Julie Shapiro

Caitlin Hale would, and Alan Gafinski made this piece together.

And it's really, it's been a crowd favorite.

I mean, we love all of the Fluxworks equally, but this one really people respond to in a certain way.

And I think it has to do with some of the things you were talking about, like the power of hearing somebody.

And so-

Caitlin had these recordings, and I think she found a very poetic way to bring us closer to her and the story of discovering her father.

And I'm really struck by the different tones and emotions in this piece.

It's funny.

It's a little mysterious.

The sound design by Alan is beautiful.

You are immersed in the sound of like cassette.

And, you know, it's just it's so familiar to anyone who ever played cassettes or played with cassettes growing up.

And then that line, a sonic axis of time and place, time and space.

I love ending in that sort of place of thinking and wondering and speculating.

And yeah, this piece, I think just the three minutes are perfect.

But I will say there's a bigger story here, and they're actually trying to tell the bigger story.

So sometimes Fluxworks can be like testing grounds for bigger ideas that people want to dive into, and they're developing a whole show around Caitlin's story.

sort of search to learn more about her father.

So it all starts here, but then, you know, it can and does go on from here.

Yeah.