Listening Room
Listening Room
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An audiovisual installation created for ClubHuis HetHuis in Utrecht (NL) in February 2024, this work grew from a collective exploration of childhood memory — specifically, the sounds mothers, parents or grandparents made to coax young children to use the toilet.
An audiovisual installation created for ClubHuis HetHuis in Utrecht (NL) in February 2024, this work grew from a collective exploration of childhood memory — specifically, the sounds mothers, parents or grandparents made to coax young children to use the toilet.
Over several weeks, I gathered research material in the form of audio/video snippets and written recollections from people around the world, collecting their responses through social media and personal messages. These fragments were then reinterpreted together with a group of friends and colleagues, who helped translate them into the final installation.
The piece was situated inside a toilet — an intentionally intimate setting — to heighten the personal, bodily, and often tender associations of early childhood. Visitors could choose which sound they wished to hear, creating a private moment of listening and remembrance. A notebook invited them to add their own memories or responses, extending the installation into an evolving archive of shared and rediscovered sounds.
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