Jessie Bullivant | A Bad Sign | maalis-joulukuu

A Bad Sign by Jessie Bullivant is a fragmentary, episodic, digital LED text work made for Titanik’s office window. It goes live in between exhibitions in 2021, beginning with the pilot episode on 8th March 2021. Each episode is a considerate length, lasting no more than the roughly 5 minutes it takes to smoke a cigarette. Its narrative traces time passing through memories, milestones, and seasonal moments collected and configured by the artist.

A Bad Sign was commissioned by curator Katie Lenanton and artist Bogna Luiza Wisniewska as part of the durational exhibition project, Weathering (2020–22). Follow the project on instagram: @something.is.weathering.

A Bad Sign acts as an aperitif to Weathering’s concluding exhibition at Titanik in December. Here, the working group will seek ways to resolve and share how they (and a group of weathered artworks) have collectively responded to unknowns and transformations.

The working group wishes to acknowledge and thank the Arts Promotion Centre and Finnish Cultural Foundation for their support.

A picture of a dark window with light reflections and the text ”To start” glowing in red. Photo: Sonja Siikanen

Episodes

Pilot: 8.–11.3. 
Episode 1: 5.–8.4. 
Episode 2: 3.–6.5.
Episode 3: 7.–10.6. 
Episode 4: 5.–8.7.
Episode 5: 2.–5.8.

Episode 6: 30.8.–2.9. 
Episode 7: 27.–30.9.
Episode 8: 4.–7.10.
Episode 9: 1.–4.11. 
Episode 10: 29.–30.11.
Episode 11: 5.–9.12.

Previous episodes can be accessed on Instagram: @something.is.weathering