Randi Lindholm Hansen
CALL ME BACK 2023
Episode writer season 1, episode 4: Old Furniture
Call Me Back is a telephonic anthology. A series of audio drama of phone calls that vary in tone and genre but all unfolds via telephone, audio notes, voicemails, or any other telephonic device. Featured on BBC Radio Scotland.
Old Furniture is a phone call drama between an elderly lady preparing to depart this world by giving away all of her earthly belongings, more specifically her old furniture, and her grown daughter who refuses to accept both her mother’s mortality and the gift of her mother’s favourite armchair. A tale about generational divide and the decay of the female body.
A tale about generational divide and the decay of the female body.
AGGRESSIVE LISTENING - A PUBLIC INTERVENTION 2022
Aggressive Listening - A Public Intervention is a sound installation exhibited in public spaces around Copenhagen with the purpose of encouraging active listening. The piece consists of two pedestals with a speaker on top. The speakers play four different sound pieces on a loop, however the volume is so low that bypassers have to step closer in order to experience the work. They actively decide to listen.
“To master the craft of listening, you must be willing to offer your time and attention. Listening starts with an acknowledgement that this is not only an act of the ear but an act of the heart. When you have come to an acceptance of this fact, you are ready. Firstly, offer your silence. Your silence leaves room for others to speak. Then, offer your consciousness. Observe what is in front of you. Devote your attention to something outside yourself. This is an act of selflessness and generosity. An act of love. Then you listen. And when you do, listen for more than words.”
THE ARCHIVE 2022
The Archive is a sound installation that transforms public bathrooms into a storage facility for life fragments. A place to prevent erasure and repression. The Archive will keep your thoughts, memories, secrets, emotions, experiences, or whatever you might wish to store outside your body, safe for as long as you need. We archive undesirable and treasured fragments alike. The service allows you to retrieve an archived fragment from any public bathroom as all public bathrooms across the globe are connected through the same archiving system. No one but you can access your archived fragments. Welcome to The Archive.
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