Listening Draws One In

Quotation

«Listening is often tuning us to the interplay of meaningful layers that constitute the world, bridging the seen and the unseen, foreground and background, things and bodies with animate forcefulness: listening draws one in, toward certain depths, while drawing out the underheard into greater volume – a poor acoustic whose dirtiness is reflective of the tussle that is public life.»

This quote is excerpted from Brandon LaBelle’s book «Sonic Agency: Sound and Emergent Forms of Resistance» (London 2020, 161). It is part of the virtual exhibition «Norient City Sounds: Delhi», curated and edited by Suvani Suri.

Project Assistance: Geetanjali Kalta
Graphics/Visual Design: Upendra Vaddadi, Neelansh Mittra
Audio Production: Abhishek Mathur
Video Production: Ammar

Biography

Brandon LaBelle is an artist, writer, and theorist working with sound culture, voice, and questions of agency. Guided by situated and collaborative methodologies, he develops and presents artistic projects and performances within a range of international contexts, mostly working in public and with others. This leads to performative installations, poetic theater, storytelling, and research actions aimed at forms of experimental community making, as well as extra-institutional initiatives, including The Listening Biennial and Academy (2021–ongoing). From gestures of intimacy and listening to critical festivity and experimental pedagogy, his practice aligns itself with a politics and poetics of radical hospitality. Follow him on his Website.

Published on September 09, 2023

Last updated on April 02, 2024

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