2022 Paper fiber, cardboard, joint compound, acrylic gouache
One of the hard things about losing loved ones is that there are often things we wish we had said to them while they were still here with us. Expressions of care, unresolved feelings to work out, questions that only they can answer. Workers in the field of death and grieving that I interviewed mentioned wanting a tool to help people with this aspect of loss. This phone is an imaginary tool to do just that- to call a lost loved one and share feelings or just chit chat, or talk to ancestors about addressing their wounds or harms.