Signalmasters
Signalmasters, is part of an ongoing project that examines methods of visual and acoustic signalling used within maritime communication. The project was initially conceived as homage to the artist’s grandfather, who worked as a lighthouse keeper along the east coast of Australia and as a navy man in WWII. Signalmasters references the now outdated system of semaphore flags once used to communicate between ships and land. The performed actions in Signalmasters reframe semaphore signals as gestures thrown out to an empty ocean horizon. Instead of an exchange between ships, these performed signals indicate a desire, and sometimes inability, to communicate over geographical and cultural distance. Signalmasters explores this particular negotiation across land mass and ocean and the social narratives of loss and romanticism embedded within this border crossing.
Signalmasters, is part of an ongoing project that examines methods of visual and acoustic signalling used within maritime communication. The project was initially conceived as homage to the artist’s grandfather, who worked as a lighthouse keeper along the east coast of Australia and as a navy man in WWII. Signalmasters references the now outdated system of semaphore flags once used to communicate between ships and land. The performed actions in Signalmasters reframe semaphore signals as gestures thrown out to an empty ocean horizon. Instead of an exchange between ships, these performed signals indicate a desire, and sometimes inability, to communicate over geographical and cultural distance. Signalmasters explores this particular negotiation across land mass and ocean and the social narratives of loss and romanticism embedded within this border crossing.
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