1977
Radio and telephone both may seem like rather primitive technologies in this digital age at the end of the twentieth century, but in fact they are the most widely used forms of live communication technologies we have and will remain so for a long time to come.
The telephone forms a two way virtual space in the aural dimension: we function in it aurally as if we were in one real space, but this space doesn't exist. The radio on the other hand can give us a live ear view into a space which can be anywhere or nowhere -- it can also be completely artificial.
If we combine the public telephone network and radio broadcast, we can make a virtual aural space in which a large number of people can be at the same time.
This is what I did with Public Supply I.
Max Neuhaus, Oct 16, 1997