Turn the Light on

Jayne McSwiney
Turn the Light on,
Intervention
Starlink internet installed in an abandoned house,
Wi-Fi network: “Carlo Acutis”, 2025.

In Turn the Light on, I installed Starlink internet in an abandoned house. The building, uninhabited for decades, stands as a quiet witness to neglect and the slow erosion of time.

Now, invisible signals beam down from satellites orbiting the earth, moving silently through the space. The intervention becomes a quiet bridge between heaven and earth.

The Wi-Fi network is named Carlo Acutis, after the recently canonised patron saint of the internet. The name enters the space as a presence, though nothing visible accompanies it.

The act of installing the network is a small gesture, that points up.
It is not dramatic, but deliberate, like the simple act of turning on a light.

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