The Listener

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"The Listener" takes a look at listening during a narrative. I was looking for a common narrative, one that most people in New York could relate to, the "where were you when JFK was shot?" type of question for today's generation. I thought of 9/11 and the power outage of August 2002 as being collective experiences in New York memories. A lot of the listener's job is to pay attention to the other but often they zone out or begin remembering their own experiences while the other person is speaking. The narrative then becomes a layered text and a visual experience.