The Battery is the Message: Media Archaeology as an Energy Art Practice

This text is an investigation of battery technologies and planned obsolescence in the context of energy consumption, electronic waste and environmental crisis as brought on by current communication technologies. Tracing the battery’s formative histories, the text examines its messy chemistries, enta...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Samir Bhowmik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries 2019-03-01
Series:communication +1
Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cpo/vol7/iss2/2/