Beth Derbyshire: Message

Hardcover | 186 pp

Thames & Hudson | 2006 | 9780500512944

A project in association with the National Maritime Museum

Message, a semaphore message of remembrance, was transmitted along the River Thames on Remembrance Sunday, 2005: War turns us to stone. In remembrance we shine and rise to new days. This profusely illustrated book tells the story of Beth Derbyshires performance artwork, as well as providing reflections on war and remembrance.

Beth Derbyshire is a UK-based artist working mainly in video. Her work has drawn extensive press coverage, from amongst others The Independent, The Guardian and Art Monthly, British Vogue, The Times and The Art Newspaper.