In conjunction with the release of the publication The Listening Biennial Reader, these two seminars at Page Not Found with artist and writer Brandon LaBelle focus on listening as a framework for nurturing expanded relationalities across time and territory. In what ways does listening move us, supporting connections with others? As many artists and scholars attest, listening is a transformative power that impacts onto processes of social recognition, care and mutuality. Over the course of the two seminars on Friday and Saturday, listening will be highlighted as a conduit for enabling recognition that also moves beyond human worlds and the logic of binary thought. Taking stock of listening’s power, we’ll collectively consider listening as a special form of dreaming, as what delivers messages from other worlds, and that acts as a type of possession transforming what we know of each other.

Brandon LaBelle is an artist, writer and artistic director of The Listening Biennial and Academy. His work focuses on questions of agency, community, collectivity and poetics, and results in a range of collaborative initiatives and activities. His publications include: Dreamtime X (2022), The Other Citizen (2020), Sonic Agency (2018), Lexicon of the Mouth (2014), Acoustic Territories (2010, 2019), and Background Noise (2006, 2015). His book, Acoustic Justice (2021), argues for an acoustic model by which to engage questions of social equality.

Fri 7 Apr 15:00 – 16:00

Sat 8 Apr 14:15 – 15:15