

(2022)

ANOUK WISMANS