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A visit to an uninhabited house where ephemeral texts provide clues to the person who lived there. Junk mail, serving suggestions, fridge magnets and more: what do they all mean?

A visit to an uninhabited house reveals fragments of text: Junk mail, barcode numbers, county of origin labels, website addresses, safety warnings, serving suggestions, discarded notes, fridge magnets and magazines. What do these texts mean? A mother-daughter relationship reexamined.

Featuring Keeley Forsyth as Sophie
Written by Hayley Wareham
Produced by Calum Perrin
Music and additional vocals from Calum Perrin
A Reduced Listening Production for 大象传媒 Radio 3

Commissioned in association with the Multitrack Audio Producers Fellowship.

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Mon 14 Mar 2022 22:45

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