‘Composition for OHP’ and ‘Numberstation’ by Rob Lycett

At Dean Clough’s ‘Sir Richard Young Gallery’, on Saturday 29th January 2005, DA[N] presented ‘Composition for OHP’ and ‘Numberstation’ by Rob Lycett.

‘Composition for OHP’ is an optical illusion machine. An autonomous robotic system, with ultrasonic sensors, controls the arrangement of acetates on an overhead projector. The multi-layered composition attempts to rationalise a three dimensional space, within the confines of a flat surface.

Wander outside the normal shortwave frequency bands and you might just encounter strange voices reading long lists of five digit numbers. No one really knows who is sending or receiving these broadcasts. Some people believe that they are secret messages, broadcast by governments for their spies abroad. ‘Numberstation’ by Rob Lycett, broadcasts encrypted [secret] messages in the form of a list of 200 five digit numbers.

Presented with the support of Digital Arts [North], the University of Huddersfield (CoEDD) and Dean Clough Galleries.