Morse code lantern, Message for My Daughter, installed at Sointula Art Residency Window Gallery, Sointula Island, BC. Curated by Kerri Reid. Message blinked across the water day and night, for a month. An excerpt from the message reads, “does the sound of the bird // travel to how many ears // can I be a kind human // listen // to the rest of the artists here // can I slow down and feel // the moment this pencil is // a distraction does my daughter // remember me when I am gone // does my daughter know I love her // does my lover know I love her // what is enough care // who measures // who can tell me more”.
The constructed and shared public space around us is rarely used for expression of feeling, for the language of poetry. Lighthouses were to signal danger, morse code was used for important messages of safety and war. Yet these mediums also served to signal presence, and possibility for communication. In this project the use is re-directed into a personal message from a mother to her daughter.
