Silbero Digital is an interactive art installation inspired by the Silbo Gomero whistled language of La Gomera, Canary Islands, and the consequences of social media.
Type messages to other participants at this event. Your words are encoded into sound — a digital whistle that carries your message across the space. Your conversations and camera images are collected as art pieces for sale by the artist at this event.
Silbo Gomero is a whistled language developed by the inhabitants of La Gomera to communicate across the deep ravines and narrow valleys of the island. Whistled messages can travel up to 5 kilometers. It was declared a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2009.
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