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Lines of Approach

Robin Garton (video still)

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Live event 2-5 pm

On 1st July 2006, by using semaphore and a relay of four local boats, messages were communicated between the Naze Tower, Walton-on-Naze, and the sea fort Roughs Tower, home of micro nation the Independent Principality of Sealand, 8 miles off the Essex coast. The event at the Naze Tower was broadcast live by BBC Radio Essex. The complementary video piece 'Standing Wave' shows one message being signaled back and forth between the Naze Tower and Sealand (see: www.ifever.org.uk and go to 'site-specific works' and 'standing wave' to see the video (2006, 12 mins).

Douglas Atfield

Douglas Atfield

Douglas Atfield

Douglas Atfield

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Don't Push Me

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