Linda Rae Dornan

Transcription: LoveLanguageLoss
05.09–06.14.2025

“This is an audio art piece about dementia and caregiving recorded over many years as I cared for my partner, John Asimakos. The journal I kept was too emotionally difficult to read so I eventually transcribed it backwards to alleviate my own response. Transcription uses thismreversed journal, cutup techniques and constant repetition collaged with John’s own voice as he tried to communicate. Repetition references the incomprehension and deterioration of language evident within the gradual decline of dementia patients. The audio piece attempts to share an interior space of intensity and tenderness within the isolated world of dementia and caregiving “.

— Linda Rae Dornan

This work is presented in collaboration with the RE:FLUX experimental music and sound art festival, an annual project organized by the artist-run centre Galerie Sans Nom (Moncton, New Brunswick).