Dana Olărescu, All Ears: A Community Listening Station

Dana Olărescu, All Ears: A Community Listening Station

Free, All welcome, Book a 30 minute slot. This event is designed to be a personal experience, each slot is for one person only. Please select your preferred time.

This event is part of Views from Convalescent Hill: a community-led research and creative project exploring the heritage of wellbeing, rest and care in Felixstowe.

In Spring of this year, artist Dana Olărescu explored the project's themes alongside eight creative collaborators. A need to find ways to offer mutual support and create safe spaces for one another emerged as a collective priority. The group identified the former Community Listening Service, previously hosted at Felixstowe Library, as a much-missed form of community connection.

All Ears: A Community Listening Station takes these ideas and presents them through a performative installation. Playful and whimsical, All Ears will function as a tranquil haven for individuals seeking an open and non-judgmental space to express themselves. Dana will offer listening sessions on designated days across Felixstowe, warmly welcoming visitors through a creative rather than clinical approach.

Head over to www.vfch-archive.co.uk for more information about the wider project.

Additional Dates and Locations:

Monday 5 August , 12 - 3pm, Felixstowe Spa Gardens, meeting point tbc

Thursday 22 August, 12 - 3pm, Felixstowe Triangle

Thursday 10 October, 12 - 3pm, Felixstowe Library, to mark World Mental Health Day

Views from Convalescent Hill was initiated by Pier Projects Art Agency, in partnership with freelance project manager Laura Davison. It is funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund and East Suffolk District Council and is supported by Suffolk Archives, Felixstowe Museum, Suffolk Libraries and Felixstowe Old People’s Welfare Association.

Host or Publisher Pier Projects