julian rowe
julian rowe
visual artist
visual artist
… I can see you but I can’t hear you [2011]
with Dawn Badland
a site-specific installation for Margate Harbour lighthouse
The
lighthouse
is
a
tiny
building,
hardly
more
than
a
vertical
concrete
tube,
making
for
an
intimate
and
solitary
experience
on
the
part
of
you,
the
observer.
From
opposing
screens
across
the
interior
space
of
the
lighthouse two people try to communicate by flag semaphore.
The
attempted
communication
is
an
apparent
failure,
as
the
message
is
repeated
continuously
and
without
resolution,
and
the
site
of
this
non-
communication
is
the
space
occupied
by
you.
Are
you
an
unwanted
intruder
upon
this
conversation
or
the
intended
recipient
of
the
message?
Meanwhile,
high
above
your
head,
the
song
of
a
skylark
emanates
from
a
projected
patch
of
sky,
an
aural
counterpoint
to
the
sterile
codes
of
the
semaphore,
unintelligible
to
the
human
mind
yet
rich
in meaning.
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