Palimpsest, 2026
Print installation of intaglio prints.
Dimensions: 4.3m length x 1m width
Palimpsest, 2026, is a large-scale layered installation that conflates contemporary digital image-making with traditional intaglio print processes. The work captures fleeting radio transmissions and translates them into physical prints, arresting their ephemerality into tangible artifacts. By placing each layer over the next, the work deliberately disrupts the reception of the original recording; this accumulation generates a visual noise that mirrors the interference inherent in the radio spectrum.
Captured in Pembrokeshire, the source transmissions span fragmented music, speech, and the rhythmic pulses of local infrastructure and telemetry, reaching from the provincial to the distant. Crucially, the specific content of each layer is determined by chance, as the intaglio plates themselves served as resonant antennas, filtering the radio spectrum through their unique physical properties. This process provides distinct 'viewfinder(s)' into the immaterial and ethereal space of the airwaves, revealing the fragile pertinence of these connections to our contemporary existence.
The title, Palimpsest, refers to the constant reworkings of information across these frequencies, where the spectrum acts as a shared slate constantly rewritten by competing claims to attention. This mapping of the political tension inherent in the propagation of information transforms invisible transmissions into a tangible surface of overlapping histories. Here, distinct signals merge into a singular, complex texture that reveals the friction of these competing transmissions.
Print installation of intaglio prints.
Dimensions: 4.3m length x 1m width
Palimpsest, 2026, is a large-scale layered installation that conflates contemporary digital image-making with traditional intaglio print processes. The work captures fleeting radio transmissions and translates them into physical prints, arresting their ephemerality into tangible artifacts. By placing each layer over the next, the work deliberately disrupts the reception of the original recording; this accumulation generates a visual noise that mirrors the interference inherent in the radio spectrum.
Captured in Pembrokeshire, the source transmissions span fragmented music, speech, and the rhythmic pulses of local infrastructure and telemetry, reaching from the provincial to the distant. Crucially, the specific content of each layer is determined by chance, as the intaglio plates themselves served as resonant antennas, filtering the radio spectrum through their unique physical properties. This process provides distinct 'viewfinder(s)' into the immaterial and ethereal space of the airwaves, revealing the fragile pertinence of these connections to our contemporary existence.
The title, Palimpsest, refers to the constant reworkings of information across these frequencies, where the spectrum acts as a shared slate constantly rewritten by competing claims to attention. This mapping of the political tension inherent in the propagation of information transforms invisible transmissions into a tangible surface of overlapping histories. Here, distinct signals merge into a singular, complex texture that reveals the friction of these competing transmissions.