Listening Session

Sonic inclusions

21.09.2023, 21.09.23, 16.00-17.30

Sonic inclusions: Sound installation with recordings from Almaty, Berlin, Bogota, Kampala, Paris, Venice and more

Sound installation with recordings from Almaty, Berlin, Bogota, Kampala, Paris, Venice and more Find out more

The Good Enough Host (hybrid event)

03.02.2024, 03.02.24, 14:00 – 03.02.24, 15:00

School of Commons Event - The Good Enough Host – listening session with Catwings (hybrid)*

During the SoC Assembly, Catwings will present a live radio show and share a few audio assemblages installed in a cozy corner in the exhibition space. Find out more

Songs of a Wooden House

26.11.2022, 26.11.22, 19:00

The flyer illustration by Viviana Porras

El próximo sábado 26 de noviembre a las 7 p.m. llega la sesión IX del canto rodado. Esta vez se presentará el colectivo Just Listening con una exploración sonora en vivo, o ejercicio de escucha colectiva, que involucra grabaciones de campo, instrumentos y lectura de poesía. Find out more

Open Call: In search of a collective attention practice for classical music

26.11.2022 — 30.11.2022, 26.11.22, 10:00 – 30.11.22, 17:00

Nerve cells in a dog’s olfactory bulb (detail), from Camillo Golgi’s Sulla fina anatomia degli organi centrali del sistema nervoso (1885)

What do we hear when we listen to classical music? What happens to our attention during the (usually long) time it takes to get to the end of a piece? Find out more

The No Way Experience

03.05.2022 — 06.05.2022, 03.05.22, 18:00 – 06.05.22, 16:00

The No Way Experience

The No Way Experience has the not at all modest aim of creating a musical dimension that does not exist. A musical dimension that is first of all a crossroads. Find out more

Makhandzambili Session Zero: Cave of H(ear)ing

22.10.2023, 22.10.23, 14:30 – 16:30

School of Commons: Makhandzambili Session Zero: Cave of H(ear)ing

This is a hybrid peer-learning seed project that reimagines Southern African natural heritage sites as venues for the sharing of artistic research and practice in virtual and physical spaces. Find out more

Collecting sonic odds and ends

24.11.2023, 24.11.23, 10:00 – 23:00

There, there: collecting sonic odds and ends

Throughout the year, the “There, there” working group has embarked on a unique journey of collecting and reusing sounds – a process akin to upcycling and recycling. Find out more