In his work, Marko Peljhan frequently employs technology from the
military industrial complex. With the projects "Projekt Atol" and
"Makrolab", Peljhan started to create an autarc communication and
distribution system as an apocalypse tool in 1992. Peljhan's artistic
work is based on modular architecture, encrypted high frequency,
short-wave communication, sustainable energy and food production,
networks and integration systems, publications and lectures.
The basic setup of the electronic media
monitoring unit provides an all purpose
scanning and electronic interception
environment covering various bands of
the electromagnetic spectrum. It is
based on Makrolab, a processual
work-machine that is continuously
developed content wise and in its
technological aspects, applying methods for the augmentation of
maximum sensory awareness and sensory connection through
satellite receivers, microwave links, short-wave radio and network
connections. The system uses space-control data for
representations of air traffic and routing.
The work shown here includes archived video and audio materials
from recent projects and the World-Information.Org Exhibition in
Brussels in July 2000. The video materials stem from Peljhan's work
with satellite tracking and receiving. The footage includes intercepted
unedited news feeds from TV stations, which often use satellite
technology to send feeds to their base station for final editing. The
videos have been produced in collaboration with Brian Springer. The
presented audio materials stem from Peljhan's electronic media
monitoring activities in the field of satellite telephony.
