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Smile Back!
1m 55s
2021
Frederick Bamfo
Audio Recording
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Artist Statement
Infectious
The Smile Back! artwork is a collaborative project. Initially the aim of the work was based on the notion, that smiling has an audio response and the infectious nature thereof. The project grew capture the experience of a laugh and entice another to smile or laugh through sound alone. Smiling is deemed visually contagious, but can you infect a person through exclusively audio stimulus, does a smile or a laugh have a heard impulsion? Through self recording, the creatives encourage the viewers to hear their laughter and indulge their compulsions.
The artist would like to acknowledge the candid contributions from Emma, Enoch, Hellen, Ken, Lucy, Sandra, Tess and all the anonymous participants.
Artist Bio
Frederick Bamfo
1981 . Ghana
The Smile Back! artwork is a collaborative project. Initially the aim of the work was based on the notion, that smiling has an audio response and the infectious nature thereof. The project grew capture the experience of a laugh and entice another to smile or laugh through sound alone. Smiling is deemed visually contagious, but can you infect a person through exclusively audio stimulus, does a smile or a laugh have a heard impulsion? Through self recording, the creatives encourage the viewers to hear their laughter and indulge their compulsions.
The artist would like to acknowledge the candid contributions from Emma, Enoch, Hellen, Ken, Lucy, Sandra, Tess and all the anonymous participants.