Photos: © Michelle Mantel
The widespread use of radio and broadcasting since the beginning of the 20th century has made one thing clear: Air is a transmission medium of global reach. echos von übermorgen uses technical and speculative means to decode messages from possible futures and transform them into sensory experiences.
Photos: © Michelle Mantel
A DIY interface allows exhibition visitors to engage in a search for traces. In order to send and receive signals, they can scan the immediate airscape of the installation with an ultrasound device. In this way, narrative fragments and sound snippets are received, suggesting other forms of urban coexistence and different approaches to technology.
Photos: © Michelle Mantel
The scenario is an alternative to commercial ideas of automated »smart cities.« Instead, it evokes the impression of a different urban space, shaped by open networks, decentralized communication, and open-source principles. The future designs of such »breathing cities« are characterized by a biologization of technology. An interplay of organic and technical materials thus informs the aesthetics of the work: wool felt, latex, soapstone, membrane pumps, and LCD screens.
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