After further reviewing my visit to the Decode exhibition, I came across this piece by Julius Popp entitled bit.code. It is a large scale installation piece consisting of a large bank of spinning black and white moving energy chains. The energy chains represent the vast quantity of data we receive in our daily lives. As the chains spin they create a confusing image of unreadable information. At certain points, the energy chains align and words become readable. The words which emerge from the chains are a result of software allowing Popp to transmit heavily used words in recent news feeds onto his piece. Therefore, the words which appear are ever changing and relative to what is happening in the world at that precise moment.
This idea of hidden messages can be found in my previous research into thermochromic textiles where, when heat is applied a polka dot design is transformed into another design.
The idea of hidden messages in design could be used to translate the wearers true feelings, much like in Gillian Wearing's
Signs that say what you want them to say and not signs that say what someone else wants you to say.
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