Since July 2020 the Government has been supporting the roll out of 5G, with funding and law changes. It is said to have revolutionised daily lives, industries and public services but what happens when a 30 metre tall totem of the future is erected 5ft from your front door and you have to face the true weight of your digital self everyday?
‘my masT’ explores our reliance on constant connection through accounts from the public, from different communities around Britain who have all had to face the reality of how the Internet exists. They can no longer ignore what it takes to keep us connected and are reminded of the physical cost to live both on and offline. By asking the same questions to each subject a consensus will start to form on how the public actually understands the Internet. Now, more than ever we must understand how the Internet exists and how our digital selves have a physical effect on the planet. This is not an attempt to vilify the global network, but to show how important it is to understand what it physically takes to keep our digital selves alive, and question our contradictory attitudes if we have to suddenly face that everyday.
