The letter ‘C’ is the mathematical symbol for the speed of light, digital shorthand for the word ‘see’ and also a gramogram for the word ‘sea’. These overlapping and interelated readings form the work ‘C’. Using reconfigured LED advertising components, generic footage of a seascape is bent full circle to form a pulsing vortex with the waves now washing onto an endless central shore. With a duration of 8’20” the film loops at the precisely moment that the light generated within the sun reaches the recorded scene. Designed to be viewed from substantial distances, the resolution of the hacked LED facade breaks down within the gallery space into a flickering light source - only to be partially reassembled by looking through a pair of binoculars backwards. |