The Phone Call (booklet)

The Phone Call is a transcribed phone call originally recorded by Shalisha Samuel (BB) and the artist. The sound piece and this paper was released in relation to a series of paintings, forming the solo exhibition entitled "Can you hear me?" at Röda Sten Konsthal, SE curated by Mariangela Mendez Prencke, SE.

The artist writes: "One day, a painting in my studio woke up and said: “Hi. You made me up, Ditte. I am no longer a representation of the pop star Rihanna. I am a myth you created in your head.” Self-description...? I was in shock. But as I studied the painting (depicting who I thought was Rihanna), I immediately understood that I had painted a paparazzi-ish painting that had no direct coherence to an actual IRL happening. It was fantasy. “I am the echo of your own gaze,” the awakened muse told me. “Thus, I must be the creator”, I concluded and began a search for reason in the relationships between artefact, maker, owner and user." This body of work stretches into other series like 
e The Rihanna Works and My Bajan Letters.

The Phone Call is a thin newspaper styled publication.

ISBN:  
Edition: 300 copies
Year: 2019
Design: Röda Sten Konsthal, SE 
Publishing House: Röda Sten Konsthal, SE
Texts: Ditte Ejlerskov, DK 
Book size: A4
Textbook paper, no images, 8 pages in total 
Project support: Göteborg Stad, SE, Kulturrådet, SE, Västra Götalandsregionen, SE,  The Danish Arts Foundation, DK