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.