To the writer of fairy-tales, Hans Christian Andersen, the telegraph was a true revelation. The submarine cables interconnecting the world inspired him to write his fairy-tale of "The Great Sea-Serpent".

We have borrowed the title for our new travelling exhibition - complete with catalogue and interactive applications - about the time when the electric telegraph embraced the world initiating the possibilities of receiving news, trading, mailing, playing games, chatting, and hacking online. 

Extract

IN DEEP WATERS
Decisive steps towards global extension of the telegraph were made in deep water. The world's first submarine cable was laid under the English Channel in 1850. However, in order to link the old and the new world telegraphically a cable had to be laid across the Atlantic. This cost blood, sweat and tears and a substantial amount of money to a bunch of visionary businessmen with the propensity to invest. After 12 years of fruitless struggle the connection was finally established, and between Europe and America dots and dashes were flowing under the Atlantic Ocean.

  

CONTENTS
16 wall sheets, 2 DVD's (film clips) 7 CD's (applications, sound track, and dias series).

M2
80 m2.

PRICE 
DKK 2,400 per month, excl. VAT, transport, freight, and insurance.
 
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
9 PC's with DVD/CD drive. Films can with advantage be played in large format by means of a projector.

SUPPLEMENTARTY MATERIAL
Web-exhibition
Book: "The Great Sea-Serpent", 90 pages, DKK 110.