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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A year ago, we were invited\Nby the Swiss embassy in Berlin
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to present our art projects.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are used to invitations,\Nbut this invitation really thrilled us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Swiss embassy in Berlin is special.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the only old building\Nin the government district
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was not destroyed\Nduring the Second World War,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it sits right next\Nto the Federal Chancellery.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one is closer to Chancellor Merkel\Nthan the Swiss diplomats.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The government district in Berlin\Nalso contains the Reichstag --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Germany's parliament --\Nand the Brandenburg Gate,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and right next to the gate\Nthere are other embassies,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in particular the U.S.\Nand the British embassy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although Germany\Nis an advanced democracy,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,citizens are limited\Nin their constitutional rights
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in its government district.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The right of assembly and the right\Nto demonstrate are restricted there.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is interesting\Nfrom an artistic point of view.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The opportunities to exercise\Nparticipation and to express oneself
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are always bound to a certain order
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and always subject\Nto a specific regulation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With an awareness\Nof the dependencies of these regulations,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can gain a new perspective.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The given terms and conditions\Nshape our perception, our actions,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our lives.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is crucial in another context.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the last couple of years,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we learned that from the roofs\Nof the U.S. and the British embassy,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the secret services have been listening\Nto the entire district,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including the mobile phone\Nof Angela Merkel.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The antennas of the British GCHQ\Nare hidden in the white cylindrical ??.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the listening post of the American NSA\Nis covered by radio transparent screens.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But how to address these hidden\Nand disguised forces?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With my colleague Christoph Wachter,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we accepted the invitation\Nof the Swiss embassy,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we used this opportunity\Nto exploit the specific situation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If people are spying on us,\Nit stands to reason
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they have to listen\Nto what we are saying.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the roof of the Swiss embassy,\Nwe installed a series of antennas.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They weren't as sophisticated as those\Nused by the Americans and the British.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were makeshift ????? antennas,\Nnot camouflaged but totally obvious
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and visible.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Academy of Arts joined the project,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so we built another large antenna\Non their rooftop
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exactly between the listening posts\Nof the NSA and the GCHQ.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Never have we been observed in such detail\Nwhile building an art installation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A helicopter circled over our heads
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a camera registering\Neach and every move we made,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on the roof of the U.S. embassy,\Nsecurity officers patrolled.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although the government district
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is governed by a strict police order,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are no specific laws\Nrelating to digital communication.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our installation\Nwas therefore perfectly legal,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Swiss Ambassador\Ninformed Chancellor Merkel about it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We named the project\N"Can You Hear Me?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The antennas created an open\Nand free wifi communication network
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which anyone who wanted to\Nwould be able to participate
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using any wifi-enabled device\Nwithout any hindrance,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be able to send messages\Nto those listening
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the frequencies\Nthat were being intercepted.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Text messages, voice chat, file sharing:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anything could be sent anonymously.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people did communicate.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over 15,000 messages were sent.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here are some examples.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hello world, hello Berlin,\Nhello NSA, hello GCHQ."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"NSA Agents, Do the Right Thing!\NBlow the whistle!"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is the NSA. In God we trust.\NAll others we track!!!!!"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"#@nonymous is watching #NSA #GCHQ -\Nwe are part of our organizations.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,#expect us. We will #shutdown"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is the NSA's Achilles heel.\NOpen Networks."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Agents, what twisted story of yourself\Nwill you tell your grandchildren?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"@NSA My neighbors are noisy.\NPlease send a drone strike."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Make Love, Not cyberwar."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We invited the embassies\Nand the government departments
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to participate in the open network too,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to our surprise, they did.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Files appeared on the network,\Nincluding classified documents
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leaked from the parliamentary\Ninvestigation commission,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which highlights that the free exchange\Nand discussion of vital information
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is starting to become difficult,\Neven for members of a parliament.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also organized guided tours\Nto experience and sound out
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the power constellations on site.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tours visited the restricted zones\Naround the embassies,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we discussed the potential\Nand the highlights of communication.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we become aware of the constellation,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the terms and conditions of communication,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it not only broadens our horizon,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it allows us to look behind\Nthe regulations that limit our worldview,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our specific, social, political,\Nor aesthetic conventions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's look at an actual example.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fate of people living\Nin the makeshift settlements
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the outskirts of Paris\Nis hidden and faded from view.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a vicious circle.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not poverty, not racism,\Nnot exclusion that are new.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is new is how\Nthese realities are hidden
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how people are made invisible\Nin an age of actually global
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and overwhelming\Ncommunication and exchange.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Such makeshift settlements\Nare considered illegal,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and therefore those living in them
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't have a chance\Nof making their voices heard.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the contrary, every time they appear,\Nevery time they risk becoming visible,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,merely gives grounds\Nfor further persecution,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,expulsion, and suppression.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What interested us is how we could\Ncome to know this hidden side.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were searching for an interface,\Nand we found one.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not a digital interface,\Nbut a physical one: it's a hotel.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We named the project Hotel Gelem.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Together with Roma families,\Nwe created several Hotel Gelems in Europe,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for example in Freiburg in Germany,\Nin Montreuil near Paris,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also in the Balkans.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are real hotels.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People can stay there.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they aren't a commercial enterprise.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are a symbol.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can go online
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ask for a personal invitation\Nto come and live for a few days
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Hotel Gelem, in their homes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eating, working, and living\Nwith the Roma families.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, the Roma families\Nare not the travelers,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the visitors are.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, the Roma families\Nare not a minority,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the visitors are.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The point is not to make judgments
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but rather to find out about the context\Nthat determines these disparate
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and seemingly insurmountable\Ncontradictions.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the world of globalization,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the continents are drifting\Ncloser to each other.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cultures, goods, and people\Nare in permanent exchange,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but at the same time, the gap\Nbetween the world of the privileged
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the world of the excluded is growing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were recently in Australia.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For us, it was no problem\Nto enter the country.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have European passports,\Nvisas, and air tickets.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But asylum seekers who arrive\Nby boat in Australia
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are deported or taken to prison.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The interception of the boats
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the disappearance of the people\Ninto the detention system
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are veiled by the Australian authorities.