Hello Machine—Hello Human / Rachel Hanlon (AU)
Hello Machines are situated across the globe in ever-changing locations and time zones. Picking up the receiver rings the other Hello Machines, creating space for spontaneous voice visiting. They provide a way in which the viewer can interact with re-animated, technically obsolete telephone systems, utilizing present-day advances in telephony. Their aim is to open up a dialog between the technologies’ original ideas and meanings, and what makes up the “thingness” these devices now possess, by unraveling its historical and societal content that contains traces of our identity.
credit: tom mesic
Hello Machine—Hello Human / Rachel Hanlon (AU)
Hello Machines are situated across the globe in ever-changing locations and time zones. Picking up the receiver rings the other Hello Machines, creating space for spontaneous voice visiting. They provide a way in which the viewer can interact with re-animated, technically obsolete telephone systems, utilizing present-day advances in telephony. Their aim is to open up a dialog between the technologies’ original ideas and meanings, and what makes up the “thingness” these devices now possess, by unraveling its historical and societal content that contains traces of our identity.
credit: tom mesic