{"product_id":"you-are-not-alone-rachel-lee-hovnanian-9788874616862","title":"You Are Not Alone: Angels Listening","description":"\u003cb\u003eArtist Rachel Lee Hovnanian presented \"Angels Listening\" at the 59th Venice Biennale. The interactive exhibition featured seven large-scale bronze angels staged around a silver confessional box, each figure rendered in silence with its mouth \"taped\" shut.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor many years the artist Rachel Lee Hovnanian has been analyzing the drifts of our hyper-technological and hyper-connected society. She presented at the 59th Venice Biennale, \u003ci\u003eAngels Listening\u003c\/i\u003e, an interactive exhibition featuring seven large-scale bronze angels staged around a silver confessional box, each figure rendered in silence with its mouth \"taped\" shut. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eViewers were invited to participate by relinquishing their innermost thoughts, whether repressed due to fear of judgement or sheer inability, by writing them onto pieces of ribbon, placing these ribbons into The Cathartic Box, and ringing the awakening bell, a symbol of the role of the angels as mute listeners. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the end of each day all of the new messages were compiled onto prayer-like mats and dispersed throughout the exterior gardens for future visitors to encounter and share as a collective stream-of-consciousness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book shares those messages. In listening to these stories, perhaps it is people who become the angels listening.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rachel Lee Hovnanian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8874616864\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788874616862\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mandragora\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Rachel Lee Hovnanian","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49083365490943,"sku":"9788874616862","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/you-are-not-alone-rachel-lee-hovnanian-9788874616862","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}