critical infrastructure lab

an interactive art intervention

Together with the artist collective weise7, we produced an exhibit called “antennas and us” in the OBA Amsterdam public library. The artistic intervention, phase shift, is an interactive representation of a 5G antenna. It follows library visitors through motion sensors in a similar way that 5G antennas do in a process called ‘beamforming’. The antenna representation drew visitors into conversations with us about the experience of communication infrastructures in their everyday lives. 

Visitors were also intrigued by the low tech guides against high tech surveillance created by fieke jansen in collaboration with design collective idiotēs. The guides framed the exhibit and provided a rich context for it. The guides display information on Wifi-tracking, Thermal imaging and Facial recognition, which can be used to become a digital explorer of your city. The artistic interventions travelled the library of Amsterdam, the “frictions and frequencies” exhibition in Berlin, our office, and hopefully, your neighbourhood.