‘The Calling’ is a poignant exploration of ancient human traditions evolving and adapting to the modern world. Angelica Mesiti’s work speaks to the tenacity and creativity of traditional cultures in the face of technical progress and environmental flux.
To conduct research for ‘The Calling’, Mesiti travelled to the village of Kuskoy in Northern Turkey, La Gomera in The Canary Islands and Evia in Greece where whistling languages are all still in use. For these communities, whistling languages are in a process of transformation from their traditional use as tools for communication across vast lands into tourist attractions and cultural artefacts and are being taught to local school children.
ACMI
4 February to 13 July, 2014
Melbourne
The Calling (production still), 2013
Courtesy Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne
Produced by Felix Media
