This series of 12 sound pieces imagines a future sound-based social media and maps a sonic story of a person with Social Anxiety. It was made in London inspired by the people on subways and buses who seemed rather obsessively plugged into noise-cancelling headphones and sound emitting devices. It thinks through the effects an intimate digital voice speaking inside the human ear can have on our perception of social human interaction. Especially now, with tech giants focusing on voice-first technology for more efficient multitasking than before. To me, it appears that disassociation from the sound of real-life Humans around us in favour of curated sounds could alter our sense of communion and social behaviour possibly leading us to social anxiety and social isolation.

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*The first work made for this series, Nausea, 2020, was born from my time at the One Book Residency by One Project, London. The series was made for the MFA Degree Show at Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston School of Art, London.