Here is the gallery wall text for an upcoming installation and performance by Research Service at Lisa Cooley gallery in New York:

If Your Phone Doesn’t Ring, It’s Me is an installation, research initiative, and performance by Research Service. The project investigates aphasia as a social phenomenon triangulated by politics, aesthetics, and technology. We understand aphasia not simply as a neurological condition, but also as something that occurs through the effects of power and processes of socialization and automization. We propose that aesthetic activities, social engagement, and new technologies might assist aphasic subjects to recover lost voices or invent new ones.

As part of our research initiative, we would like to call you. Research Service will be conducting daily interviews throughout the duration of this exhibit. They will be short oral questionnaires (lasting approximately 10 minutes each) about these topics, executed by robotic avatars. To participate, simply fill out one of the cards provided with your name, phone number, and an approximate time you would like to be called. You may also choose to withhold your name and remain anonymous. In such cases, the choice of anonymity will become part of the interview. New interviews will be broadcast daily in the gallery at 4pm, and compiled in a database on our website: http://researchservice.info.

On August 28th at 7PM, Research Service will present a lecture-performance to report the findings of If Your Phone Doesn’t Ring, It’s Me.