Call Waiting, 1997

Lorna Simpson’s contribution to INSITE97 was a film entitled Call Waiting, shown at the Santa Fe Depot in downtown San Diego. The film features two women in conversation over the phone who are interrupted by other callers speaking in different languages. The result is an indecipherable web of open-ended stories and conversations that are carried out between the various speakers.

Curators: Jessica Bradley, Olivier Debroise, Ivo Mesquita, and Sally Yard
Venue: Santa Fe Depot, San Diego

Cast
Jasmine K. Aulakh
Donna Berwick
Jaia Chen
Gregory Couch
Christopher M. de Paola
Kimberly Ann Floyd
Kaizdad Navrozo Kotwal

Crew
Jasmine K. Aulakh, translator
Donna Berwick, costumes
Christine Bogenschutz, casting
Jaia Chen, translator
Susan Hamilton, production assistant
Tom Harned, audio recordist
Mazy Hayes, translator
Tom Hayes, director of photography/editor
Bruce Livensparger, gaffer
Janet Parrott, production manager
Larry Young, make-up