Communications Department

Emma Smith

Discover new ways of communicating through workshops, performances and discussion.
28 January 2017 – 5 March 2017
Free

Drawing inspiration from a range of communication methods from the telegram to musical telegraphy, artist Emma Smith proposes new ways in which neighbours and strangers might communicate. Join the artist, invited speakers and musicians in a series of workshops at Tate Exchange.

Saturday 28 January: Signals and Codes explores a historic and contemporary methods of telegraphy

Wednesday 1 February: Gesture and Sound investigates the relationship between movement, sound and meaning through performance and discussion

Thursday 9 February: In Messages in Music explore hidden messages in music and learn how to create musical cryptograms

Sunday 5 March: Hidden Messages and Ciphers is a day long research lab developing new coding systems

Communications Department forms part of Emma Smith’s new project Televox.