The work of rootoftwo (John Marshall and Cezanne Charles) responds to anxiety by measuring social media and people’s response to, and production of, fear on the internet. Five Whithervanes, at locations across town, spin and light up in different colors, according to the messages they are picking up. The artists explain to us how the system works and how visitors – and even those across the globe – can interact and have an impact on the Whithervanes’ activity.

Folkestone Triennial, 30 August – 2 November 2014.
Interview by Anna McNay.
Filmed by Martin Kennedy.

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