The first phone call was made in 1876, since then, we’ve been shaping and reshaping our ideas of the phone as a tool, a weapon, a space to air grievances or share celebration. There are 5 hour phone binges, phone calls with bad news, good news, worse news, better news, secrets. The phone is a wire of healing; the tool of connection to a far away place.

Misinformation proliferates, in part, by targeting our fears and vulnerabilities - phone conversations allow us to engage with and trade information both privately and intimately - there is space for both reckoning with our own thoughts and experiences, and also space to explore the boundaries of truth and information.


Creatively, how can we see the phone call as a form of unrecorded oral history? How can we be more intentional about using the phone call as a lifeline - a way to transcend boundaries of time and space, and connect with others while stuck primarily within the confines of our individual, interior lives?