Art in the Open

Signal (Blue Red Yellow) is a multimedia installation piece depicting a disagreement between two lamps regarding the colour of the background behind them. By displaying and accentuating follies that come with blind faith in our personal biases I hope to unite people in the absurdity in this work. The installation consists of a colour field projection behind a pair of lights, a projection of solid colour sequencing from blue to red to yellow and back to blue again. The two lamps are attached to a controller blinking in turn, communicating with each other in morse code in a call and response of messages with a translation of these communications for the audience. One lamp will blink the message “THE COLOUR IS BLUE” and other will respond with “NO ITS NOT” .. “THE COLOUR IS RED” etc. this argument will repeat its self for the duration of the exhibition.

The two lights become placeholders for apposing parties in our society. Disagreements are common between opposing and conflicting ideologies, when given the opportunity to surround ones self with like minded peers our biases and viewpoints is magnified to outrageous proportions. By following, reading, and communicating only within our common circles we strengthen our bonds of thought, enforcing blinders on our perception. By becoming impenetrable to concepts at odds with our prevailing narrative foreign ideas become infections in need of antidote or attack. If we lose our ability of empathizing with ideologies contrary to our own we risk a society that deteriorates and cannot band together. With felt disparities between people becoming stronger I believe we have a need for togetherness and shared experience. We have no time for talk highlighting differences between us, through the depiction of a simple and irrational disagreement it is my hope that people are united by the folly of this work.