Hannahsleeps
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“The most focussed of all Tilson's demonstrations of the simultaneously
particular and generic is a sixty minute recording of his daughter's
somnolent breaths titled Hannahsleeps (1998). Bordering on the sentimental,
Hannah's sweet snufflings are redolent of the common experience of
parenthood; the birth of a child submerges the new parent into a set of
totally ordinary, but nonetheless overwhelming, feelings of love and
anxiety.” Emily King New Systems in Graphic Design, Thames & Hudson. |
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A sixty minute continuous recording of three year old, Hannah, sleeping. Her slow, rhythmic breathing was recorded digitally at close quarters
to achieve a broad sound range. Hannahsleeps was originally made as a one-off CD for the Eye Was a Child exhibition/charity auction at the Saatchi Gallery for Save the Children curated by Tessa Robins in August 1998. |
LINK to Hannahsleeps websiteAUDIO SAMPLE |
 Eye was a Child - Saatchi Gallery |
exhibited at 1999 Not There, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco. 1998 European Echoes, Rőda Sten. Gőteborg, Sweden. Sound at refusalon in San Francisco, December. |
appeared in these articles 1998 People, The Independent, 12 April, Eye Was a Child. |
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