1-800 HAPPY BIRTHDAY is a voicemail project and digital experience created to honor the Black and Brown lives killed by Police. The project collected 30+ hours of posthumous voicemails from individuals including Michael Brown, Philando Castile, Stephon Clark, Sandra Bland, Oscar Grant, Mario Woods, and many others.
1-800 HAPPY BIRTHDAY was approached by WORTHLESSSTUDIOS to turn the digital experience into a large-scale art installation - and for its first appearance, it showed at NADA Art Fair 2022.
For NADA, we fabricated and designed one phone booth including 11 of the individuals who were murdered, and as the leading Art Producer I worked directly with the families collecting images, stories, and handwritten notes, curated the voicemails for the booth, led communication with the designer and fabrication team, and ensured the integrity of the project was upheld throughout the process.
Following NADA, I also worked on building out the larger installation, by meeting with 5 of the families in the Bay Area. This included going to their homes to scan physical images and objects as well as interviewing the families to collect stories and items.
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1-800 HAPPY BIRTHDAY was approached by WORTHLESSSTUDIOS to turn the digital experience into a large-scale art installation - and for its first appearance, it showed at NADA Art Fair 2022.
For NADA, we fabricated and designed one phone booth including 11 of the individuals who were murdered, and as the leading Art Producer I worked directly with the families collecting images, stories, and handwritten notes, curated the voicemails for the booth, led communication with the designer and fabrication team, and ensured the integrity of the project was upheld throughout the process.
Following NADA, I also worked on building out the larger installation, by meeting with 5 of the families in the Bay Area. This included going to their homes to scan physical images and objects as well as interviewing the families to collect stories and items.
CREATORS EVEN/ODD STUDIOS Director MOHAMMAD GORJESTANI
Senior Art Producer JESSICA LAW Junior Art Producer GENEVIEVE DIAZ Designer PAIGE HANSERD
PRODUCTION/FABRICATION WORHTLESS STUDIOS
Founder&Artistic Director NEIL HAMAMOTO Curator KLAUDIA AFWONA DRABER Director of Programs KATHERINE COOPER Director of Space FREE TRIPP Operations Manager EMMA HARD Fabrication Assistant MARYANGELA ROCCA