A R G O N A U T A
ARGONAUTA
Matea ŠabiĆ SabljiĆ
transdisciplinary
visual artist
„KAMO IDEMO ?“
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„WHERE ARE WE GOING ?“
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Intervention, Interactive Installation – Artistic Action Performed in Omiš in 2019 as part of the Almissa Open Art Festival at the Mirabella tower, and in Dubrovnik’s Lazareti in 2020 – a cultural site and the first quarantine in history, proclaimed in 1377 – within the program “The City is Dead – Long Live the City.”
I intervened in public space by mounting a light transmitter as a kind of “lighthouse,” which, through Morse code (the rhythm of light and darkness), emitted the message: “Where are we going?” -•- •- -- --- / •• -•• • -- --- / ••--•• // “Where are we going?” •-- •••• • •-• • / •- •-• • / •-- • / --• --- •• -• --• / ••--•• //
The light was connected by wire to a button. Visitors encountered instructions for participation: by pressing the button they could type Morse signals, i.e. transmit messages in Morse code.
The work invited reflection on the posed question “Where are we going?” — in 2019 (as if announcing the time to come), and in the epic year 2020 — through interactive use of an old‑new medium, sending encrypted messages via light signals. In the digital era, communication was once again reduced to signals of light and darkness, sound and silence, attempting to establish “communication at a distance,” sending the question into the sky above Omiš, Dubrovnik, Zagreb…
This took place 23 years after the last Morse code message was sent from a French military ship on 31.1.1997: “Calling all. This is our last cry before our eternal silence.”
Intervencija u javnom prostoru / Omiška kula Mirabella „pretvorena“ je u odašiljač tj. svojevrsni „svjetionik“ koji Morseovim kodom (ritmom signala svjetla i mraka) emitira poruku: „Kamo idemo ?“ -•- •- -- --- / •• -•• • -- --- / ••--•• // „Where are we going?“ •-- •••• • •-• • / •- •-• • / •-- • / --• --- •• -• --• / ••--•• // Na vrhu kule postavljeno je svjetlo koje je žicom povezano sa tipkalom na dnu kule. Posjetitelj zatiče upute za sudjelovanje u radu; tipkalom tipka Morseove signale, tj. odašilje poruke Morseovim kodom. Rad poziva na promišljanje na postavljeno pitanje „Kamo idemo ?“ „Where are we going?“ kroz interaktivnu upotrebu starog-novog medija odašiljući enkriptirane poruke putem svjetlosnih signala. U vremenu digitalne ere komunikaciju ponovno svodi na signal svjetla i mraka, zvuka i tišine, pokušavajući „uspostaviti komunikaciju na daljinu“ odaslati pitanje u nebo iznad Omiša, i dokučiti odgovor.
„KAMO IDEMO ?“
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Art Workshop Lazareti
“The City is Dead, Long Live the City”
Dubrovnik, 2020
„KAMO IDEMO ?“
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Art Workshop Lazareti
“The City is Dead, Long Live the City”
Dubrovnik, 2020
„KAMO IDEMO ?“
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Almissa Open Art
"Where are we going?"
Omiš, 2019.
„KAMO IDEMO ?“
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Almissa Open Art
Omiš, 2019.
Intervencija u javnom prostoru / Omiška kula Mirabella „pretvorena“ je u odašiljač tj. svojevrsni „svjetionik“ koji Morseovim kodom (ritmom signala svjetla i mraka) emitira poruku: „Kamo idemo ?“ -•- •- -- --- / •• -•• • -- --- / ••--•• // „Where are we going?“ •-- •••• • •-• • / •- •-• • / •-- • / --• --- •• -• --• / ••--•• // Na vrhu kule postavljeno je svjetlo koje je žicom povezano sa tipkalom na dnu kule. Posjetitelj zatiče upute za sudjelovanje u radu; tipkalom tipka Morseove signale, tj. odašilje poruke Morseovim kodom. Rad poziva na promišljanje na postavljeno pitanje „Kamo idemo ?“ „Where are we going?“ kroz interaktivnu upotrebu starog-novog medija odašiljući enkriptirane poruke putem svjetlosnih signala. U vremenu digitalne ere komunikaciju ponovno svodi na signal svjetla i mraka, zvuka i tišine, pokušavajući „uspostaviti komunikaciju na daljinu“ odaslati pitanje u nebo iznad Omiša, i dokučiti odgovor.
