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Signals from the Static

An interactive installation that examines the fragility of communication through Morse transmission and generative response

(I Need a Yoko)

Desert Sand Dunes
Signals from the Static (I Need a Yoko)

Participants transmit a single word representing love or connection in Morse code using a telegraph key. The system decodes the signal and responds with shifting voice and projection, while the word briefly appears before dissolving into an evolving archive of transmissions.

Over time, the installation becomes a living record of human attempts to transmit meaning.

The Environment

A linen enclosed space isolates the act of transmission and frames the projection surface.

Installation Components

Morse transmission interface · signal decoding system · AI response engine ·

 

projection surface · audio playback · seating and lighting elements

Concept

Explores how meaning changes as signal passes between humans and machines. 

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Concept Description (PDF)→

Signals from the Static (I Need a Yoko) Proof of Concept Prototype

Prototype demonstrating the Morse transmission interface and signal response system.

Technical Requirements

4 x 4 m space · projector · speaker · power . control computer

Artist Statement

Toby TomTom creates experimental installations that examine the fragility of human communication through Morse transmission and generative signal response.

 

His work combines historical communication technologies with contemporary computational systems to examine how meaning shifts as it is transmitted, decoded, and transformed.

 

Through interactive environments, participants become active transmitters within evolving networks of signal and response.

Artist: Toby TomTom

Year: 2026

Status: Work in Development

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