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Rachel Hanlon is an artist working within the frame of media archeology. Her works make available many layered metaphors and meanings through reinterpretations of the now obsolete technologies that are heightened by our cultural reliance on them as a part of the narrative of our times. Her interest in pop-culture, film, music and autobiographies add layers of depth to references in her works that use media appropriation as central themes.


Selected works:

  Hello Machine

When you use a Hello Machine, who will you ‘voice visit’ with? Hello Machines are situated across the globe in ever-changing locations and time zones. Picking up the receiver calls other Hello Machines, creating space for spontaneous...
Hello Machine

  Can Somebody Get That

Can someone get that (2012) I examine the physical aspect of the landline telephone taking up a purposefully sectioned off area in the home as one of the first things I see that has significance as a disappearance. By placing three obsolete...
Can Somebody Get That

  Off the Hook

Off the hook (2012) "Off the hook" which explores Hanlon's own personal connections to the telephone, debating the relevance of her landline and her idiosyncratic reluctance to part with it, wondering if it was a by product of feeling...
Off the Hook

  Hello Geelong

Help weave the stories of your Geelong into an oral collection of her voices. Voices of the past and present for the future. Make a ‘Local call’ with a Hello Geelong machine to be a part of this tapestry of our cultural identity as a...
Hello Geelong

  Mixed Tapes

Works 2007-2018 Through the use of Mix Tapes, music became a compass to the audio map of our lives, using lyrics and music to facilitate an auditory neuron pathway to take us to any moment in time, but foremost a mix tape was a declaration of...
Mixed Tapes

Videos of recent works:


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