Discourse

As part of our activities, we focus on nurturing critical and creative discourse and writing on questions of listening in diverse manners. We regularly publish articles, essays and documents from a range of contributors.

Sanctified Hearts and Invisible Purifiers: A Story of Vibration, Tuning, and Sacred Resonance in India

The researcher Sourav Saha explores the concept of vibration as a sensory, spiritual, and socio-cultural phenomenon within Satsang, a modern socio-religious community from Deoghar, a city in Eastern India.

Reflections from the Listening Academy Singapore

Documentation and thoughts from facilitators of the Listening Academy, Singapore

catalogo Bienal de Escuchar 2021 Buenos Aires

Catalogue documenting the Bienal de Escuchar at IF - Investigaciones del Futuro, Buenos Aires, 2021.

Restorative Listening: Interview with Nina Wroldsen

Teacher, author and facilitator active in Restorative Practices, Nina Wroldsen, speaks with Brandon LaBelle (Listening Biennial) on the transformative potentiality of restorative circles.

attempts in spectral listening

Documenting a listening retreat taking place in May 2023 on the island of Seili off the coast of Finland, by Anastasia (A) Khodyreva and colleagues.

THE CARE INDEX

An extended dialogue between artist Alecia Neo and curator Jill J. Tan, exploring questions of care, attunement, loss and collaboration.

PLURAL RADIO-LISTENING

Shortwave Collective reflects upon what it means to radio-listen collectively, as feminists.

SEARCHING STEALTH, NOT SILENCE

I conceive of stealth, quietness, as an “enabler” or “maximizer” of experiences and sensations. Text by Israel Martínez.

TO KEEP SECRETS SOUND FOR A SHAREABLE FUTURE

To be situated in listening could be confining, it could also be liberating. Text by Yang Yeung.

LISTENING – SOUND NARRATIVES OF A DANCE

This writing addresses how a listening practice enables me to re-enter the vocabulary, music, philosophy, mythology and somatics of the dance, to more deeply comprehend what it teaches about the body. Text by Sara Mikolai.

THE LAND OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING – ENERGY AND COLONIAL FOOTPRINT

Every living being exists because all other living beings exist. Through euphonies and cacophonies of complex interconnections, life reverberates and echoes throughout the planet. Text by Daniela Medina Poch.

ON ACOUSTIC JUSTICE

Acoustics, in this sense, is positioned as a critical framework for engaging a politics of listening and the differing imaginaries and ideologies that work upon listening habits. Text by Brandon LaBelle.