AURAL / ARCHIVECHAPTER THREE / THE LISTENING ROOM

“Between the notes,
we found room
for something new.”

The room began with one chair and an open window. Each afternoon, a different visitor brought a sound worth keeping: rain in a gutter, a loose bicycle bell, a softly closing door.

No two visits sounded alike. Together, their small recordings formed a portrait of a place that was always changing.

AN IMAGINED LISTENING ROOM / COLLAGE 03

This fictional exhibition asks a simple question: what do we hear when we give an ordinary room our full attention?

The answer lives in the pause. A page, a portrait and a little open space can hold it for a moment.