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Decipher (Semaphore) 2022

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Proposal

Decipher (semaphore) 2022

Decipher is a series of in situ sound or video installations to discuss issues/ history with a sense of skepticism of place using international languages that avoid utterance.
This version of Decipher will be a video presentation that uses the language of semaphore. Semaphore deciphers the alphabet through the use of flags as communication devise commonly used between boats and ships. The semaphore system conveys information at a distance by means of visual signals with hand-held flags, rods, disks, paddles, or occasionally bare or gloved hands. This proposal will use flags. Information is encoded by the position of the flags; it is read when the flag is in a fixed position. It can be used in various situations where oral or electronic communication is difficult to perform.
Example shown:
"Go West Young Man"

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Mike Hansen Art 2022