Jordan Shaw - Art + Technology ¯\_(ツ)

You’ll Never Catch Up

You’ll Never Catch Up explores the delays embedded in human communication and the subtle ways temporal disparity shapes our connections. Centered on two blinking LEDs transmitting a Morse code message, the work draws attention to the friction between immediacy and delay—reminding us that even light takes time to travel.

By pairing the historical language of Morse code with the accessible simplicity of Arduino, the piece contrasts the tactile roots of communication with the abstractions of today’s digital networks. The title, encoded in the blinking message, acts as both a quiet warning and a conceptual anchor—questioning our assumptions about instant connection in an age of constant messaging and digital saturation.

At once poetic and precise, You’ll Never Catch Up reflects on the evolution of how we connect, the labour and latency involved, and the persistent truth that communication is never truly immediate. It arrives changed, delayed, or incomplete—asking us to consider what is lost, and what endures, in transmission.