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Office/Gallery

From: Raquel Maria Dillon
Length: 00:05:37

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Office/Gallery
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Default-piece-image-2 A few years ago, amid the cubicles and conference rooms of a San Francisco life insurance office, an insurance salesman decided to become an after-hours curator. Sean Fletcher took down the sleepy landscapes and equestrian scenes that hung on the office walls and exhibited his friends' artwork instead. His boss didn't mind, because he didn't realize what was going on. (Since this sound profile originally aired, Fletcher's covert gallery was discovered and he was fired.)

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Piece Description

A few years ago, amid the cubicles and conference rooms of a San Francisco life insurance office, an insurance salesman decided to become an after-hours curator. Sean Fletcher took down the sleepy landscapes and equestrian scenes that hung on the office walls and exhibited his friends' artwork instead. His boss didn't mind, because he didn't realize what was going on. (Since this sound profile originally aired, Fletcher's covert gallery was discovered and he was fired.)

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Justin Grotelueschen

Posted on October 17, 2004 at 09:31 AM | Permalink

Review of Office/Gallery

I'm sorry to hear this life insurance salesman was fired for trying to inject some art into his mundane surroundings. You wonder how a guy gets away with curating shows in what is obviously a stuffy, corporate atmosphere. Too bad he didn't. I hope he keeps it up at his next job. This piece rolls along well, and the soundbytes are proper, but the audio is WAY too hot -- maybe 33% louder than the other PRX pieces I've played -- and a bit distorted. Hopefully this is easily rectifiable.
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Sydney Lewis

Posted on March 24, 2004 at 10:46 AM | Permalink

Review of Office/Gallery

Very amusing piece takes you into workplace culture from an unusual angle. Cool music underscoring and punctuating gives it a bit of a TAL feel. Only problem is too much reverb or something in the vocals, especially the introduction. The subject's voice isn't as caverny-sounding, and I stopped noticing after a while, but it could use a little attention. Good drop into ME were it a bit shorter.

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aired on Studio 360 on 3/10/01 and again on 2/21/04

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