Luftwerk is the Chicago-based artist team of Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero. In their public project SOS Color Code, the team collaborated with Normal design studio to create flags featuring Morse code that transform the international signal of distress (SOS - ‘save our ship’) into a sign of solidarity and connectedness. Morse code encodes sequences of text through dots and dashes (also called dits and dahs)[a]. The message SOS is translated as ••• – •••. This ambigram, a message that can be read from any perspective, has been used historically as a humanitarian plea for help, transmitted during a crisis and warranting a response regardless of conflict and differences. The dynamic color and graphic relationships explored in this series further encode the international distress signal with a new call in our contemporary environment. Will we answer the call?
SOS Color Code coincides with the 2024 presidential election and the International Day of Democracy, celebrated around the world on September 15th. The International Day of Democracy was passed by the UN General Assembly in 2007, with the aim of encouraging governments to strengthen and consolidate democracy. Learn how to register to vote, vote early and by mail in all 50 states at howto.vote
Support for this exhibition is generously provided by the Lacey Sadoff Foundation. In partnership with the Haggerty Museum of Art and Sculpture Milwaukee.
Luftwerk is the Chicago-based artist team of Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero. In their public project SOS Color Code, the team collaborated with Normal design studio to create flags featuring Morse code that transform the international signal of distress (SOS - ‘save our ship’) into a sign of solidarity and connectedness. Morse code encodes sequences of text through dots and dashes (also called dits and dahs)[a]. The message SOS is translated as ••• – •••. This ambigram, a message that can be read from any perspective, has been used historically as a humanitarian plea for help, transmitted during a crisis and warranting a response regardless of conflict and differences. The dynamic color and graphic relationships explored in this series further encode the international distress signal with a new call in our contemporary environment. Will we answer the call?
SOS Color Code coincides with the 2024 presidential election and the International Day of Democracy, celebrated around the world on September 15th. The International Day of Democracy was passed by the UN General Assembly in 2007, with the aim of encouraging governments to strengthen and consolidate democracy. Learn how to register to vote, vote early and by mail in all 50 states at howto.vote
Support for this exhibition is generously provided by the Lacey Sadoff Foundation. In partnership with the Haggerty Museum of Art and Sculpture Milwaukee.
Luftwerk is the Chicago-based artist team of Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero. In their public project SOS Color Code, the team collaborated with Normal design studio to create flags featuring Morse code that transform the international signal of distress (SOS - ‘save our ship’) into a sign of solidarity and connectedness. Morse code encodes sequences of text through dots and dashes (also called dits and dahs)[a]. The message SOS is translated as ••• – •••. This ambigram, a message that can be read from any perspective, has been used historically as a humanitarian plea for help, transmitted during a crisis and warranting a response regardless of conflict and differences. The dynamic color and graphic relationships explored in this series further encode the international distress signal with a new call in our contemporary environment. Will we answer the call?
SOS Color Code coincides with the 2024 presidential election and the International Day of Democracy, celebrated around the world on September 15th. The International Day of Democracy was passed by the UN General Assembly in 2007, with the aim of encouraging governments to strengthen and consolidate democracy. Learn how to register to vote, vote early and by mail in all 50 states at howto.vote
Support for this exhibition is generously provided by the Lacey Sadoff Foundation. In partnership with the Haggerty Museum of Art and Sculpture Milwaukee.
