Dana Olărescu, All Ears: A Community Listening Station

Dana Olărescu, All Ears: A Community Listening Station

A performative installation that explores the act of listening as a form of care.

What does it mean to deeply listen to someone you have never met before?

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Book a 30-minute slot for a performative and open session designed for you to be heard. Bring questions, reflections, or just openness to a candid discussion.The session will include conversation and light interaction with playful and comforting materials.

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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.

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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.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

Thursday 22 August, 12 -3pm, Felixstowe Triangle

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