to be held (a practice)

The Weight of an Unmoved Object A participatory audio artwork by Lita Doolan What happens when we give an ordinary object our attention? A plastic box. A mug. A pot lid. Something so familiar we barely notice it. In this short audio experience, listeners are invited to explore the weight, texture and presence of an everyday object, and to consider what changes when it is moved — or left exactly where it belongs. Drawing on the instructional art of Yoko Ono and the unsettling transformation of domestic objects in Mona Hatoum’s work, this piece explores our physical relationship with the things around us. Part of an ongoing exploration of immersion without apparatus, it asks whether art can happen simply through touch, imagination and a small act of choice. No special equipment. No particular place. Just you, an object, and the possibility of seeing it differently.

Do you see it ? Hiding in plain view.

A slow, lyrical audio meditation that follows a magpie as it gathers small glints of light and leads the listener through vivid sensory images. The episode uses rich, intimate details—the taste of petrol-light, the sound of water in a well, the weight of a hidden coin—to guide you into a brief, grounding moment of stillness and reflection. It ends by inviting you to hold the feeling for a second longer and then open your eyes, returning from the quiet web of imagination.

A still morning: a bird walks across a roof, pecking and testing the world step by step among barbecue scraps and scattered leaves. Nearby, other birds move on or stay, each tending small adjustments—worms pulled from damp soil, twigs rearranged, gulls arguing with the wind—while the day slowly begins. Simple moments add up to a quiet invitation: leave a window open for a while and listen to what has already begun without you.

Can you be more, than the colour of stone on everyday objects, wherever you are? Begin there. This episode is a quiet, observant meditation that uses pavements, walls and weathered stone as a lens to explore how small marks, movements and memories reveal the fuller stories of people's lives. Through everyday scenes—a bus stop, a cafe, a street—the narrator notices how the ground gathers weather, footsteps and traces of living, and asks whether a single wound or moment can ever define a person. Gentle and reflective, the piece invites listeners to look down and around: to see how surfaces hold multiple colours, seasons and histories, and how we too might contain more than the marks we show.

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A short, gentle guided moment. No pressure, just a space to pause.

The listener is centred. the listener is not told what to feel. The listener is allowed to find themselves inside this five minute piece. Lyrical, but spare - directed, but not commanding - layered but clear.