"Secret Communication System 2" is part of a video diptych that arose at the intersection of musical systems and military technologies, setting in motion elusive spaces where messages are not always decipherable.
"Secret Communication System" is a patent filed by composer George Antheil and Hollywood actress Hedy Lamarr, registered under patent number US2292387. It is based on the transmission of information on randomly changing frequencies, similar to the operation of a player piano.
The composition "Signal" is an homage to Yuri Zlotnikov's "Signal System" series (based on a study of the impact of painting on people). To record "Signal," composer Fyodor Vetkalov used a digital replica of the ANS photoelectronic optical synthesizer designed by military engineer Evgeny Murzin.
