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RSS FeedsAmalia Pica brings interactive art installation to Kings Cross
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25 june 2019 08:15:06

 
Amalia Pica brings interactive art installation to Kings Cross
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Internationally renowned British-Argentinian artist Amalia Pica unveiled three major new sculptures at King’s Cross the week of 17 June 2019. Pica’s large-scale works, titled Semaphores, enliven King’s Cross and add a contemporary dimension to the area’s historical links to communication and connectivity. Drawing inspiration from the Semaphore code that was used in early telegraphy to send text-based messages across long distances in visual form from station to station, Pica’s Semaphores series comprises three functioning telegraphic structures in separate locations at King’s Cross. Members of the public are invited to interact with ground-level based ‘Shutter Telegraph’ on Canal Square inspired by the first optical telegraph invented by Lord George Murray in 1795. Visitors will be able to create messages by pulling ropes to flip the panels on the structure. The rooftop sculptures are based on ‘Chappe Telegraphs’ and


 
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