Citizen Band
2012
size variable
solenoid, wireless transmitter, telegraphic instrument, bulb

This device starts operating when a long thin wire hung from the ceiling is shaken by any external element like an audience or a slight breeze. The trembling wire then hits other objects, creating a delicate friction. The friction is immediately converted to the flickering of sound and light, and is transmitted through a radio wave that reaches as far as 5 kilometers. In other words, it is a way of translating the movement of small objects into codified language like morse code, 1 and 0, or positive and negative. It is clear that most of the signals delivered by the device will be useless and just disappear into thin air. However, wouldn’t the fact that a small voice was occupying a part of an empty sky, constantly directed towards an object of reception, make some part of the world stop and slow down for a while?

(Citizen band means a frequency band allowed for citizens to use for close-distance communication. In this case, channel number 28.)