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i’m in the research and development stage of a new project with the working title, ‘land lines’ a culmination of some aches and longings i’ve had re: reconnection with community, memory, belonging, identity

memory. collection. ritual. community building culminating in an installation but continuing as a living archive.

a hybrid installation mixing high tech and low tech built from a series of community gatherings which lay the foundations for this memory project. then, an audience (online + irl) are invited to contribute to the installation.

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<aside> 👥 Local loop community circuit / hub hub connected to something bigger but is a central part of the project / practice via ritual, sharing, collecting, archiving, being together.

sessions are themed, structured at first to practice digging for memory, practices e.g. freewrites, recipe-sharing / cooking, show and tell, listening practice (sharing songs, folk / playing music), visualisation through storytelling etc.

each session is anchored by an opening and closing embodiment practice to ‘ground’ / land. space for sharing. tea. connection. sound

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dTtTnk4q_T6mu8EX5QDz_j9Te7g7-capwBrP8qkZJ6g/edit

<aside> ☎️ Call-collect / voicemail rebuilding a rotary telephone as a mic/headphone. like greeting cards can be used as mic + speakers. a physical irl method to collect a voicemail.

****also, an online a voicemail service is used for virtual attendees of the installation.

these voicemails are for people to leave their memories and messages. this will be edited into a sound-piece which threads into a radio programme and will be played out at the installation. there is a live feed which adds new voicemails to the soundscape.

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<aside> 📻 Radio-player an irl + web stream of audio playing out the voicemails collected.

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<aside> 🌴 Zine-ing as memory opportunity to gather to create zines bases on our community sessions to archive our memory. could be via poetry, collage, painting, sound, anything at all! zines contribute to the installation and are part of the installation.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CzI7qwvINKj/?img_index=6

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