Irakli Sabekia turns razor wire fence into radio transmitter - architecture and design

Irakli Sabekia turns razor wire fence into radio transmitter



Designer Irakli Sabekia has developed a device that can turn the border fence between Russia and his native Georgia into a radio transmitter.
Using the fence as an antennae, the specially tuned transmitter broadcasts the names and coordinates of villages that were erased during 2008's Russo-Georgian War, in Morse code.
"Stating the names of the cities, and placing them on their proper locations forces the fence to voice what it's meant to hide," explained Sabekia, who was born in a town that now lies behind the occupation line.

According to the designer, Russia's presence in the provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia destroyed many villages and many nationally-important buildings.
Now, 11 years on, a razor-wire fence still demarcates the area, separating families and communities. "Behind the razor wire fence, Georgian villages are deliberately burned down, demolished, and then even the ruins completely removed from the area," said the designer.
"In an attempt to rewrite history, the traces of the population in this area were completely erased. The fence keeps being moved further into Georgian territory, trapping more than 30 more villages since the war. "

This, Sabekia explained, keeps the country in a constant state of fear. Design was the only way he knew how to cope with it.
"If I'm faced with this overwhelming force, it's true that I can't control it," he remembers thinking. "But maybe I can mine it. Maybe I can tap into ...
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