Mobile Dream Telling

Inspiration

Mobile Dream Telling came about from witnessing one too many private phone calls in a public space, in this instance a train carriage. A young woman described in detail to her listener a series of events and actions. When I looked at her in annoyance, she began to incorporate my reactions into her series of actions. In an instant I became both witness and participant in her days events.

I began thinking about how we communicate when we use mobile phones, the words, phrases and messages we communicate. It occurred to me that often we do describe what we are doing, such as "I am on the train", "I am walking up the street", "I will be there in 5 minutes". This peculiar sense of temporality, its relationship with grammar and language and the bringing of intimate information into the public sphere became subjects of action research.

Particular areas of interest include:


Forced Eavesdropping
The world is my living room!

Where are You?
The repositioning in the listeners mind that takes place when speaking to a mobile subject.

The Present Extensive and the Affirmation of Self in Public Space
A way of living in time that emerges as linked to the modern city, urban psychopathology.

The result is an interactive performance exploring how mobile phones affect our sense of time, space and self.

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