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2023

Site-specific installation with Arduinos and existing lighting system. Commissioned by Hošek Contemporary in Berlin.

Using Arduino microcontrollers connected to the lighting system of a barge docked in Berlin’s Spree River, this installation broadcast a pattern of blinking lights from the boat at regular intervals. The blinking signal, two short flashes of light followed by one long flash (• • —), is recognized as a distress beacon translating to the message “I Am On Fire” in the International Code of Signals, the common language for emergency communication among seafaring vessels.  This signal was broadcast after dark for the month of January.

Video: Jesse Fisher