rootkid — Spectrum Slit (2026)

Sixty-four luminous filaments reveal the radio activity within a room. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth exchanges become changes in intensity, exposing movement ordinary perception misses. The sculpture invites us to consider domestic space as an environment threaded with infrastructure. The artist’s video documents both the device in operation and its construction.

Filaments lumineux de Spectrum Slit sur un mur / Spectrum Slit's luminous filaments mounted on a wall.

rootkid — Spectrum Slit, 2026. Source : documentation vidéo de l’artiste.

Sixty-four luminous filaments reveal the radio activity within a room. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth exchanges become changes in intensity, exposing movement ordinary perception misses. The sculpture invites us to consider domestic space as an environment threaded with infrastructure. The artist’s video documents both the device in operation and its construction.

Location : Presented online by the artist in January 2026; a physical exhibition venue is not specified.

Artist : Working as rootkid, the artist develops objects and installations connecting electronics, programming and sensory perception.

Source and documentation