Background

Sounds from Earth is a collaborative project between the Netherlands and South Korea, involving Hackers & Designers, dianaband, and Hee-ju. It explores the ecological impacts of modern technology, from large data centers that harm local habitats to fiber optic cables that affect marine life through heat, turbidity, and risks like sea life entanglement. The project also examines the environmental damage caused by deep-sea interventions and terrestrial mining for materials like lithium and cobalt, used in tech devices, highlighting their role in resource depletion, geopolitical tensions, and unequal wealth distribution.