location: Squawks, whoops, swish and whirls
The idea of progress is tied to the acceleration of atomic matter and the instrumentalisation of free-flowing electrons powering greedy antennas and appliances. Much of what radio amateurs call “dirty electricity” leaks through the everyday devices we use, while the electromagnetic fields they emit permeate human and more-than-human bodies, as well as the spaces we inhabit. What if these fields were understood as a critical natural resource, capable of awakening the power potentials of earthly and cosmic beings? This exhibition offers a gateway to technofeminist strategies for engaging with the explosive presence of radio frequencies through intra-active transmissions between bodies and both physical and immaterial matter.
𝐨𝐨𝐨𝐨𝐨 is a transuniversal constellation that creates projects in relation to relevant techno-social issues. Their ‘open’ network inspires participatory processes, mutual learning and collective emancipation. For Squawks, whoops, swish and whirls , they bring together the research of technoactivist, radio-amateur and performer ON3MCR, who explores strategies of digital re-affection, and transdisciplinary artist and Kung Fu practitioner Isabel Burr Raty, who questions meanings of matter, territory and healing.