We Sweat In Peace relates history to the present through the reenactment of a celebratory chorus commemorating the laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable in 1858. Through embodying the workers, the live intervention highlights the labour intensive process of producing the cable and serves as a counterpoint to the presented immateriality of this heavy infrastructure.

We have sung  “The Festival Song at the Celebration of the Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable” at Enderby’s Wharf, where the cable was made.