Body Transmission Towers

Artist's Book Body Transmission Towers fanned out and cover envelope laying next to it
Artist's book Body Transmission tower laying on it's cover envelope

Title

Body Transmission Towers

Subject

Studio Arts

Description

Body Transmission Towers began during my residency at Struts & Faucet. Driving into Sackville from Nova Scotia on the first day of the residency, I immediately felt the loss of the Radio Canada International shortwave towers. I had become accustomed to them as an anchoring feature signalling arrival into Sackville. The towers were removed in March 2014, after 67 years of service. I was struck by how their memory was visual yet also felt - a way of orienting the body in relation to space. I thought of the body as its own transmission site, where emotion and memory are projected outwards, always holding us in subjective relation to a space. In this case, I thought of thirteen bodies acting as their own transmission vessels. The body transmitting memory back to the RCI site. I ran ads asking for people to drive (or walk) with me to their most remembered spot for viewing the RCI towers. Quickly, I had many volunteers. Some had worked at RCI Sackville, others had lived around the area for much, or all, of their lives. I enjoyed the drives and conversations with all those who participated. Thank you. Many thanks to the fine folks (Amanda, Elliott, Cynthia) at Struts & Faucet and the good people of Sackville. - Sheila Wilson, May 2014 (from envelope containing the postcards)

Creator

Wilson, Sheilah

Publisher

The Artist

Date

2014

Format

"13 postcards: color illustrations; 11 x 16 cm.

Artist multiple, set of 13 full-colour postcards with English text on verso, packaged in a custom-printed folded envelope."

Language

English

Barcode

35108007278534

Location and Call Number

DEN Spec Coll N7433.4.W55 B63 2014

Collection

Citation

Wilson, Sheilah, “Body Transmission Towers,” Digital Exhibits | Denison University Archives & Special Collections, accessed March 28, 2024, https://exhibits.denisonarchives.org/items/show/321.