Transmission

out any other phrase or to enter into communication. The message was transmitted on a wavelength of 625 metres, and given the strength of reception, the wireless operator was able to localise the aeroplane within a radius of eighty kilometres. It was a real press article, from 27 December 1927, and possessed, for Breton, the value of an oracle, revealing what he called ‘le hasard objectif ’ (objective chance). ‘Something isn’t right’, but nonetheless with that message is carried also the message of transmission itself, the act of sending and receiving. Transmission is the act of passing something on, via a channel. One might make a list of ways of transmission, including wisdom, enlightenment, education, messages sent over a distance through electrical or electronic means, and disease (which has both locus and route). In transmission, there is a move from one to another, and each may be changed in the move, in the encounter. Transmission draws on broad horizons, wide paths, and diverse fields. Transmission's output includes a lecture series in which staff from the department of fine art have each invited a friend to speak. It has also generated several series of publications, conferences, a print portfolio and an online archive. The series is convened by Dr Jaspar Joseph-Lester and Dr Sharon Kivland.