LISTENING VESSELS

Experimental Conversation Space / Auditory Experience / Interactive Ceramics

A site of rest houses the listening vessels. A vessel for conversation and a vessel for contemplation that for me embody care. These vessels act as the material collaborators to having a conversation as they amplify the sound of your voice, or your ability to hear another or even yourself. In an experimental and experiential conversation, they are a personification of care as they want to listen, be present with or activated by others.

The work responds to ideas of Radical Care that I defined in my thesis document - I Learnt What Care Means From A Stranger, which you can read here if you’re interested!

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The vessels were then reactivated at Centre A as a part of the (dis)location (dis)connect (dis)appearance show at 205-268 Keefet St, Vancouver BC.

They have continued to be activated by others at various spaces such as at Collingwood Days, hosted by the Collingwood Neighbourhood House and as part of my solo exhibition at Massy Arts Society. This article was also published about the work by the New Indian Express.