Antennas for hearing the surrounding electromagnetic waves.
It is a kinetic sound installation that explores inaccessible phenomena from our immediate surroundings using advanced experimental detector technology, as an extension and exploration of human sensory and cognitive capacities.
Scan employs an array of six rotating detector systems that directionally capture and amplify signals in the microwave range.
This part of the electromagnetic spectrum – a region densely populated by human technologies – is highly versatile supporting a wide variety of communication and observation; from everyday technology (such as mobile phones, bluetooth, wifi) to advanced scientific studies (such as satellite communication, radar, and radio astronomy).
The project is a continuation of Skjødt Hasselstrøm’s artistic research and work. Where previous works have focused natural phenomena such as electromagnetic energy (ÆTER, 2017), radiation from the Sun (The Receiver, 2019), and cosmic rays (μ, 2022 and Myriads, 2024), Scan examines phenomena in our immediate surroundings that are created by human beings.
Christian Skjødt Hasselstrøm operates at the convergence of sound, visual practice, and scientific inquiry.
With a deep interest in the (limited) sensory and cognitive capacities of the human being, particularly in the imperceptible, which constitutes an essential part of our relation to the world, Skjødt Hasselstrøm utilizes technology as a tool for an extended perception or cognition, with the artworks as facilitating thresholds between our sensory apparatus and phenomena. Hence the works investigates alternative environments of sensing and relating to the surroundings, proposing situations and spaces for reflection and contemplation.
Skjødt Hasselstrøm’s work has been presented at art institutions, venues, and festivals worldwide, and has been awarded by Japan Media Arts Festival, Prix Ars Electronica, Edigma Semibreve, and the Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen’s Foundation, among others. Skjødt Hasselstrøm holds a Master’s degree from the Royal Academy of Music in Denmark and is currently based in Copenhagen.
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Realized with support from the Danish Arts Foundation and Danish Composers’ Society / KODA Culture.
Special thanks to Søren Lyngsø Knudsen, Kristian Rasmussen, Søren Løkkegaard and Kaj Nielsen.
