Ears in the Cloud: Fantasies of Networked Perception.
This article examines Cloud (2017), a sound art installation by Christina Kubisch that aims to make digital infrastructure audible. In works such as this one and the similar Electrical Walks series, Kubisch employs custom-built headphones that transform electromagnetic energy into sound, allowing li...
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