This text is my first attempt to reflect some of the issues arising from the two Waves exhibitions. The exhibitions in Riga (2006) and Dortmund (2008) were conceived as research projects. By looking at waves as "a principle material and medium of art" the exhibitions were made with an outlook on building a bottom-up, materialist theory of media art.
Franz Xaver, 433 MHz, Conductive Silver on Canvas. The Length of the silver lines is calculated to correspond with 433 MHz. When em waves of that frequency pass through the painting it starts to oscillate and produce a standing wave.
