# How-To

Be Part of an Opera Audience without Actually Going There
Start your Own Home-Delivery Opera Service
Open the Closed-Circuit of an Opera

Difficulty: Moderately challenging

You’ve always wondered why there was no connection between opera and open access? You’ve always dreamed of sharing your love of arias with the whole town? Tired of having to dress up every time you want to see a performance in the opera? Would you love to go to the opera *every* night, but don’t have the necessary cash?

Here you can learn *how to hack the opera in 10 easy steps*. You’ll never have to spend another night away from the comfort of your home AND still not miss one single performance!

The Bug

  • STEP 1: Build an Audio-Bug or buy one in your local spy gear shop
  • STEP 2: Make sure the bug has a power source that will last a while (battery pack)
  • STEP 3: Take part in a guided tour of your local opera house (the more people, the easier for you to sneak off on your own, so bring a few friends)
  • STEP 4: Check the back stage parts and the auditorium for a good spot to leave the bug (if you find a good hidden spot near a wall socket, grab it!)
  • STEP 5: Place the bug

The phone machine

  • STEP 1: Connect the receiving end of the bug to a computer
  • STEP 2: Programm your computer to call other peoples home phones (all the people listed in your local phone book, your friends) as soon as it receives an opera performance through the bug.
  • STEP 3: Record a short announcement message. Play this message prior to connecting to the live feed with the opera

Join the performance

  • STEP 1: Print schedules of the dates and times your machine will be dealing out opera home-deliveries
  • STEP 2: Distribute the schedules to people and locations you want to call. Get people to stay at home on opera nights!

Things You’ll Need

  • Bug with good battery pack
  • An Opera House near you
  • Computer
  • Telephone Book of your town / city

Topics Addressed

  • How to hack the opera
  • How to enjoy the opera through a live-connection from the comfort of your home

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Press Coverage

  • Oper frei Haus Wochenzeitung, goeldin@bitnik.org - latest member of bitnik, 10.05.07
  • Hack dich in die Oper! Der Standard, Wien 03.05.2007
  • Arien für alle! Netculture - oe1.ORF.at - by Felix Stalder, 02.05.07
  • Arien für alle... Bitnik und Sven König hacken das Opernhaus Zürich. clickhere.ch - verena kuni - 10.04.2007
  • Furtherfield Review by Maria X - 10.4.2007
  • Video "A Hack A Day I": Radio Free Opera kultpavillonblog, 04.04.2007
  • Das Zürcher Opernhaus wird illegal abgehört Codex Flores, 16.03.2007
  • Künstlerischer Lauschangriff auf Opernhaus Zürich Der Standard, Wien 15.03.2007
  • Opern-Wanzen: Zwei von drei aufgespürt 20min, 15.3.07
  • Kulturplatz - SF.TV Swiss National TV - 14.3.07
  • 10vor10 - Swiss National TV News Cultural Pirates sice the Zurich Opera, 14.3.07
  • Abt. Hello, this is Opera, how can I help you? infam.antville.org, 14.3.2007
  • Hirnblut :: Elenchos 13.03.2007
  • Radio DRS - Regionaljournal MP3, Swiss German Interview [00:02:20], 14.3.07
  • opera calling Homemade-Labor - 13.3.07
  • Rebell.TV Podcast - Radio, 12.3.07
  • Opernhaus droht Cabaret Voltaire Kulturblog.ch, 13.3.07
  • Cabaret Voltaire kitzelt Opernhaus DIGITAL BRAINSTORMING - 13.03.07
  • Künstler mit Wanzen – bei Anruf Oper 20min - 12.03.07
  • Bohème, gehackt Züritipp - 07.03.2007
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