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Submarine Telegraphy #1

by ELKA BONG

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Beacons and Pigeons 10:07
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Big Bugs 10:19
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Token Rings 10:20
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Thermionic Valves 10:25
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Transatlantic telegraph cables were undersea cables running under the Atlantic Ocean used for telegraph communications. Telegraphy is now an obsolete form of communication and the cables have long since been decommissioned, but telephone and data are still carried on other transatlantic telecommunications cables.

The first cable was laid in the 1850s across the floor of the Atlantic from Valentia in western Ireland to Bay of Bulls, Trinity Bay Newfoundland. The first communications occurred August 16, 1858 but the line speed was poor and efforts to improve it caused this cable to fail after three weeks. A second cable was laid in 1865 with much-improved material. The cable was laid by the ship SS Great Eastern. More than halfway across, the cable broke and after many rescue attempts, they had to give up. In July 1866, a third cable was laid and on July 27th 1866 the cable was put into service.

This cable altered for all time personal, commercial and political relations between people across the Atlantic. Before the first transatlantic cable, communications between Europe and the Americas took place only by ship. Sometimes, however, severe winter storms delayed ships for weeks. The transatlantic cable reduced communication time considerably, allowing a message and a response in the same day.

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released April 21, 2021

Al Margolis- snarebone (snare drum with trombone mouthpiece) [1]; transformed snare drum [2]; violin, contact mic, objects [3]; trombone [4]
Walter Wright - IFMSynth
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Birgit Goldbourne - saxophone [Kassel, Germany]

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ELKA BONG Chester, New York

AL MARGOLIS
“... is some sort of evil genius working with sources radically altered up to an utterly unrecognizable state, anarchic manifestations moving in compact determination.”
~ Massimo Ricci

WALTER WRIGHT
is an interdisciplinary artist, his practice includes computer programming, music, and video performance. His focus is on “improvisation as a way of being present in the world.” ... more

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