Steam Signals Excerpt skow.mp4

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„Steam Signals“ is a performance carried out in New York City, which consists in spreading a message using the water vapor released by the steam chimneys located in the streets, as a visual long distance form of communication. The message is emitted by manipulating a tool designed with the exclusive purpose of covering and uncovering the steam emission from the chimney, allowing it to create a language that uses visual rhythm. In this way, it is possible to communicate through steam clouds as a medium. The message sent comes from that existential urgency of the experience of everyday life, therefore it takes the form of a poem, a chant, a lament, condensed in steam particles. This poetic gesture is ephemeral, it will become rain, and so, it might travel with the wind, spreading its message all over. The video documentation of this performance will be projected to the wall, alongside a stack of paper with the message emitted and the tool.