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'''''Babylonokia''''' (also '''''Babylon-Nokia''''', '''''Alien-Mobile''''', and '''''Cuneiform Mobile Phone''''') is a 2012 artwork<ref name="snopes">{{cite web|last1=Evon|first1=Dan|title=FALSE: 800-Year-Old Alien Cellphone Found|url=http://www.snopes.com/alien-cellphone-found/|website=snopes|accessdate=3 January 2017}}</ref> by Karl Weingärtner in the form of a clay tablet shaped like a [[mobile phone]], its keys and screen showing [[cuneiform script]]. |
'''''Babylonokia''''' (also '''''Babylon-Nokia''''', '''''Alien-Mobile''''', and '''''Cuneiform Mobile Phone''''') is a 2012 artwork<ref name="snopes">{{cite web|last1=Evon|first1=Dan|title=FALSE: 800-Year-Old Alien Cellphone Found|url=http://www.snopes.com/alien-cellphone-found/|website=snopes|date=4 January 2016 |accessdate=3 January 2017}}</ref> by Karl Weingärtner in the form of a clay tablet shaped like a [[mobile phone]], its keys and screen showing [[cuneiform script]]. |
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Weingärtner created the work to represent the evolution of information transfer from the ancient world to the present.<ref name="orf.at">{{cite web|url=http://orf.at/stories/2316971/|title=Angeblich "Alien-Handy" in Österreich entdeckt - news.ORF.at|date=31 December 2015|publisher=}}</ref> [[Fringe scientist]]s and [[ |
Weingärtner created the work to represent the evolution of information transfer from the ancient world to the present.<ref name="orf.at">{{cite web|url=http://orf.at/stories/2316971/|title=Angeblich "Alien-Handy" in Österreich entdeckt - news.ORF.at|date=31 December 2015|publisher=}}</ref> [[Fringe scientist]]s and [[pseudoarchaeology]] proponents<ref name="Open Press Release">{{cite web|url=http://www.openpr.com/news/416272/Centuries-Old-Cell-Phone-Artifact-Presents-Modern-Day-Mystery-Award-Winning-Author-Dana-Lyons-Sees-The-Possibilities-In-Such-An-Impossible-Scenario.html|title=Centuries Old Cell-Phone Artifact Presents Modern Day Mystery|date=19 January 2017|publisher=}}</ref> subsequently misrepresented a photograph of the artwork as showing an 800-year-old archaeological find;<ref name="snopes" /> that story was popularised in a video on the YouTube channel ''Paranormal Crucible''<ref name="huffpo">{{cite web |last1=Moye |first1=David |date=11 January 2016 |title=Ancient Babylonian Cellphone Isn't Ancient, Babylonian Or A Phone |url=https://huffingtonpost.com/entry/ancient-babylonian-nokia-isnt-ancient-babylonian-nor-a-nokia_us_568d70abe4b0c8beacf5630b |website=[[HuffPost]] |publisher= |accessdate=3 January 2017}}</ref> and led to the object being reported by some press sources as a mystery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://canadajournal.net/science/is-this-an-800-year-old-mobile-phone-video-40526-2016/|title=Is this an 800-year-old mobile phone? (Video) - Canada Journal - News of the World|date=January 2016 |publisher=}}</ref> |
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== Artwork == |
== Artwork == |
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Weingärtner created the phone-styled clay tablet with cuneiform signs as a reaction to an exhibition at the [[Museum for Communication]] in Berlin titled ''From the Cuneiform to the SMS: Communication Once and Today'', as well as the negative, global effects of information technology.<ref name="orf.at"/> [[Cuneiform]] signals the beginning of written records of information. |
Weingärtner created the phone-styled clay tablet with cuneiform signs as a reaction to an exhibition at the [[Museum für Kommunikation Berlin|Museum for Communication]] in Berlin titled ''From the Cuneiform to the SMS: Communication Once and Today'', as well as the negative, global effects of information technology.<ref name="orf.at"/> [[Cuneiform]] signals the beginning of written records of information. |
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The fact that it is a clay copy of what appears to be |
The fact that it is a clay copy of what appears to be an [[Ericsson]] S868 mobile phone,<ref name="truth">{{cite web|last1=Martin|first1=Aaron|title=Archeologists Discover 800-Year-Old Cell Phone Tablet-Fiction!|url=https://www.truthorfiction.com/archeologists-discover-800-year-old-cell-phone-tablet/|website=www.truthorfiction.com|date=5 January 2016 |accessdate=3 January 2017}}</ref> a model from the 1990s, had no meaning for the artist, who was using it as a metaphor for mobile devices in general.<ref name="Open Press Release" /> |
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The work of art is unique and is kept by the artist in a special depot. It is available on request as a loan for museums and exhibitions. It is made from clay, weighs 91 grams, and measures approximately {{convert|13.5|by|6.5|by|0.8|cm}}. |
The work of art is unique and is kept by the artist in a special depot. It is available on request as a loan for museums and exhibitions. It is made from clay, weighs 91 grams (3¼ oz), and measures approximately {{convert|13.5|by|6.5|by|0.8|cm}}.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} |
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== Misrepresentation == |
== Misrepresentation == |
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Weingärtner posted a photo of the image on [[Facebook]] as part of a sale of his work,<ref name="huffpo"/> and a Facebook commenter coined the name "BabyloNokia".<ref name="huffpo"/> Three years later, the image was posted to the |
Weingärtner posted a photo of the image on [[Facebook]] as part of a sale of his work,<ref name="huffpo"/> and a Facebook commenter coined the name "BabyloNokia".<ref name="huffpo"/> Three years later, the image was posted to the Conspiracy Club website with the headline "800-Year-Old Mobile Phone Found In Austria? Check This Out."<ref name="huffpo"/> ''The Express'' reposted Weingärtner's photo without attribution and claimed that the artifact had been dated to the 13th century [[BCE]].<ref name="huffpo"/> |
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Speaking about the image's use by fringe websites and the press, Weingärtner said "The photo was used without my knowledge and without my consent. [...] It’s not what I wanted. I do not believe in UFOs and I do not believe in aliens."<ref name="huffpo"/> |
Speaking about the image's use by fringe websites and the press, Weingärtner said "The photo was used without my knowledge and without my consent. [...] It’s not what I wanted. I do not believe in UFOs and I do not believe in aliens."<ref name="huffpo"/> |
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== External links == |
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* What is Babylonokia? YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huZORrBqYwI |
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* BBC One - The One Show, 17/01/2017: https://twitter.com/i/moments/833351659178819585?lang=en |
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* Open Press Release: http://www.openpr.com/news/416272/Centuries-Old-Cell-Phone-Artifact-Presents-Modern-Day-Mystery-Award-Winning-Author-Dana-Lyons-Sees-The-Possibilities-In-Such-An-Impossible-Scenario.html |
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* The Express UK: http://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/753869/Truth-800-year-old-mobile-phone-time-travel-cuneiform-Austria |
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* HuffPostUS: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ancient-babylonian-nokia-isnt-ancient-babylonian-nor-a-nokia_us_568d70abe4b0c8beacf5630b |
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* Canada Journal: http://canadajournal.net/science/is-this-an-800-year-old-mobile-phone-video-40526-2016/ |
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* Rio de Janeiro: http://oatual.com.br/imagem-de-telefone-celular-de-800-anos-encontrado-por-arqueologos-causa-discussao-apos-ser-publicada-nas-redes-sociais/ |
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* Daily Mail:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3379210/An-800-year-old-mobile-phone-left-ALIENS-Austria-according-latest-bizarre-claims-conspiracy-theorists.html |
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* Indonesian News: http://en.sindonews.com/read/1073923/198/800-year-old-mobile-phone-left-behind-by-aliens-in-austria-1451717378 |
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* Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/800-year-old-mobile-phone-found-conspiracy-theorists-excited-by-almost-certainly-hoax-claim-to-have-a6792741.html |
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* Iraqi Dinar News: http://iraqidinarchat.net/?p=39894 |
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* India TV NEWS: http://www.indiatvnews.com/buzz/blah/archaeologists-discover-800-yr-old-alien-mobile-145.html |
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* Korean Times: http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/world/2016/10/524_194643.html |
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* The British Journal: http://www.thebritishjournal.com/science/researchers-discover-800-year-old-alien-mobile-phone-in-austria-96-2015/ |
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* Hindi News: http://www.india.com/hindi-news/others/800-year-old-mobile-phone-found-in-austria/ |
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* Journal Metro: http://journalmetro.com/opinions/inspecteur-viral/900085/non-un-telephone-vieux-de-800-ans-na-pas-ete-decouvert/ |
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* Giornalettismo: http://www.giornalettismo.com/archives/1988157/la-bufala-del-telefonino-in-argilla-800-anni-scoperto-austria/ |
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* Excelsior: http://www.excelsior.com.mx/global/2015/12/30/1066127 |
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* Digital: http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4746208,00.html |
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* RUDA NET: http://rudaw.net/arabic/lifestyle/31122015 |
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Latest revision as of 04:45, 1 June 2024
Babylonokia (also Babylon-Nokia, Alien-Mobile, and Cuneiform Mobile Phone) is a 2012 artwork[1] by Karl Weingärtner in the form of a clay tablet shaped like a mobile phone, its keys and screen showing cuneiform script.
Weingärtner created the work to represent the evolution of information transfer from the ancient world to the present.[2] Fringe scientists and pseudoarchaeology proponents[3] subsequently misrepresented a photograph of the artwork as showing an 800-year-old archaeological find;[1] that story was popularised in a video on the YouTube channel Paranormal Crucible[4] and led to the object being reported by some press sources as a mystery.[5]
Artwork
[edit]Weingärtner created the phone-styled clay tablet with cuneiform signs as a reaction to an exhibition at the Museum for Communication in Berlin titled From the Cuneiform to the SMS: Communication Once and Today, as well as the negative, global effects of information technology.[2] Cuneiform signals the beginning of written records of information.
The fact that it is a clay copy of what appears to be an Ericsson S868 mobile phone,[6] a model from the 1990s, had no meaning for the artist, who was using it as a metaphor for mobile devices in general.[3]
The work of art is unique and is kept by the artist in a special depot. It is available on request as a loan for museums and exhibitions. It is made from clay, weighs 91 grams (3¼ oz), and measures approximately 13.5 by 6.5 by 0.8 centimetres (5.31 by 2.56 by 0.31 in).[citation needed]
Misrepresentation
[edit]Weingärtner posted a photo of the image on Facebook as part of a sale of his work,[4] and a Facebook commenter coined the name "BabyloNokia".[4] Three years later, the image was posted to the Conspiracy Club website with the headline "800-Year-Old Mobile Phone Found In Austria? Check This Out."[4] The Express reposted Weingärtner's photo without attribution and claimed that the artifact had been dated to the 13th century BCE.[4]
Speaking about the image's use by fringe websites and the press, Weingärtner said "The photo was used without my knowledge and without my consent. [...] It’s not what I wanted. I do not believe in UFOs and I do not believe in aliens."[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Evon, Dan (4 January 2016). "FALSE: 800-Year-Old Alien Cellphone Found". snopes. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Angeblich "Alien-Handy" in Österreich entdeckt - news.ORF.at". 31 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Centuries Old Cell-Phone Artifact Presents Modern Day Mystery". 19 January 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f Moye, David (11 January 2016). "Ancient Babylonian Cellphone Isn't Ancient, Babylonian Or A Phone". HuffPost. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ "Is this an 800-year-old mobile phone? (Video) - Canada Journal - News of the World". January 2016.
- ^ Martin, Aaron (5 January 2016). "Archeologists Discover 800-Year-Old Cell Phone Tablet-Fiction!". www.truthorfiction.com. Retrieved 3 January 2017.