Kites and Websites

<p><i>Kites and Websites</i> collects a selection of works developed in the framework of Evan Roth’s <i>Internet Landscapes</i> project, an ongoing investigation into the network, nature and the self. Like a new romantic wanderer, he has studied the global submarine fiber optic cables in various countries, often finding himself alone in remote locations.</p> <p>As the art critic Domenico Quaranta explains, the visual language adopted for the project is infrared photography, a conceptual reference to the architecture of the Internet. Roth also collects audio documentation through a device that scans radio frequencies at regular intervals, recording a mix of white noise and audio fragments. While the <i>Internet Landscapes</i> photos have been printed on kites, the audio and video recordings have been used to build websites.</p> <p>“Through understanding and experiencing the Internet’s physicality, one comes to understand the network not as a mythical cloud, but as a human made and controlled system of wires and computers.” Evan Roth</p>