Voices of the Dead:
Conversation with Walt Whitman

Theodore Tagholm

Origin: Static Issue 06
Content: Audiovisual

Video: Voices of the Dead (M4V)

Theodore Tagholm’s great-great-grandmother was in touch with Walt Whitman via a spirit medium (several books were published as a result). Walt Whitman has got back in touch with Theodore via flickering fluorescent bulbs using a Morse-code cipher. The work explores notions of belief both in life and in art: the need for humans to rationalise and compartmentalise life.

Contributor:

Theodore Tagholm is a London-based artist who graduated from Middlesex University in 2000. Mainly working in video, his practise extends over most mediums. After graduating, he won the Epson digital art award, and has since gone on to have several exhibitions touring internationally.

Associated Links:
www.thebrunswickproject.co.uk