Date:

28 February – 8 March

Venue:

Institute of Digital Innovation (IdI)

Time:

09:00 – 18:00 daily.
Reception: Monday 3 March 18:00

Cost:

Free

Learn all about the radio spectrum in this interactive visualisation which makes the invisible visible. Barcelona-based creators Bestiario (www.bestiario.org) are adept at making invisible and intangible things such as networks, relationships and partnerships visible to an audience. Their latest work of data visualization brings the unseen landscape where broadcasting happens — the electromagnetic spectrum — stunningly to life.

c. Bestario

The radio part of the electromagnetic spectrum is something which can’t normally be seen with the naked eye, but the innovators of Bestiario will put it on view, by deploying the forces of art, science and technology. Displayed on several large plasma screens located in the central foyer of Middlesbrough’s brand new Institute for Digital Innovation, this impressive new installation enables visitors to interact with the electromagnetic spectrum, and learn more about it. Visitors can choose to see the structure and topology of the spectrum and find out what kinds of activities happen there, from television and radio, to mobile telephony and wireless internet. The Atlas of Electromagnetic Space will also show the assignation of frequencies to different communication protocols, and the cultural, social and artistic interventions that are currently taking place in the spectrum.

It is curated by Spanish cultural researchers and new media enthusiasts, José Luis de Vicente and Irma Vilà and developed by Bestiario. After AV Festival 08, the work will tour internationally, showing at the CCCB in Barcelona and other venues.
Co-commissioned by AV Festival 08 and NOW: Centre de Cultura
Contemporánia de Barcelona (CCCB). © Bestiario