<nettime> New project - Emerald Black Latency

[mario santamaria via nettime-l <nettime-l@lists.nettime.org>]

Dear watery eyes,

I have copied Medusa undersea fibre-optic cable in Google Maps,

*Emerald Black Latency*
or how to walk 7,000 metres along Medusa undersea fibre-optic cable
2024 –

Emerald Black Latency is a project that takes the Medusa Submarine Cable
System as a starting point to explore the representation and material
dimension of data circulation on the internet. The Medusa Submarine Cable
System is a telecommunications infrastructure consisting of an 8,700 km
underwater fibre optic cable, planned for 2026, designed to improve
connectivity in the Mediterranean and link Europe with North Africa. This
network enables high bandwidth, supporting growing internet traffic and
facilitating data transmission. Currently, submarine cables support 98% of
international internet traffic.

The project takes as its reference a 7 km stretch between the coastline of
Sant Adrià del Besòs (Barcelona), where one of the landing points is
located, and the Balearic Sea. This segment, documented in official
reports, is reproduced on Google's global map, incorporating
studio-generated images that can be viewed in street view mode. Through
this process, a crossover between reality and fiction is created,
simulating the impossible experience of walking along a fibre optic cable,
which can be less than 1 mm thick. Like the mythological figure of Medusa,
whose face could only be seen through her reflection, the interior of the
Medusa cable can only be perceived through its representation. The project
thus operates at the intersection between the material and the virtual, the
real and the fictitious.

Link project:
https://www.mariosantamaria.net/Emerald-black-latency/



best,

Mario Santamaría
www.mariosantamaria.net
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