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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.100,0:00:04.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A year ago, we were invited\Nby the Swiss Embassy in Berlin
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.36,0:00:06.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to present our art projects.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.100,0:00:11.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are used to invitations,\Nbut this invitation really thrilled us.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.59,0:00:14.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Swiss Embassy in Berlin is special.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.45,0:00:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the only old building\Nin the government district
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.44,0:00:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was not destroyed\Nduring the Second World War,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.42,0:00:23.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it sits right next\Nto the Federal Chancellery.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.72,0:00:27.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one is closer to Chancellor Merkel\Nthan the Swiss diplomats.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.86,0:00:29.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.66,0:00:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The government district in Berlin\Nalso contains the Reichstag --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.50,0:00:37.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Germany's parliament --\Nand the Brandenburg Gate,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.33,0:00:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and right next to the gate\Nthere are other embassies,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.30,0:00:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in particular the US\Nand the British Embassy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.66,0:00:47.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although Germany is an advanced democracy,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.90,0:00:50.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,citizens are limited\Nin their constitutional rights
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.88,0:00:52.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in its government district.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.30,0:00:56.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The right of assembly and the right\Nto demonstrate are restricted there.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.61,0:01:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is interesting\Nfrom an artistic point of view.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.30,0:01:06.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The opportunities to exercise\Nparticipation and to express oneself
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.04,0:01:08.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are always bound to a certain order
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.30,0:01:11.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and always subject\Nto a specific regulation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.80,0:01:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With an awareness of the dependencies\Nof these regulations,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.58,0:01:19.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can gain a new perspective.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.30,0:01:23.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The given terms and conditions\Nshape our perception, our actions
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.98,0:01:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.17,0:01:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is crucial in another context.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.30,0:01:30.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the last couple of years,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.80,0:01:35.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we learned that from the roofs\Nof the US and the British Embassy,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.30,0:01:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the secret services have been listening\Nto the entire district,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.06,0:01:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including the mobile phone\Nof Angela Merkel.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.30,0:01:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The antennas of the British GCHQ are\Nhidden in a white cylindrical radome,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.30,0:01:51.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while the listening post\Nof the American NSA
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.34,0:01:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is covered by radio transparent screens.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.34,0:01:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But how to address these hidden\Nand disguised forces?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.90,0:02:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With my colleague, Christoph Wachter,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.30,0:02:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we accepted the invitation\Nof the Swiss Embassy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.78,0:02:08.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we used this opportunity\Nto exploit the specific situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.51,0:02:13.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If people are spying on us,\Nit stands to reason
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.67,0:02:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they have to listen\Nto what we are saying.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.30,0:02:20.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.30,0:02:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the roof of the Swiss Embassy,\Nwe installed a series of antennas.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.73,0:02:30.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They weren't as sophisticated as those\Nused by the Americans and the British.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.01,0:02:32.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.30,0:02:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were makeshift can antennas,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.04,0:02:37.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not camouflaged but totally\Nobvious and visible.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.30,0:02:40.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Academy of Arts joined the project,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.82,0:02:44.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so we built another\Nlarge antenna on their rooftop,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.53,0:02:48.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exactly between the listening posts\Nof the NSA and the GCHQ.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.57,0:02:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.45,0:02:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Never have we been observed in such detail\Nwhile building an art installation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.30,0:02:57.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A helicopter circled over our heads
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.58,0:03:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a camera registering\Neach and every move we made,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.83,0:03:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on the roof of the US Embassy,\Nsecurity officers patrolled.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.50,0:03:10.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although the government district\Nis governed by a strict police order,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.71,0:03:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are no specific laws\Nrelating to digital communication.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.55,0:03:19.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our installation\Nwas therefore perfectly legal,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.06,0:03:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Swiss Ambassador\Ninformed Chancellor Merkel about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.10,0:03:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We named the project "Can You Hear Me?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.00,0:03:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.80,0:03:33.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The antennas created an open\Nand free Wi-Fi communication network
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.09,0:03:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which anyone who wanted to\Nwould be able to participate
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.30,0:03:39.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using any Wi-Fi-enabled device\Nwithout any hindrance,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.44,0:03:41.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be able to send messages
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.38,0:03:45.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to those listening on the frequencies\Nthat were being intercepted.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.51,0:03:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Text messages, voice chat, file sharing --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.03,0:03:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anything could be sent anonymously.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.85,0:03:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people did communicate.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.30,0:03:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over 15,000 messages were sent.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.30,0:04:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here are some examples.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.30,0:04:05.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hello world, hello Berlin,\Nhello NSA, hello GCHQ."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.21,0:04:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"NSA Agents, Do the Right Thing!\NBlow the whistle!"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.88,0:04:16.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is the NSA. In God we trust.\NAll others we track!!!!!"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.61,0:04:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.23,0:04:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"#@nonymous is watching #NSA #GCHQ -\Nwe are part of your organizations.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.30,0:04:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,# expect us. We will #shutdown"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.48,0:04:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is the NSA's Achilles heel.\NOpen Networks."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.97,0:04:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Agents, what twisted story of yourself\Nwill you tell your grandchildren?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.45,0:04:40.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"@NSA My neighbors are noisy.\NPlease send a drone strike."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.89,0:04:43.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.53,0:04:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Make Love, Not cyberwar."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.60,0:04:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We invited the embassies\Nand the government departments
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.30,0:04:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to participate in the open network, too,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.13,0:04:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to our surprise, they did.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.07,0:04:57.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Files appeared on the network,\Nincluding classified documents
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.01,0:05:00.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leaked from the parliamentary\Ninvestigation commission,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.65,0:05:04.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which highlights that the free exchange\Nand discussion of vital information
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.37,0:05:08.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is starting to become difficult,\Neven for members of a parliament.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.75,0:05:13.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also organized guided tours\Nto experience and sound out
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.09,0:05:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the power constellations on-site.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.17,0:05:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tours visited the restricted zones\Naround the embassies,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.53,0:05:22.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we discussed the potential\Nand the highlights of communication.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.30,0:05:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we become aware of the constellation,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.50,0:05:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the terms and conditions of communication,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.32,0:05:33.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it not only broadens our horizon,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.68,0:05:37.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it allows us to look behind\Nthe regulations that limit our worldview,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.57,0:05:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our specific social, political\Nor aesthetic conventions.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.46,0:05:44.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's look at an actual example.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.38,0:05:48.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fate of people living\Nin the makeshift settlements
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.49,0:05:50.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the outskirts of Paris
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.24,0:05:52.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is hidden and faded from view.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.30,0:05:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a vicious circle.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.30,0:05:58.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not poverty, not racism,\Nnot exclusion that are new.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.58,0:06:02.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is new is how\Nthese realities are hidden
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.12,0:06:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how people are made invisible
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.77,0:06:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in an age of global and overwhelming\Ncommunication and exchange.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.60,0:06:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Such makeshift settlements\Nare considered illegal,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.45,0:06:14.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and therefore those living in them\Ndon't have a chance
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.75,0:06:16.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of making their voices heard.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.58,0:06:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the contrary, every time they appear,\Nevery time they risk becoming visible,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.02,0:06:24.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,merely gives grounds\Nfor further persecution,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.76,0:06:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,expulsion and suppression.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.79,0:06:31.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What interested us was how we could\Ncome to know this hidden side.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.02,0:06:35.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were searching for an interface\Nand we found one.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.43,0:06:39.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not a digital interface,\Nbut a physical one: it's a hotel.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.72,0:06:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We named the project "Hotel Gelem."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.78,0:06:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Together with Roma families,\Nwe created several Hotel Gelems in Europe,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.64,0:06:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for example, in Freiburg in Germany,\Nin Montreuil near Paris,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.62,0:06:51.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also in the Balkans.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.30,0:06:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are real hotels.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.68,0:06:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People can stay there.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.30,0:06:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they aren't a commercial enterprise.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.30,0:06:57.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are a symbol.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.58,0:07:02.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can go online and ask\Nfor a personal invitation
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.25,0:07:06.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come and live for a few days\Nin the Hotel Gelem, in their homes,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.66,0:07:10.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eating, working and living\Nwith the Roma families.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.75,0:07:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, the Roma families\Nare not the travelers;
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.94,0:07:15.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the visitors are.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.58,0:07:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, the Roma families\Nare not a minority;
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.66,0:07:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the visitors are.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.83,0:07:25.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The point is not to make judgments,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.83,0:07:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but rather to find out\Nabout the context that determines
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.60,0:07:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these disparate and seemingly\Ninsurmountable contradictions.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.30,0:07:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the world of globalization,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.56,0:07:37.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the continents are drifting\Ncloser to each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.30,0:07:39.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cultures, goods and people\Nare in permanent exchange,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.85,0:07:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but at the same time, the gap\Nbetween the world of the privileged
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.12,0:07:45.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the world of the excluded is growing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.59,0:07:49.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were recently in Australia.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.30,0:07:51.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For us, it was no problem\Nto enter the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.92,0:07:54.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have European passports,\Nvisas and air tickets.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.06,0:07:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But asylum seekers who arrive\Nby boat in Australia
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.78,0:08:00.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are deported or taken to prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.30,0:08:02.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The interception of the boats
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.80,0:08:05.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the disappearance of the people\Ninto the detention system
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.90,0:08:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are veiled by the Australian authorities.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.06,0:08:13.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These procedures are declared\Nto be secret military operations.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.77,0:08:16.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After dramatic escapes\Nfrom crisis zones and war zones,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.94,0:08:21.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,men, women and children\Nare detained by Australia without trial,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.07,0:08:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes for years.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.04,0:08:27.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During our stay, however,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.16,0:08:31.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we managed to reach out and work\Nwith asylum seekers who were imprisoned,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.30,0:08:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,despite strict screening and isolation.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.06,0:08:38.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From these contexts was born\Nan installation in the art space
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.19,0:08:41.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Queensland University\Nof Technology in Brisbane.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.64,0:08:45.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the face of it,\Nit was a very simple installation.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.18,0:08:49.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the floor, a stylized compass\Ngave the direction
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.61,0:08:51.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to each immigration detention center,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.64,0:08:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accompanied by the distance\Nand the name of the immigration facility.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.30,0:09:00.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the exhibition step\Ncame in the form of connectivity.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.64,0:09:04.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Above every floor marking,\Nthere was a headset.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.30,0:09:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Visitors were offered the opportunity\Nto talk directly to a refugee
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.94,0:09:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was or had been imprisoned
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.30,0:09:13.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a specific detention facility
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.51,0:09:15.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and engage in a personal conversation.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.92,0:09:19.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the protected context\Nof the art exhibition,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.81,0:09:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asylum seekers felt free\Nto talk about themselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.46,0:09:26.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their story and their situation,\Nwithout fear of consequences.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.69,0:09:29.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Visitors immersed themselves\Nin long conversations
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.73,0:09:33.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about families torn apart,\Nabout dramatic escapes from war zones,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.51,0:09:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about suicide attempts,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.14,0:09:37.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the fate of children in detention.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.62,0:09:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Emotions ran deep. Many wept.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.63,0:09:43.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Several revisited the exhibition.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.03,0:09:45.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a powerful experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.46,0:09:50.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Europe is now facing a stream of migrants.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.41,0:09:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The situation for the asylum seekers\Nis made worse by contradictory policies
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.30,0:09:58.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the temptation\Nof militarized responses.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.30,0:10:01.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have also established\Ncommunication systems
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.01,0:10:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in remote refugee centers\Nin Switzerland and Greece.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.62,0:10:08.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are all about providing\Nbasic information -- weather forecasts,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.88,0:10:10.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,legal information, guidance.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.16,0:10:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they are significant.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.21,0:10:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Information on the Internet
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.55,0:10:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that could ensure survival\Nalong dangerous routes
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.31,0:10:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is being censored,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.72,0:10:23.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the provision of such information\Nis becoming increasingly criminalized.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.60,0:10:27.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This brings us back to our network\Nand to the antennas
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.68,0:10:29.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the roof of the Swiss Embassy in Berlin
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.93,0:10:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the "Can You Hear Me?" project.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.72,0:10:35.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should not take it for granted\Nto be boundlessly connected.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.96,0:10:37.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should start making\Nour own connections,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.02,0:10:42.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fighting for this idea of an equal\Nand globally interconnected world.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.54,0:10:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is essential to overcome\Nour speechlessness
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.30,0:10:48.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the separation provoked\Nby rival political forces.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.84,0:10:52.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is only in truly exposing ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.05,0:10:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the transformative power\Nof this experience
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.94,0:10:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we can overcome\Nprejudice and exclusion.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.30,0:10:59.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.48,0:11:04.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.84,0:11:06.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bruno Giussani: Thank you, Mathias.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.55,0:11:08.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other half of your\Nartistic duo is also here.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.90,0:11:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christoph Wachter, come onstage.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.56,0:11:15.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.94,0:11:17.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, tell me just a detail:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.37,0:11:19.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the name of the hotel\Nis not a random name.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.47,0:11:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gelem means something specific\Nin the Roma language.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.76,0:11:27.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mathias Jud: Yes, "Gelem, Gelem"\Nis the title of the Romani hymn,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.60,0:11:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the official, and it means\N"I went a long way."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.98,0:11:33.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,BG: That's just to add\Nthe detail to your talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.22,0:11:35.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you two traveled\Nto the island of Lesbos
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.93,0:11:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very recently, you're just back\Na couple of days ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.65,0:11:41.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Greece, where thousands\Nof refugees are arriving
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.08,0:11:43.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have been arriving\Nover the last few months.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.39,0:11:45.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did you see there\Nand what did you do there?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.86,0:11:49.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christoph Wachter: Well, Lesbos is one\Nof the Greek islands close to Turkey,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.68,0:11:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and during our stay,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.10,0:11:56.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many asylum seekers arrived by boat\Non overcrowded dinghies,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.54,0:12:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and after landing, they were left\Ncompletely on their own.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.23,0:12:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are denied many services.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.04,0:12:06.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, they are not allowed\Nto buy a bus ticket
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.56,0:12:07.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to rent a hotel room,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.99,0:12:12.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so many families literally\Nsleep in the streets.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.70,0:12:17.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we installed networks there\Nto allow basic communication,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.36,0:12:19.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I think, I believe,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.49,0:12:24.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not only that we have to speak\Nabout the refugees,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.95,0:12:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we need to start talking to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.66,0:12:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by doing so, we can realize\Nthat it is about human beings,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.30,0:12:35.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about their lives\Nand their struggle to survive.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.09,0:12:36.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,BG: And allow them to talk as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.02,0:12:38.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christoph, thank you for coming to TED.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.96,0:12:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mathias, thank you for coming to TED\Nand sharing your story.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.00,0:12:44.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)