︎︎︎ STUXNET in Denmark
︎︎︎ STUXNET in Denmark
Guston Sondin-Kung (2016), 4min loop
STUXNET in Denmark tells a hallucinatory realist fable
about an unnamed intelligence officer who has participated in the cyber warfare
attack against the Iranian Nuclear plant in Natanz from a hotel room in
Copenhagen. What unfolds through the story is a dialogue about the fictive side
of documents, participation and complicity in remote warfare, the trap of
paranoia and the unattainable desire to be completely immune to mass
surveillance.
This video is based upon the real events of what has been termed
the STUXNET virus, a cyber warfare weapon that was developed by a consortium of
different government bodies as a way to disrupt the enrichment of uranium at
the Iranian Nuclear plant in Natanz from 2010-2012. Cyber security experts have
tracked the virus and discovered that one of the main control servers was
located outside the city of Copenhagen, Denmark. It has been suggested by
security analysts that because the control servers were located in Denmark then
there would have been a forward operating command and control center set up in
the country that was active during the time of the attack. An intelligence
officer following standard operating procedure would have established this in a
hotel and worked cloaked in what is referred to as a “security tent” that is
specifically designed to create an electromagnetic shield around its exterior
so as to disrupt any listening or watching devices.
The Falcon that partcipated in the filming resides at Falkonergarden in Denmark. Falkonergarden is a preserve and learning site deidcated to bringing awarness to falcons within the region and has been in opperation for over thirty five years. All percautions were taken in the filming to ensure the safty and wellbeing of the falcon.