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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.88,0:00:03.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A year ago, we were invited\Nby the Swiss embassy in Berlin
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.81,0:00:06.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to present our art projects.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.78,0:00:11.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are used to invitations,\Nbut this invitation really thrilled us.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.59,0:00:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Swiss embassy in Berlin is special.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.47,0:00:17.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the only old building\Nin the government district
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.39,0:00:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was not destroyed\Nduring the Second World War,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.34,0:00:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it sits right next\Nto the Federal Chancellery.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.68,0:00:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one is closer to Chancellor Merkel\Nthan the Swiss diplomats.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.16,0:00:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.63,0:00:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The government district in Berlin\Nalso contains the Reichstag --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.32,0:00:37.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Germany's parliament --\Nand the Brandenburg Gate,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.34,0:00:40.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and right next to the gate\Nthere are other embassies,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.40,0:00:44.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in particular the U.S.\Nand the British embassy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.81,0:00:47.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although Germany\Nis an advanced democracy,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.95,0:00:50.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,citizens are limited\Nin their constitutional rights
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.87,0:00:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in its government district.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.68,0:00:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The right of assembly and the right\Nto demonstrate are restricted there.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.51,0:01:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is interesting\Nfrom an artistic point of view.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.18,0:01:06.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The opportunities to exercise\Nparticipation and to express oneself
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.01,0:01:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are always bound to a certain order
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.36,0:01:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and always subject\Nto a specific regulation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.76,0:01:16.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With an awareness\Nof the dependencies of these regulations,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.57,0:01:19.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can gain a new perspective.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.26,0:01:24.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The given terms and conditions\Nshape our perception, our actions,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.05,0:01:26.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.25,0:01:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is crucial in another context.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.16,0:01:31.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the last couple of years,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.01,0:01:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we learned that from the roofs\Nof the U.S. and the British embassy,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.22,0:01:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the secret services have been listening\Nto the entire district,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.44,0:01:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including the mobile phone\Nof Angela Merkel.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.20,0:01:48.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The antennas of the British GCHQ\Nare hidden in the white cylindrical ??.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.36,0:01:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the listening post of the American NSA\Nis covered by radio transparent screens.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.72,0:01:58.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But how to address these hidden\Nand disguised forces?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.90,0:02:01.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With my colleague Christoph Wachter,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.06,0:02:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we accepted the invitation\Nof the Swiss embassy,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.10,0:02:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we used this opportunity\Nto exploit the specific situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.72,0:02:13.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If people are spying on us,\Nit stands to reason
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.69,0:02:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they have to listen\Nto what we are saying.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.31,0:02:20.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.38,0:02:24.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the roof of the Swiss embassy,\Nwe installed a series of antennas.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.22,0:02:32.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They weren't as sophisticated as those\Nused by the Americans and the British.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.61,0:02:35.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were makeshift ????? antennas,\Nnot camouflaged but totally obvious
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.91,0:02:38.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and visible.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.32,0:02:41.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Academy of Arts joined the project,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.11,0:02:44.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so we built another large antenna\Non their rooftop
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.76,0:02:49.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exactly between the listening posts\Nof the NSA and the GCHQ.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.03,0:02:50.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.89,0:02:55.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Never have we been observed in such detail\Nwhile building an art installation.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.32,0:02:57.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A helicopter circled over our heads
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.53,0:03:00.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a camera registering\Neach and every move we made,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.89,0:03:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on the roof of the U.S. embassy,\Nsecurity officers patrolled.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.56,0:03:07.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although the government district
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.37,0:03:10.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is governed by a strict police order,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.67,0:03:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are no specific laws\Nrelating to digital communication.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.64,0:03:19.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our installation\Nwas therefore perfectly legal,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.19,0:03:23.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Swiss Ambassador\Ninformed Chancellor Merkel about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.69,0:03:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We named the project\N"Can You Hear Me?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.63,0:03:28.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.81,0:03:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The antennas created an open\Nand free wifi communication network
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.78,0:03:36.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which anyone who wanted to\Nwould be able to participate
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.34,0:03:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using any wifi-enabled device\Nwithout any hindrance,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.25,0:03:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be able to send messages\Nto those listening
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.26,0:03:46.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the frequencies\Nthat were being intercepted.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.41,0:03:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Text messages, voice chat, file sharing:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.06,0:03:52.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anything could be sent anonymously.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.82,0:03:55.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people did communicate.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.26,0:03:58.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over 15,000 messages were sent.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.37,0:04:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here are some examples.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.34,0:04:06.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hello world, hello Berlin,\Nhello NSA, hello GCHQ."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.64,0:04:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"NSA Agents, Do the Right Thing!\NBlow the whistle!"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.84,0:04:17.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is the NSA. In God we trust.\NAll others we track!!!!!"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.71,0:04:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.22,0:04:24.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"#@nonymous is watching #NSA #GCHQ -\Nwe are part of our organizations.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.05,0:04:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,#expect us. We will #shutdown"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.51,0:04:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is the NSA's Achilles heel.\NOpen Networks."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.02,0:04:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Agents, what twisted story of yourself\Nwill you tell your grandchildren?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.56,0:04:40.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"@NSA My neighbors are noisy.\NPlease send a drone strike."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.37,0:04:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.28,0:04:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Make Love, Not cyberwar."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.94,0:04:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We invited the embassies\Nand the government departments
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.59,0:04:53.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to participate in the open network too,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.14,0:04:55.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to our surprise, they did.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.07,0:04:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Files appeared on the network,\Nincluding classified documents
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.02,0:05:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leaked from the parliamentary\Ninvestigation commission,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.60,0:05:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which highlights that the free exchange\Nand discussion of vital information
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.22,0:05:09.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is starting to become difficult,\Neven for members of our parliament.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.65,0:05:13.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also organized guided tours\Nto experience and sound out
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.02,0:05:15.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the power constellations on site.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.11,0:05:18.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tours visited the restricted zones\Naround the embassies,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.57,0:05:24.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we discussed the potential\Nand the highlights of communication.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.23,0:05:29.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we become aware of the constellation,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.13,0:05:31.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the terms and conditions of communication,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.59,0:05:33.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it not only broadens our horizon,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.73,0:05:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it allows us to look behind\Nthe regulations that limit our worldview,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.68,0:05:42.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our specific, social, political,\Nor aesthetic conventions.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.41,0:05:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's look at an actual example.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.36,0:05:48.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fate of people living\Nin the makeshift settlements
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.45,0:05:53.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the outskirts of Paris\Nis hidden and faded from view.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.33,0:05:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a vicious circle.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.93,0:05:58.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not poverty, not racism,\Nnot exclusion that are new.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.88,0:06:02.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is new is how\Nthese realities are hidden
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.24,0:06:05.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how people are made invisible\Nin an age of actually global
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.45,0:06:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and overwhelming\Ncommunication and exchange.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.54,0:06:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Such makeshift settlements\Nare considered illegal,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.58,0:06:13.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and therefore those living in them
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.88,0:06:16.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't have a chance\Nof making their voices heard.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.59,0:06:21.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the contrary, every time they appear,\Nevery time they risk becoming visible,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.93,0:06:24.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,merely gives grounds\Nfor further persecution,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.63,0:06:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,expulsion, and suppression.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.04,0:06:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What interested us is how we could\Ncome to know this hidden side.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.06,0:06:35.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were searching for an interface,\Nand we found one.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.49,0:06:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not a digital interface,\Nbut a physical one: it's a hotel.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.76,0:06:42.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We named the project Hotel Gelem.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.71,0:06:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Together with Roma families,\Nwe created several Hotel Gelems in Europe,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.66,0:06:49.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for example in Freiburg in Germany,\Nin Montreuil near Paris,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.75,0:06:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also in the Balkans.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.42,0:06:52.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are real hotels.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.79,0:06:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People can stay there.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.46,0:06:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they aren't a commercial enterprise.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.48,0:06:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are a symbol.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.41,0:07:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can go online
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.24,0:07:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ask for a personal invitation\Nto come and live for a few days
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.98,0:07:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Hotel Gelem, in their homes.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.68,0:07:10.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eating, working, and living\Nwith the Roma families.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.69,0:07:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, the Roma families\Nare not the travelers,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.80,0:07:15.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the visitors are.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.41,0:07:18.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, the Roma families\Nare not a minority,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.22,0:07:21.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the visitors are.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.65,0:07:25.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The point is not to make judgments
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.83,0:07:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but rather to find out about the context\Nthat determines these disparate
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.34,0:07:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and seemingly insurmountable\Ncontradictions.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.08,0:07:34.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the world of globalization,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.31,0:07:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the continents are drifting\Ncloser to each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.16,0:07:39.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cultures, goods, and people\Nare in permanent exchange,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.100,0:07:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but at the same time, the gap\Nbetween the world of the privileged
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.18,0:07:47.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the world of the excluded is growing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.29,0:07:49.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were recently in Australia.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.35,0:07:51.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For us, it was no problem\Nto enter the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.100,0:07:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have European passports,\Nvisas, and air tickets.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.86,0:07:58.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But asylum seekers who arrive\Nby boat in Australia
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.59,0:08:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are deported or taken to prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.38,0:08:03.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The interception of the boats
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.21,0:08:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the disappearance of the people\Ninto the detention system
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.86,0:08:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are veiled by the Australian authorities.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.04,0:08:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These procedures are declared\Nto be secret military operations.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.73,0:08:16.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After dramatic escapes\Nfrom crisis zones and war zones,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.89,0:08:20.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,men, women, and children\Nare detained by Australia without trial,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.91,0:08:24.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes for years.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.76,0:08:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During our stay, however,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.08,0:08:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we managed to reach out and work\Nwith asylum seekers who were imprisoned,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.70,0:08:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,despite strict screening and isolation.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.00,0:08:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From these contexts was born\Nan installation in the art space
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.79,0:08:41.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Queensland University\Nof Technology in Brisbane.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.83,0:08:46.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the face of it,\Nit was a very simple installation.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.18,0:08:49.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the floor, a stylized compass\Ngave the direction
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.88,0:08:51.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to each immigration detention center,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.57,0:08:56.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accompanied by the distance\Nand the name of the immigration facility.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.26,0:09:00.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the exhibition step\Ncame in the form of connectivity.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.63,0:09:04.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Above every floor marking,\Nthere was a headset.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.37,0:09:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Visitors were offered the opportunity\Nto talk directly to a refugee
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.96,0:09:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was or had been imprisoned
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.22,0:09:13.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a specific detention facility
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.47,0:09:17.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and engage in a personal conversation.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.01,0:09:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the protected context\Nof the art exhibition,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.06,0:09:22.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asylum seekers felt free\Nto talk about themselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.45,0:09:25.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their story, and their situation\Nwithout fear of consequences.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.91,0:09:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Visitors immersed themselves\Nin long conversations
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.68,0:09:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about families torn apart,\Nabout dramatic escapes from war zones,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.10,0:09:35.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about suicide attempts,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.08,0:09:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the fate of children in detention.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.58,0:09:40.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Emotions ran deep. Many wept.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.65,0:09:43.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Several revisited the exhibition.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.09,0:09:46.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a powerful experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.48,0:09:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Europe is now facing a stream of migrants.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.45,0:09:55.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The situation for the asylum seekers\Nis made worse by contradictory policies
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.26,0:09:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the temptation\Nof militarized responses.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.23,0:10:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have established\Ncommunication systems also
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.90,0:10:05.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in remote refugee centers\Nin Switzerland and Greece.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.52,0:10:08.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are all about providing\Nbasic information --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.26,0:10:10.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,medical costs,\Nlegal information, guidance --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.72,0:10:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they are significant.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.23,0:10:15.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Information on the Internet\Nthat could ensure survival
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.87,0:10:18.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along dangerous routes is being censored,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.59,0:10:24.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the provision of such information\Nis becoming increasingly criminalized.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.53,0:10:27.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This brings us back to our network\Nand to the antennas
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.62,0:10:29.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the roof of the Swiss embassy in Berlin
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.99,0:10:32.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the "Can You Hear Me?" project.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.45,0:10:35.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should not take it for granted\Nto be boundlessly connected.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.98,0:10:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should start making\Nour own connections,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.05,0:10:42.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fighting for this idea of an equal\Nand globally interconnected world.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.41,0:10:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is essential to overcome\Nour speechlessness
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.49,0:10:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the separation provoked\Nby rival political forces.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.78,0:10:52.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is only in truly exposing ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.01,0:10:54.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the transformative power\Nof this experience
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.57,0:10:58.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we can overcome prejudice\Nand exclusion.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.12,0:10:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.98,0:11:03.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.96,0:11:06.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moderator: Thank you Mathias.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.15,0:11:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other half of your\Nartistic duo is also here.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.10,0:11:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christoph Wachter, come on stage.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.24,0:11:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.04,0:11:17.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First tell me just a detail:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.11,0:11:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the name of the hotel\Nis not a random name.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.34,0:11:22.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gelem means something specific\Nin the Roma language.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.34,0:11:27.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mathias Jud: Yes, "Gelem Gelem"\Nis the title of the Romany hymn,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.61,0:11:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the official, and it means\N"I went a long way."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.67,0:11:32.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moderator: That's just to add\Nthe detail to your talk,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.97,0:11:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you two traveled to the island\Nof Lesbos very recently --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.38,0:11:38.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're just back a couple of days ago --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.17,0:11:41.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Greece, where thousands of refugees\Nare arriving and have been arriving
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.72,0:11:43.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the last few months.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.49,0:11:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did you see there\Nand what did you do there?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.90,0:11:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christoph Wachter: Well, Lesbos is one\Nof the Greek islands close to Turkey,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.50,0:11:56.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and during our stay, many asylum seekers\Narrived by boat on overcrowded dinghies,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.58,0:11:59.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and after landing, they were left\Ncompletely on their own.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.90,0:12:04.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are denied many services.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.11,0:12:07.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, they are not allowed to buy\Na bus ticket or to rent a hotel room,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.84,0:12:12.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so many families literally\Nsleep in the streets.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.33,0:12:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we installed networks there\Nto allow basic communication,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.90,0:12:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I think, I believe,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.62,0:12:25.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not only that we have to speak\Nabout the refugees.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.05,0:12:28.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we need to start talking to them,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.67,0:12:32.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by doing so, we can realize\Nthat it is about human beings,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.55,0:12:35.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about their lives\Nand their struggle to survive.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.15,0:12:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moderator: And allow them to talk as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.06,0:12:39.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christoph, thank you for coming to TED.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.47,0:12:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mathias, thank you for coming to TED\Nand sharing your story.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.00,0:12:43.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)