Limen : ecologies of transmission

LIMEN takes the spectrum of human-made radio waves and the seeming stability of our contemporary societies dependent on instant communication as an area of exploration and exposes the zones of manufactured ignorance in techno-scientific developments.
Building a dialogue with the artistic research by Mario de Vega and Victor Mazon that explores and critically addresses this sphere otherwise not accessible to human senses, the publication brings together a series of contributions and collaborations that address different aspects of the proliferation of electromagnetic signals produced by wireless telecommunication and other devices based on microwave technologies. The focus thereby lies on the discussion of their impact on human interaction as well as their implications for social and emotional exchange, their interaction with living systems within different ecologies, and biopolitical implications of governmental control over their use.
The publication is part of an on-going long-term project of hybrid nature. The research includes publications, wireless transmission, interruption and reception of information, the design and production of custom-made electronic devices based on inverse engineering techniques, seminars, printed material, public space interventions, and an Internet platform that compiles and displays information about the contemporary radio wave sphere.