immaterials: satellite lamps, timo arnall
“satellite lamps are lamps controlled by satellites. this is a project that reveals one of the most significant contemporary technology infrastructures, the Global Positioning System (GPS). Satellite Lamps glow brighter when GPS signals are stronger, and when we use timelapse photography we can see how GPS signals inhabit different everyday spaces”
i find it so interesting and inspiring that arnall brings to light the immaterial aspects of our society, such as the internet and the gps systems that enable us to get almost anywhere in the world. these are technological advances that we seemingly over-look as being material objects, imagining them as invisible systems that happen to be engrained within our everyday devices. his work leads you to question and notice the materialness that enables it all to be possible. i aim to follow a similar ‘material’ concept in my project, visually representing the true existence of ourselves in a virtual reality
