The Starseed Transmission

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The Starseed Transmission Sovay Berriman / Plastique Fantastique / Rowena Harris / Dean Kenning / Inà ªs Rebelo Curated by Lucy A. Sames Preview September 27th 6-9pm Exhibition continues September 28th - October 19th 2013 Open Wed-Sat 12-6pm or by appointment Plus special late opening for Art Licks Weekend, Thursday 3rd October until 9pm * A message to/from Carl Sagan. A speculative broadcast to a non-specific extraterrestrial civilisation, Carl Sagan's schematic résumé of life on earth engraved onto a plaque on NASA's Pioneer 10, is now over 8 billion miles away. In 1974, Sagan received a reply.. Channeled through a collective hallucination in Folsom maximum security prison and corroborated by a passing comet, this reply came in the form of a diagram — a transmission from outerspace — an imagined communiqué from an extraterrestrial being. Received and transcribed by psychologist, writer, LSD advocate and inmate Dr Timothy Leary, the transmission communicates with the Pioneer plaque via a call and response of compressed information. * Through experiments in abstract visual language, The Starseed Transmission explores diagrams as precise and efficient machines of communication, subverting the power of speech and creating a shorthand code where the luxury of language is no longer available. * Enclave, 50 Resolution Way, Deptford SE8 4NT / +44(0)208 694 1644 / www.EnclaveProjects.com Nearest transport: Deptford British Rail / New Cross tube / Deptford Bridge DLR Press enquiries email info@enclaveprojects.com Image: Sovay Berriman