the well-tempered room
Looking back in the distorted reflection, we see in the distance the early past of the tragically naive Internet of convoluted shit. It seems as if, in the present future, the interconnected object ulcers (arteriovenous malformations) have created an autonomous place of retreat. It seems to be based on the motto "Here you can relax and power down". The tidal wave of migration of fast-moving objects (IP-controlled coffee machines, robots, and switches) was unstoppable, so it poured over the network like melted honey. The dark and networked devices now proceed with their glued routines, both on the surface and underground, stoically attempting to maintain the broken transhuman status quo, all the while oblivious to the fact that space and time have always been indelibly linked. The desperate arbitrariness and helplessness withdrew the former dysfunctional aesthetics from the human delirium.Damn! How can the immaterial be humorously absorbed into matter as a residual quantity? If the unconscious and unconditional IP fans, which have been used for 30 years and simultaneously switch through the eternal climate zones, in one of today's hominoidea quasi-abandoned spaces.
In a choreography with the intelligent household devices, the consumer products of the SmartHome category occupy an abandoned place. The control of the devices is based on identified vulnerabilities, unsecured protocols and with adaptations of the associated firmware. After eliminating all security mechanisms, the devices are then controlled by a mini-computer using plain TCP and UDP protocols within an unsecured network.
Collaboration:
Doreen Keck, Philipp Medrala, Tillman Aechtner, supervised by UBERMORGEN
Material:
8 wind machines AEG VL5606 WM, 8 TP-Link HS100 WLAN socket, 3 Flux WiFi LED bulbs, 3 Socket E14 with smooth coat, 30 meter sheathed cable, 3 Raspberry Pi 3, 4 Sonoff - WiFi Smart Switch, 4 fluorescent tubes, halogen, 1 TP-Link wireless router, 2 active boxes, 1 WLAN water heater V3 WSK-400.app, 1 Spotlight 500 Watt, 36 meters 6x6 cm squared timber, 1 short distance beamer, 350 meters Schuko, 2500 liters of water
Exhibition View:
Kappus Soup factory, Offenbach, 2017
Photography:
Malte Sänger
