RYRYRY...
Created in Photoshop
Using Baudot code, an early character encoding for telegraphy invented by Emilé Baudot, I translated quotes from famous icons related to LGBTQA+ , feminism and human rights activism. These quotes contain words from Harvey Milk, Dolly Parton, Cassandra Duffy, Angela Y Davis and many more.
About the title:
RYRYRY... is often used in test messages, and at the start of every transmission.
Since R is 01010 and Y is 10101, the sequence exercises much of a teleprinter's mechanical components at maximum stress.
Also, at one time, fine-tuning of the receiver was done using two coloured lights (one for each tone).
'RYRYRY...' produced 0101010101..., which made the lights glow with equal brightness when the tuning was correct.
The contrast between the war-related usage of this code and the activists fighting against war and for basic human rights is the main topic of this artwork.
The columns also represent buildings and their lights shining through their windows, full of innocent residents, scared, waiting for their calamity, undeserving.
