Orbital Temple – Reclaiming the Space Imaginary
Orbital Temple is an artwork and a functional satellite created by Edson Pavoni. Launching into space in January 2026, its memory holds billions of names, and anyone on Earth can send one.
Unpredictable Atmosphere at 24GHz
Unpredictable atmosphere is a research project that investigates a thin and unstable layer above the ground where data, both transmitted and collected, acquire new dimensions in an invisible landscape of conflict.
Tracking Skynet – Sousveillance project by Filipe Vilas-Boas
Created by Filipe Vilas-Boas, 'Tracking Skynet' comprises the recording of a surveillance satellite whilst being under surveillance of the same.
Foxes Like Beacons – Open positioning system, and the politics of infrastructures
Created by Jochen Maria Weber, Foxes Like Beacons is an exploratory project using open data of public radio stations with inexpensive, low-power signal detection in order to create an open positioning system.
The Architecture of Radio – Visualizing the invisible architecture of networks
Created by Richard Vijgen, The Architecture of Radio is a site-specific iPad application that visualizes this network of networks by reversing the ambient nature of the infosphere; hiding the visible while revealing the invisible technological lan...
ARTSAT1: INVADER – Satellites for artistic exploration
On February 28, 2014, the world's first art satellite, ARTSAT1: INVADER was launched as a piggyback payload of the H-IIA F23 launch vehicle. INVADER, a 10 cm cube 1U-CubeSat with a mass of 1.85 kg continued its steady operation on orbit, successfu...
Satelliten – A machine tracking activities in lower earth orbit
Created by Berlin based studio Quadrature, Satelliten is a custom build machine that brings the invisible movement of passing satellites in lower orbit to a tangible medium and scale.
