The Most Strange Telephone, and Other Memories, Leslie Hickey

The Most Strange Telephone, and Other Memories is a collection of 50 telephone-related memories solicited by artist and editor Leslie Hickey early in the pandemic. Each memory is paired with either a found photograph or an image from Hickey’s sizable archive. The book opens with an extensive “Directory” or index which the reader can use to land on a memory that mentions words as varied as breakfast, Cheryl, moment, or waterfall.

 Supported in part by a Regional Arts and Culture Council (RACC) Make | Learn | Build grant.

Leslie Hickey is a visual artist, focused primarily on photography. She is based in the city she was born and raised in, Portland, Oregon, USA. She was a 2025 fellow in the Picture Collection at the New York Public Library where she combed through the reference postcard collection, using the idea of the "infraordinary" as defined by Georges Perec as a guide. She was also a member of the 2024/2025 Outer Voice time-based art alliance in Portland. Additionally she runs a twice a year billboard project where she co-curates work from a local photographer alongside an internationally based one. See more at rubusdiscolorproject.com

Self-published
Edition of 300
Softcover
160 pages
127 x 203 mm