Internet Explorers
In Internet Explorers, Heinrich Holtgreve and radio journalist Moritz Metz journey along Germany’s national borders, documenting the places where fiber optic cables connect Germany to the wider world.
While Metz captures field recordings and interviews, Holtgreve photographs seemingly ordinary places: a field, a ditch, a concrete box standing quietly in the landscape. Yet behind these understated images lies an immense world of invisible infrastructure that powers everyday life. Although many assume that internet traffic travels by satellite, in reality, 99% of data moves through these underground pathways. By making this hidden physical layer of the internet both visible and audible, Holtgreve and Metz reveal the vulnerability and concentration of the networks we depend on. Their project shows how our lives are increasingly shaped by structures we rarely notice.
