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Lamp

Cliona Harmey


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Artist's biography

Cliona Harmey

Synopsis

‘Lamp records the front of an Aldis signalling lamp whilst transmitting the message (“what hath God wrought”) based on the the first long distance telegraph transmission by Edison. It was shot at Haulbowline Naval base whilst on residency at Sirius Arts Centre. Camera work was by Aidan Maguire’ Work was shown as part of Block and Receive at Butler Gallery.'

(Text by the artist, sourced Dec 6th 2016)


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Title

Lamp

Year

2016

Form

Short

Key phrases

experimental, haulbowline island (ireland), telegraph, transmission, faith, optical communications, history, communication, technology

Language

No dialogue

Duration

00:04:00

Original formats

16:9

Aspect ratio

to be confirmed

Colour

Colour

Sound

Yes

Supported by Kildare County Council Arts Service, the Arts Council of Ireland and Visual Artists Ireland.
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