Dial-An-Ancestor. by Tamika Abaka-Wood.

WHAT + WHY:

1. Multi-Generational Context.
Context makes meaning.
Future generations inheirit nuance, depth + breadth.

2. Deep Time-Humility. We’re somebody’s ancestor. This hotline will be alive for 100 years.

3. Knowledge-Production + Sharing. We can allow the world to open up to the world.

4. Kin Beyond DNA.
We can be kinfolk beyond inherited lineage + systems.

5. Active Participation.
We all behave our ways into our futures.

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WHERE:
_Call +1 844 992 2996
(US Toll-Free, carrier charges may apply).

WHEN:
_Between 2021 and 2121.

WHO:
_Anyone who is alive today.

HOW:
_Call + press 1 to listen to an ancestor.
_Call + press 2 to record as an ancestor.
Non-exhaustive manual here.

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GRATITUDE + JOINT PROCESSES:

John Giorno’s Dial-a-Poem. Audre Lorde’s Questionnaire to Oneself. The basis of this work.

Samuel Abaka-Wood on creative tech support.
Andreas Brooks on design. Darryl Daley and Daniella Chukwuezi on visuals.
Zahra, Edith, Shahreen, Claude, Emer, Yewande + Allison on 4.5 months of time-exploration.

+ any and everyone who participates.