Record of Incoming Calls

Record of Incoming Calls to Personal Cell Phone (Between 7am and 7pm, January 23 through February 22), 2007

31 unique photograms
11 × 14 inches each (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Installation: 63 × 109 inches (160 × 276.9 cm)

During the month-long duration of this project, I placed my cell phone directly onto a sheet of unexposed color photo paper between the hours of 7am and 7pm.

The phone was left on “vibrate” mode. When a call was received, the phone would vibrate and a built-in light would turn on. While vibrating, the light exposed the paper, forming trails of colored marks. Each mark represents one telephone ring. At 7pm each day, the photo paper was processed and dated. Blank photographs represent days when no calls were received.

The photographs are displayed chronologically in a calendar grid based on the billing month. During the process of making the work, friends and family were unaware of the project.