The Disruption Network Lab is back in Berlin! This year's conference series starts with a kick off event at the project space SPEKTRUM. The event gives first insights in the world of undersea network cables. The event features the documentary film "20,000 Cables under the Sea: The Internet and the Physics of Fiber Optics" (Coproduction: NDR, fact+film, nordmedia, Radio Bremen, arte 2009, 46 minutes).

Synopsis: We have long since become accustomed to wireless internet, and generally-speaking we give barely a thought to how the incredible volumes of data that are coursing through our air manage to cross the world's oceans. The answer lies on the seabed in several million kilometres of very delicate glass fibre bundles. How does the Internet work so reliably, even when a fishing trawler damages an ocean cable? We follow a French cable ship, watch as they lower cables into the Mediterranean and learn about the manufacture of fibreglass and data cables from highly specialized professionals. Read more - English / German.

The event is presented by Tatiana Bazzichelli and will take place in collaboration with SPEKTRUM | art science community, followed by a Disruption Network Lab’s community getting together.

The 8th event of the Disruption Network Lab, DEEP CABLES: Uncovering the Wiring of the World takes place on 17-18 June 2016 at Kunstquartier Bethanien, Studio 1, Berlin. Hackers, engineers, investigative journalists, writers, researchers, artists and activists unveil how the Internet really works, how it is secretly structured, and in which way interlinked land and undersea network cables influence our political, cultural and everyday life. More information: http://www.disruptionlab.org/deep-cables