Aural Histories
Three audio recordings (FR, EN, ES)
2:32 minutes each
Commissioned by Jean-Francois Prost and in collaboration with SKOL centre des arts actuels for the project Chantier.
Chantier is an artistic, political and social investigation of the conceptualization and creation of a large display device situated on a vacant lot at 6919 Marconi in Montréal. For more than a year, this proposed structure will serve as a support for the realization of a series of collaborative, artistic, and civic interventions.
Aural Histories proposes a sound meditation as an automated answering system. When curious callers dial the number on the billboard they are directed to one of three audio recordings in either French, English, or Spanish. The callers are met by a voice that guides them through a sonic reflection on the history of the space they are currently inhabiting and asks listeners to consider their engagement with the space and history of the location they are inhabiting.
