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| Laurie Fletcher, Sorry We Cannot Connect your Call 8 August – 7 September 2007 |
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| HOST gallery together with photographer Laurie Fletcher presents “Sorry we cannot connect your call” – a collection of portraits of the people whose voices surround us, but to whom we seldom give a moments thought. Every day thousands of people travel on the London Underground, where etiquette demands that people do not speak to their fellow travellers and rarely even hold eye contact. Amidst the people pushing, pulling, tutting and the general frustration, one voice remains polite and calm; “Please mind the gap between the train and the platform.” This was the inspiration behind Laurie Fletcher’s project, a project that puts a face to those voices that speak to and connect us all. In an increasingly anonymous and mechanised environment such iconic voices often play a central role in people’s lives, and are as sonorously recognisable as todays celebrities are visually. These dis-embodied voices surround us everyday in society, whether it’s: “Day 35, 8:58 in the Big Brother house”, an apologetic response to a misdialed number, or the final score of your local football team. Laurie’s personal and engaging portraits show each subject at home, allowing the viewer the opportunity not just to see the face behind the voice, but to get a sense of who they are in their personal space. Image above: James Alexander Gordon, voice of radio football scores |
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