Work

Title

Greetings from the Internet

Author

Aram Bartholl

Date

2013-Present

Description

A set of 48 postcards showing pictures of found WiFi passwords taken by the artist during travels.
Kasseler Kunstverein / Aram Bartholl - Hello world! © Nils Klinger - Sep. 2013 greetings-from-the-internet-15 greetings-from-the-internet-14 greetings-from-the-internet-11 greetings-from-the-internet-13 greetings-from-the-internet-12 greetings-from-internet-DAM-5 greetings-from-internet-DAM-4

CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 by Aram Bartholl

Statement

Over the past years I’ve been collecting pictures of wifi passwords when ever I encountered them during travels. In many private and public places there is wireless Internet access available but to connect a password is required. “Is there Internet here?” Often wifi passwords are written or printed on little pieces of paper or on the chalk board behind the counter in the cafe etc. “What is the wifi password?” A lot of these codes are hand written which makes them very vulnerable to mis-spelling or mis-interpretation. Is this an upper case c? Is there a mistake in the code? Are you able to guess the right one? Wifi passwords represent an era of the moment of connection. A moment of human factor before we slowly drift into always connected with all devices where ever we are.

URL

datenform.de/greetings-from-the-internet.html

Medium

Postcard, Installation

Series

48 postcards

Size

148x105mm

Technology

Wi-Fi

Keywords

collection, digital, online, preservation, writing

Added

ID

304