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MERIT AWARDS
Merit award winner
TARYN
EMILY
NOPPÉ
GQEBERHA
Telegraphy, today considered an outdated
means of electronic communication, played
a revolutionary role in the development of
contemporary communicative practices. As the
forerunner of instant messaging, the telegraphic
system laid the foundation for the invisible
circuitry system that facilitates the movement
of information today.
Similar to the nervous system, the telegraph
broke down texts into electrical codes that were
rapidly transported across space and time and
reassembled into coherent messages. Using the
synergistic relationship between telegraphy and
the nervous system as a blueprint, this artwork
explores the sensory vertigo that sometimes
occurs with the constant influx of information.
Vertigo
Ink and graphite on Fabriano
107,5 cm x 83 cm
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