Antennae

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Created	2026
Location	Soča (SI)
Medium	Interactive Electronic Object

The project builds on a line of research into electronic organisms, now in the context of a natural ecosystem. I am interested in how technology can operate in the landscape in such a way that it no longer forms a separate, additional layer but becomes an integral part of the systems in which it is embedded. Antennae work as an instrument of translation. They capture what is happening at frequencies and scales humans cannot directly perceive, and transfer it to a slow medium that visitors can notice.

Each unit is a static electric organism placed on the ground. It consists of two vertical light-guiding antennae that communicate through light and sound. It also has sensory roots, sort of interchangeable probes giving the machine sensory access to the surrounding ecosystem. It perceives bioacoustics in the soil, contact vibrations on surrounding surfaces, humidity and light conditions.

The unit operates independently, charging from the sun, requiring no long-term maintenance, and communicating with the outside world only when there is somebody to hear it. At the same time, it can continuously record what it hears underground and create a local archive. Over time, I would like to expand the project into a network of multiple objects in the landscape that would exchange information with one another, creating a shared technological (eco)system.