instant messaging and video services are swiftly replacing
voice calls as the preferred method of contact. has the
spoken word become an inconvenience, an interruption? is
it just too demanding (that singular call to grandma on her
birthday), flat (how are you? good. how are you? good.), and
labored? has the voice call been one up’ed by the number of
available alternatives? the intimacy of voice-2-voice speech
is a form of communication that cannot and should not be lost.
BetaBabes 4 Isthisit? invites digital artists to take part in
their experimental collect call. Remember telephone anyone?
throwback to when wires got tangled, there was no caller
ID, and you didn’t know who was listening in... if making a
call is now considered more long-winded than sending a text,
isthisit for voicecalls? what else can be done with a voice, a
message, and a phone line? do we cut the cord or twist it one
more time? BetaBabes experiments with their audionote scat,
one-2-one.
...CALL WAITING...
voice calls as the preferred method of contact. has the
spoken word become an inconvenience, an interruption? is
it just too demanding (that singular call to grandma on her
birthday), flat (how are you? good. how are you? good.), and
labored? has the voice call been one up’ed by the number of
available alternatives? the intimacy of voice-2-voice speech
is a form of communication that cannot and should not be lost.
BetaBabes 4 Isthisit? invites digital artists to take part in
their experimental collect call. Remember telephone anyone?
throwback to when wires got tangled, there was no caller
ID, and you didn’t know who was listening in... if making a
call is now considered more long-winded than sending a text,
isthisit for voicecalls? what else can be done with a voice, a
message, and a phone line? do we cut the cord or twist it one
more time? BetaBabes experiments with their audionote scat,
one-2-one.
...CALL WAITING...