L.O.S.T (Looking Over Strange Terrain) is an umbrella for ongoing embodied research in the landscape 2018 -Somaphore was initially conceptualised by Nicola Visser as a response to the mountain spine of Cape Town and notions of safety, access, visibility and heritage. Together with Hannah Loewenthal this work is currently finding ways to look at the bodies' place and placing the body within the urban landscape,An analogue body communication across space rather than a digital or virtual performance. Somaphore (body – messaging) from Semaphore – a naval flag code used at sea. YOU LOOK ; THEY LOOK .
The first part of this work took place as part of the The Table Mountain Walking Seminar: Amsterdam University of the Arts
"Somaphore is about the tragedy & exhiliration of miscommunication." Nick Shepherd.Assoc Prof. of Archaeology and Heritage Studies, Aarhus University Denmark
Daughters of the Air
What if….
We stood on rooftops. We connected our sightlines to communicate high across the whole city?
What if…
I passed a message to you over the rooftops. Could you catch it? Could we connect briefly, lightly, in a temporary brilliance of attention and care? On a small meterage of rooftop, with limitations and long drops, simple standing is a physical risk. We are exposed and vulnerable to the air and the weather.
You are waiting for me.
