The Haggerty Museum of Art, in partnership with Sculpture Milwaukee, will present a conversation with Luftwerk, the Chicago-based artist team of Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero, and collaborator Normal Studio (Renata Graw), on Wednesday, Oct. 9, at 5 p.m.
The artists created “SOS Color Code,” an outdoor installation currently on view at the Haggerty. Using the universal languages of Morse code and color theory, a series of printed flags transform the international signal of distress (SOS) into a sign of solidarity and connectedness. A companion indoor installation, “Color Code,” by Bachmaier and Gallero, presents a painted mural with changing color light projections in the form of Morse code dots and dashes.
Both installations coincide with the 2024 presidential election and the International Day of Democracy. The presidential election will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 5. The International Day of Democracy, celebrated annually on Sept. 15, was established in 2007 by the United Nations General Assembly to encourage governments to review, consolidate and strengthen democracy.
This lecture is scheduled during National Voter Education Week and is a reminder to plan to register and vote. Learn more about registration deadlines and voting methods for all 50 states at vote.org.
