intervention by Sybille Deligne & David Zagari
Mobile phones allow us to be reachable at any time. They give us the opportunity to physically escape from where we are. In addition, they have become an indispensable tool for most people and are devices of control as well as geo-localization. As mobile phones emit radio waves with a very low frequency, those waves are inaudible to the human ear. The action of Les Porteurs consists of three performers interfering with the masses of walking people. Devices detecting low frequency emissions will be amplified by using loudspeakers. This action interrupts the flow of the arteries playing back the ubiquitous Hertz.
[lang_nl]Dankzij mobiele telefoons zijn we steeds bereikbaar. Ze hebben intussen de status “onmisbaar” verworven en kenmerken zich door de lage, zelfs onhoorbare, golven die ze uitsturen. De drie performers van Les Porteurs dringen met hun acties een wandelende mensenmassa binnen. Ze sporen er lage frequenties van mobieltjes op om ze vervolgens te versterken.[/lang_nl]
[lang_fr]Les Porteurs ont sur eux un outil pour détecter les fréquences basses émises par les téléphones portables, et tout en les amplifiant de manière ambulante, interrompent le flux des foules dans les zones commerciales urbaines. [/lang_fr]
appearance at Tuned City
Brussels / Situational Listening – 29. June 2013