Uploaded June 2019 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Preparatory work towards 400 Light Years which will be shown on 7 June 2019 at Helston Museum Cornwall. I'm down near Lizard Point recording and exploring at various locations with artists Justin Wiggan and Joanna Mayes, focusing on communication heritage sites on the Lizard coastline. This was filmed inside the Lizard Wireless Station at Bass Point today, standing at the very location where Marconi conducted experiments, paving the way for today’s instant world-wide communication.
The evening itself will be a sharing — in the unique, after hours space at Helston museum — of the interactive sound and visuals collaboration between the three, using collected images, sound and data obtained through sensors, broadcast and wireless technologies.
This residency celebrates the 250-year anniversary of the observation of the Transit of Venus from the Lizard, contributing to the first successful international measurement of the size of the universe on June 3rd 1769. Lizard Beacons also marks the 400 year anniversary of the first light emanating from a lighthouse on the Lizard which reached the Pliades, 400 light years away, in 2019.
Preparatory work towards 400 Light Years which will be shown on 7 June 2019 at Helston Museum Cornwall. I'm down near Lizard Point recording and exploring at various locations with artists Justin Wiggan and Joanna Mayes, focusing on communication heritage sites on the Lizard coastline. This was filmed inside the Lizard Wireless Station at Bass Point today, standing at the very location where Marconi conducted experiments, paving the way for today’s instant world-wide communication.
The evening itself will be a sharing — in the unique, after hours space at Helston museum — of the interactive sound and visuals collaboration between the three, using collected images, sound and data obtained through sensors, broadcast and wireless technologies.
This residency celebrates the 250-year anniversary of the observation of the Transit of Venus from the Lizard, contributing to the first successful international measurement of the size of the universe on June 3rd 1769. Lizard Beacons also marks the 400 year anniversary of the first light emanating from a lighthouse on the Lizard which reached the Pliades, 400 light years away, in 2019.
