VIKING

Year: 2024
Sculpture
Technique: Digital sculpting, 3D printing Material: Recycled thermoplastic polyester (rPETG), polylactic acid biobased plastic (PLA), recycled polylactic acid biobased plastic (rPLA), metal
Photos by: Carl Ander + David Stjernholm
Sculpture
Technique: Digital sculpting, 3D printing Material: Recycled thermoplastic polyester (rPETG), polylactic acid biobased plastic (PLA), recycled polylactic acid biobased plastic (rPLA), metal
Photos by: Carl Ander + David Stjernholm
VIKING is a 3D printed interpretation of Sweden’s first satellite, launched in 1986. Over the past 50 years, space has provided a whole new arena for telecommunications. Today, satellites provide internet to millions of users. We use the internet daily for everything from communication and entertainment to work and finance.
Wang & Söderström turn their gaze to the satellites above to reflect on the power and materiality of digital technologies. Solar storms, powerful outbursts of energy from the sun, are a phenomenon in space that can disrupt air traffic and Earth’s power grids. How would our relationship with the internet change if we understood the physical and fragile systems that make it possible?
Wang & Söderström turn their gaze to the satellites above to reflect on the power and materiality of digital technologies. Solar storms, powerful outbursts of energy from the sun, are a phenomenon in space that can disrupt air traffic and Earth’s power grids. How would our relationship with the internet change if we understood the physical and fragile systems that make it possible?






















































