Teenage Lament ‘76

(30 Minutes to Memory)

1976/2024. 3’46”. Edited Archive Recording.

A personal archive recording edited for inclusion in "Soft Noise" at The Plan in Chicago, IL 2022. Curated by Aaron Walker and Chris Reeves.

New Years, Indiana, 1976. An exercise in fidelity. An older sibling is attempting to record a radio program with a handheld cassette recorder near the radio's speaker. It is nearing bedtime and you can hear various sounds, parents and younger siblings speaking in the background until the background noise comes closer to the microphone blending with the sound of the recording device and general ambiance obscuring the intentional point of focus.