The G-Player (Global Player) operates like a CDplayer. However, instead of playing CDs, it plays the globe. The G-Player can display the real position of official satellites. It simulates the path of these objects as they orbit the earth. Like a needle on a record, the satellite follows the earth’s surface. Via the interpretations of the G-Player transforms the different elevations on its course directly into sound. The display shows the selected satellite’s name, type, altitude and position over the earth (latitude and longitude). The G-Player conveys a wide variety of partially contradictory data and positions. It can be seen as an odd device or a generator of an interesting audio experience or even as a socio-political metaphor for megalomania.

Audio data can be portrayed in different ways. In the case of the G-Player, topographic data are interpreted as if they were audio data. “Noise sounds” result from the high density of the data: 44,1000 topographic data per second.

Courtesy of GIMA, gallery for international media art