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Initiiative overview
An unscripted media intervention that transformed a routine appearance on Polish public television into a live act of critical education about digital infrastructure and electronic waste.
Rather than participating in a predictable studio discussion about digital pollution, I introduced a physical fragment of a dismantled 5G tower recovered the night before from a landfill with the help of a hacker collective. The unexpected presence of this object disrupted the broadcast format, shifting the conversation from abstraction to tangible reality and turning passive morning viewers into witnesses of the material consequences behind invisible networks.
Main intention
This intervention was designed to reveal what usually remains unseen by:
☀︎ Breaking the formula of passive expert commentary through physical confrontation with the material reality of digital infrastructure.
☀︎ Using the 5G component as a narrative object to expose the lifecycle of technological systems from innovation and consumption to disposal and environmental damage.
☀︎ Linking Poland’s local e-waste practices to the broader consequences faced by Global Majority countries, where much of Europe’s electronic waste ultimately ends up being processed under harmful conditions.
Outcomes
The intervention successfully transformed a mainstream media platform into a space of critical reflection. The host’s genuine surprise and the visual presence of the dismantled tower component created a moment of authenticity rarely seen in breakfast television formats.
The broadcast reached a wide audience and generated a rare moment where digital infrastructure usually invisible and unquestioned, became visible, debatable, and emotionally tangible.