Still on Air

A practical status display for online presence

Still on Air

STILL ON AIR borrows the language of broadcasting to state something plain: online existence behaves like a signal, and it stays on as long as traces keep flowing.

The piece presents itself as a wall sign that reads “STILL ON AIR”. It does not explain, redeem, or dramatize. It just reports the current state generated by EvidencesOfLiveness.sol.

What you see is a simple condition translated into light: if new evidences appear, the sign remains on; if the flow slows down, it turns off. Presence is treated as uptime, absence as interruption.

The work stays intentionally dry: no climax, no promise, no catharsis. Just a stubborn indicator saying that being online is no longer a statement but a maintenance routine.

2026
Wall-mounted LED lightbox, embedded controller, and blockchain-based status system
Ho fatto tardi, SMDOT, 2026, installation views
Ho fatto tardi, SMDOT, 2026, installation views
Ho fatto tardi, SMDOT, 2026, installation views
Ho fatto tardi, SMDOT, 2026, installation views
Fig.2 Ho fatto tardi, SMDOT, 2026, installation views

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