Nonpersonal Communication (2009 - 2011), 4 channel audio installation, dimension variable, sets of microphones and headphones, processor. 

‘Nonpersonal Communication` was a set of 4 randomly connected microphones and 4 headphones. Each pair of headphones and microphone was allocated into gaps between bookshelves. Because of random connections, none of the speakers knew who was listening to them, and none of the listeners knew who was talking to them, which brought about an opportunity to have communications with no personal responsibility for the things one might say or hear. For the duration of installation, it was proposed for the audience to try a controversial speech or to say something that one wouldn’t ever say neither in public nor face-to-face.

This particular set-up of ‘Nonpersonal Communication’ project was installed in 2011 in Cat Hill Library, which since then has been demolished.

Installation video and camera by Ethan Race (2011);
Max/MSP patch by Peter Williams (2011);
Concept 3D renderings by Jonas Zemaitis (2009).


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NON-PERSONAL COMMUNICATION