Welcome

THE LISTENING BIENNIAL is an artistic, research initiative focusing on listening as a relational capacity, a philosophical and political proposition, a creative practice, and research framework. It acts as an umbrella bringing together practitioners, researchers, institutions and collectives engaged in listening as a method, a tool, a poetics. This includes the creation of an international Biennial exhibition, as well as organizing the Listening Academy in different cities.

From radical empathy to sonic practice, quiet refusal to somatic wellbeing, eavesdropping to ecological attunement, listening wields a creative and critical force that may contribute to maintaining the diversity of our social adventure.

The Listening Academy - Hong Kong

In collaboration with soundpocket The Listening Academy will be gathering in Hong Kong for a week of collaborative activity, especially attuned to restorative listening.

Call for participation – The Listening Academy Delhi

We're extremely glad to share plans for an upcoming edition of The Listening Academy in Delhi, and to invite letters of interest.

Call for participation - The Listening Academy Berlin

We invite letters of interest for our upcoming Listening Academy in Berlin, on the theme of: listening as an emergent strategy.

Workshop on Third Listening + Jam Session

Join us for the continuation of our Third Listening workshops, taking place in Sarajevo with a focus on ecological thinking and practices.

Third Listening Party

Following our research into Third Listening, we'll be gathering at a friend's studio in Madrid to explore further into thirdness – as what can contribute to planetary practices.

Workshop on Third Listening, second session

Workshop in Amsterdam exploring the concept of Third Listening, reflecting upon listening in relation to deep democracy, and what it might mean to become a listening citizen

Workshop on Third Listening

We're excited to share the news about our upcoming workshop in Copenhagen - focusing on the concept of Third Listening.

YASS! 2023 Digital Masterclass

A series of master classes organized by project partner Radio Papesse, as part of Radio That Matters

Listening as Witnessing - Symposium

A collaboration between Institute of Historical Research (NHRF) & The Listening Academy, the transdisciplinary symposium is taking place in Athens, October 16-19, 2023

The Listening Biennial 2023 - review in pictures

Sharing memories, moments and happenings of The Listening Biennial second edition 2023.

Open Call - The Listening Academy Goa

We're pleased to share this open call for an upcoming edition of The Listening Academy, taking place in Goa, India, as part of the Serendipity Arts Festival, December 2023.

On curating the Listening Biennial

Conversation with Rayya Badran, Guely Morato, Luísa Santos and Dayang Yraola, with Brandon LaBelle, reflecting on their curatorial work for The Listening Biennial 2023

Call for participation - The Listening Academy Singapore

Listening Academy’s 2023 iteration in Singapore – we explore losses: known, unknown, anticipated and historically sedimented, and the seen and unseen.

The Listening Biennial - Opening Soon

Announcing the participating artists and institutions for The Listening Biennial 2023

Call for Participation

The Listening Academy is taking place in Berlin July 4 - 9, 2023 - call for participation, closes May 12, 2023.

Announcing The Listening Biennial 2023

We're glad to share news on our plans for the second edition of The Listening Biennial, to take place July 2023.

Radio That Matters

The Listening Biennial participates in the European project

The Listening Academy, Cairo

Sonic Spaces hosts this version of the Listening Academy, held in Cairo from March 12 - 18, 2023.