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Installation at Xpace, 2009 Detail

One Line
(Photographic-Audio Installation)
2008-2009

If we put our ear to a seashell we could hear the echo of the ocean's history.
A paper cup phone is a vessel for a message told in 24 locations, as the viewer presses his or her ear to the cup, they could hear a faint voice speak of a journey across the land. Each line of this story has a different tone as the background sounds reflect the speaker's subject. And like the paper cup phone in these images, it has travelled across the land, as a small red string connects us to the history of this story.

24x 8 x 8" Wood-mounted C-Prints
Audio Runtime: 2 minutes 32 seconds
(Mounted on wall space, approximate 6.2ft by 5ft)

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