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Getting on Michael McCormack's wavelength

Double exposure of archival images from DEW Line station on Hershel Island, 1953. Image courtesy of Michael McCormack.

Double exposure of archival images from DEW Line station on Hershel Island, 1953. Image courtesy of Michael McCormack.

In this podcast for Visual Arts News, Veronica Simmonds chats with Halifax-based artist Michael McCormack about his explorations into shortwave radio. McCormack discusses revisiting the medium in his upcoming show at New Brunswick’s Galerie Sans Nom (February 28-April 4), Station, and his use of short-wave artifacts collected by his grandfather, a communications expert and avid collector.

 

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