The word scale is tricky. It invites many definitions, orientations and connections to ourselves, our surroundings and our tools. However, to think of scale as solely technical is reductive and omits the relations, feelings and beliefs that come with such measurements and images. In this book, eight authors come together to challenge our conventions and understanding of scale as grounded in the human. In their texts, 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝘇𝗱𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗮, 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗷𝗼𝗱𝗵 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗵 𝗗𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗹, 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗗𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝘆, 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗨𝗗 (Audrey Samson & Francisco Gallardo), 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗲, 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗸𝗮 and 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗮 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗶 expand our understanding of scale to the more-than-human, trace its movements and frictions through histories, and question the way scale generates political power. Demonstrating how we can think with scale, they introduce us to scalar thinking, its urgency in our socio-technical present and its potential for making new maps, new representations and new kinds of measurements.

𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗮 𝗢 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵𝘂́ is a curator and researcher. In her curatorial work, she explores online culture and the implications of technological developments. She is a Professor at the University of Limerick in Ireland. She was the artistic director of transmediale in Berlin from 2021-2024.

𝗝𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘇 𝗙𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘀̌𝗮 is a conceptual artist and independent art producer. He is co-founder and artistic director of Aksioma | Institute for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana, and a lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design, University of Ljubljana.