What things do
Old steam power plant
Athens, Greece
2026
What things do,
2026
Retired awning fabric, metal structure, light sources, sound exciters, heating element,
thermostat, photovoltaic panel, amplifier, microcontrollers, sensors, electronics.
450x190x128cm
Old steam power plant, Athens, Greece
Expo:
PPC MEETS ART
Curated by Christoforos Marinos
A retired awning from an Athenian house, weathered over decades and marked by fungal colonization, is integrated into a system of lights, sensors, electronics, microcontrollers, and more.
The installation is activated by recordings of solar radio waves captured over a full day, years ago, while the awning was still in use. This archival record of the Sun’s activity and real-time data from the surrounding environment shape the installation’s behavior.
A choreography unfolds across the fabric’s surface through light, vibration, and heat. It becomes a site where material and biological traces, scientific data, environmental signals, and technological systems are brought into relation.
The installation is activated by recordings of solar radio waves captured over a full day, years ago, while the awning was still in use. This archival record of the Sun’s activity and real-time data from the surrounding environment shape the installation’s behavior.
A choreography unfolds across the fabric’s surface through light, vibration, and heat. It becomes a site where material and biological traces, scientific data, environmental signals, and technological systems are brought into relation.
The data are drawn from the ARTEMIS–Jean-Louis Steinberg Radiospectrograph (ARTEMIS-IV) catalogue, which documents solar radio bursts across the 20–650 MHz frequency range.
