One Year of Saved Telephone Messages


This is an ongoing and unedited accumulation of messages left by others on my mobile telephone. These messages are private. They are records of the thoughts, ideas and concerns that the caller intended to convey to the recipient. They represent failed attempts at direct interpersonal communication and are left as a sort of "last resort" in the hope that the recipient will listen and respond to the message. Telephone messages are often so heavily reliant on chronological context and personal history that without it the communiqué is made meaningless and rendered obsolete.
This piece is a part of the Accumulation Project, a year long project curated by The Other Leading Brand in NYC. There was an exhibition at LunarBase in Williamsburg in December 2005, and a follow-up show is scheduled for September 2006.

You can listen to the messages at my project page on the Accumulation Project’s website.