disembodied voices...
 
 
Disembodied voices is a meditation on the nature of public space. It is a visual representation of how different bodies communicate across space, using cell phones as a metaphor for the new translocal of connected, disembodied voices, linked across space invisibly - forming an unseen network of wanderers, always within reach yet nowhere in sight. We now have private conversations in public - and in so doing, these conversations, or at least half of them, become public events, a half-dialogue that no longer knows such a thing as privacy. This site illustrates the collision of the personal/private and public space. As the line between public and private continues to blur intimate transactions have become audible to anyone within earshot. Where we are, in a sense, no longer matters since we are always connected...more
 
 
pick a voice...


male  female   english   french   spanish   german   japanese   chinese   indonesian   arabic   cantonese
each voice (user) will be represented as an icon on the next screen. Click on a voice to continue.
 
forum:

Add your cell phone story. Click to add your story a read other's disruptive encouters with
cell phones in public spaces... go to forum.
 
credits:

This project was created by jody zellen and produced (in part) at Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center through the Artists-In-Residence Program. Special thanks to Cory Arcangel, Taketo Shimata, Carol Parkinson, Hans Tammen @ Harvestworks Digital Media.

This Flash work has been preserved with Ruffle by the Electronic Literature Lab in March 2026. On pages containing Flash, there will be a "Click to unmute" button, press this button to play the work and activate audio.