“H”

“H” Sackville, NB, 2014,

“H” was a performance in Sackville New Brunswick from July 24 – to August 2, 2014, as part of the Mondo Monde New Media Festival at Faucet Media Arts Centre and Struts Gallery. “H” was a temporary emergency hospital for outdated cell phones in the old barbershop storefront on Bridge Street in Sackville. Citizens of Sackville were invited to deliver their cell phones to the hospital to request help. Once the phones were settled in their hospital beds, they were taken care of by a squirrel and tree who used audio therapy counseling, transfusions, and rest to bring the phones through the various stages of recovery. The final test of their well-being was when the squirrel tried to call the phones. The public could enter the hospital (very quietly of course) and visit their phone or just observe the recovery processes.

Sarah Malik, Rachael Chaisson, Struts, Faucet, Amanda Fauteux, Elli Hearte, Kealin Lamb, Katie Patterson, Sappyfest, Graeme Patterson, and Mary Scott.