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- Sarah Boothroyd
This is a meditation on anxiety and machines in modern life. It includes narration from the 1957 public domain infomercial, The Relaxed Wife.
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Piece Description
This is a meditation on anxiety and machines in modern life. It includes narration from the 1957 public domain infomercial, The Relaxed Wife.
Broadcast History
• Artwork selected as a winner in the 2008 “Diamond in the Mud" competition for audio works. The work was exhibited during a “Miniature Audio Exhibition of Stereophonic Soundscape & Hörspiel Works” at the Literaturhaus Basel in Switzerland
• Artwork selected by the Foundation for Art and Creative Technology in Liverpool for “Art is Good For You” exhibition, in which media art is disseminated via bluetooth hubs to mobile phones in Dublin, Ireleand, from Nov.10 to 17, as part of the 2008 International Symposium for Electronic Art
• Artwork broadcast during the Future Places Digital Media Festival, in Portugal, in October 2010
• Artwork licensed by Remix Radio, an experimental/ promotional internet radio stream hosted by PRX to showcase pieces from PRX.org and develop new approaches to public radio formats and sounds, in September 2010
• Artwork featured in Replica exhibition at The New Gallery in Jerusalem in October 2010
• Artwork featured in Narrative/Identity exhibition at the AC Institute in New York City in February 2011




