Towards Atmospheric Care

Towards Atmospheric Care

Towards Atmospheric Care is a long-term research collaborative between Stockholm-based visual artist Hanna Husberg and Tallinn-based interdisciplinary researcher Agata Marzecova which explores air as a natural cultural phenomenon situated in the nexus of media, science, and technological mediation. Their collaboration has been supported by the Technosphere Campus (HKW Berlin, 2016), The Seed Box (Mistra-Formas Collaboratory, 2017), the Bernadotte Fellowship (Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, 2019-20), Kone Foundation (2020-22), and several residencies. This text is based on research done in the context of New Electronic Ecosystem, an ongoing case study which through a focus on intelligent sensing landscapes in Finland reflects upon a near future in which the emergent 5G technology, using trillions of antennas emitting beams of radiation, will connect not just people, but the whole world contributing to a novel augmented electromagnetic environment.

Dossiers, no. 3, vol. 7

Beyond 5G: fieldnotes from Finland

Advancing feminist and critically engaged considerations of atmospheric media technologies, this essay by Towards Atmospheric Care (Hanna Husberg and Agata Marzecova) provides a snapshot of their ongoing interdisciplinary investigation of 5G-based smart solutions and new electronic ecosystems emerging in Finland, a country that has positioned itself at the forefront of inventing the wireless communication of the future.