LOVE LETTERS, 2020

Love Letters, 2020 is a 13-minute sound work that reimagines the ubiquitous scam email - those uncanny digital messages written in the voice of women, targeting men with promises of romance, sex, and companionship. Usually deleted, ignored, or laughed off, these emails are rarely read aloud, let alone listened to.

These letters - full of strange turns of phrase, borrowed sentiment, and algorithmic affection - become meditative in their repetition. Stripped of their original context, they reveal something beyond the scam: a performance of intimacy, desire, and gendered projection. They are awkward, sometimes humorous, and yet tragically sincere in their structure, engineered to be desirable, to make someone feel wanted.

By inviting the listener to sit with these voices - to hear them spoken softly, directly, and uninterrupted - Love Letters, 2020 critiques the manipulation embedded in digital romance scams while also holding space for the complicated human longing that underpins them. In a world increasingly defined by isolation, automation, and mistrust, these letters seek connection, however fabricated, and in that pursuit, they reflect something painfully familiar.