David OReilly – Corona Voicemails

In “Corona Voicemails” trilogy, people report on their intensive personal experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic. For the three short films, David OReilly set up a mailbox for anonymous voicemails, where people could and still can share their sorrows, observations and dreams during the lockdown. The resulting films are a mesmerizing and unsettling journey that intertwines individual thoughts and subconscious fears – documenting and bringing to consciousness the collective global trauma that continues to influence our daily lives. “Corona Voicemails” not only reflects upon the effects of “social distancing”, but also emphasises a different form of togetherness, in which experiences and the changes in our daily lives are collectively shared. “Corona Voicemails” consists of three parts: “Quarantine Dreams” (2020), “Staying Home” (2020) and “Sudden Black Hole” (2020).