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Calcagno Cullen
My Heart Is A Telephone
Call and Response is a sculpture that facilitates communication and sharing, commenting on the necessity of these components in our society as well as the nostalgia of physical communication in today’s digital age. Using old format phones, the project invites viewers to reminisce about the past and to enjoy the novelty of such items while finding deeper meaning in the sharing and receiving of stories and knowledge with each other. It is an act of conversation through the conduit of outdated technology and the comfort of confessing your own stories without knowing if, when, or who will eventually hear it. To this affect, Call and Response is offering participants the opportunity to speak freely without a watchful listener being able to judge and/or rebuttal what is said. The piece was installed at SOMArts as part of 'Dial Collect' in 2013.