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Bruce Munro. CDSea at Long Knoll, Wiltshire 2010 What links an Advent Service and Morse code? Munro’s works are largely inspired by his own life experience, his travels and the people he meets, but are also deeply influenced by literature. His interest in developing a way to visually experience language led him, in recent works, to use Morse code as a medium for conveying not only the written and spoken word, but also creative pattern. Light and language based works have been shown in the UK and USA. First shown at the Hermitage Museum and Gardens in Norfolk, Virginia, USA, October 2014, the installations Ferryman’s Crossing II and Snow Code were also shown at Waddesdon Manor last winter. Both explored the coming together of language, graphic and light. In December 2014 his installation entitled “Star” projected a Morse light translation of the New Testament, (Matthew 2:1-12, Journey of the Magi) onto the still font water in Salisbury Cathedral and was used in their Darkness to Light Service. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss-NIr-sj9A Bruce Munro. Star, Salisbury Cathedral, 2014 If you want to find out more about Bruce Munro and his work, watch his February 2015 Lecture: “Art of the Garden: Bruce Munro, Light and Landscape” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZpApTdsztk &feature=youtu.be (55 minutes long) or check out his website www.brucemunro.co.uk facebook page www.facebook.com/brucemunrostudio or Vimeo channel https:// ٥