Listening

Listening is presence and present, and this is what Ana María Romano proposes to us: a careful listening to her closest soundscapes. // Escuchar es presencia y presente, y esto es lo que nos propone Ana María Romano: una escucha cuidadosa de sus paisajes sonoros más cercanos.

Music that hits you so strong that you stop what you were doing, transporting you to an otherworld. In this essay, our writer ponders this alternative space she finds when listening to specific tracks.

When talking about listening in the broadest sense, listeners are usually at the center of attention. In this dialogic essay, Rewire Festival’s context curator Katía Truijen and Norient’s editor Philipp Rhensius what happens when the sound listens back.

In her work as educator, the artist Antye Greie-Ripatti aka AGF aims to integrate «listening as an art practice» into school curriculums. In this essay, she reflects on teaching children the skill of listening to build environmental sensibility.