Lydgalleriet er glade for å presentere The Listening Biennial i år! Kuratert av Dayang Yraola, Guely Morato Luísa Santos og Rayya Badran, er The Listening Biennial 2023 tenkt som en oppmerksomhetsøkologi som utfordrer  eksklusjon og utvinning, og som inviterer til å skifte fra å ta oppmerksomhet til å gi oppmerksomhet. Dette kan kalles poetisk sansing eller fantasiens kraft.

Som en utstilling og et program for arrangementer er The Listening Biennial gjort mulig gjennom et nettverk av deltakende institusjoner, lokasjoner og kollektiver i en rekke land. Fra starten har The Listening Biennial utviklet seg gjennom en desentralisert struktur for å fremme lytting som en form for  transkulturell utveksling og deling. Fra Buenos Aires til Istanbul, Berlin til Manila, søker The Listening Biennial å fremme forbindelser, der lydverk deles og presenteres på ulike steder over samme tidsperiode og gjennom forskjellige former, inkludert performative visninger, utstillinger, lytteøkter, radiosendinger og verksteder.

Deltakende kunstnere: Abdellah M. Hassak, Alejandra Canelas, Alexandre St-Onge, Arendse Krabbe, Arnont Nongyao, Aya Atoui, Ayọ̀ Akínwándé, Ayumi Paul, Dirar Kalash, Griselda Sánchez, Hasan Hujairi, Igor Jesus, Jason Kahn, Jimena Croceri & Sara Hamdy, Landra (Sara Rodrigues & Rodrigo Camacho), Lucia Herbas Cordero, mamoru, Nicolás Kisic Aguirre, Planetary Listening, Rouzbeh Akhbari, Sary Moussa, Tara Fatehi & Pouya Ehsaei, Teresa Barrozo, The Observatory, Victor Mazón Gardoqui, Yara Asmar og Zorka Wollny. 

Kuratert av Dayang Yraola, Guely Morato Luísa Santos og Rayya Badran. Kuratorpartnere: Anastasia Khodyreva, Bojana Knezevic, Isuru Kumarsinghe og Sara Mikolai, Gentian Meikleham, Debashis Sinha, Elif Gülin Soğuksu og Lucia Udvardyova. Med støtte fra Oficina de Autonomia, Norwegian Artistic Research Programme/Kunstakademiet (UiB) og Errant Sounds, Berlin. Foto: Abdellah M. Hassak.

Lydgalleriet is lucky to be co-hosting The Listening Biennial this year! Curated by Dayang Yraola, Guely Morato Luísa Santos og Rayya Badran, The Listening Biennial 2023 is envisaged as an ecology of attention, one shaped by a critical concern for challenging existing constructs of exclusion and extraction, and that invites a shift from paying to giving attention. 

This includes what we may term poetic sensing, where methods of engagement are enhanced by the power of the imagination. As an exhibition and program of events, The Listening Biennial is facilitated through a network of participating institutions, spaces and collectives, each of which support the presentation of the Biennial across a range of sites. 

From its inception, The Listening Biennial has been developed following a decentralised structure so as to nurture a greater sense for listening as what may support transcultural exchange and sharing. From Buenos Aires to Istanbul, Berlin to Manila, the Biennial searches for ways to foster links and connections, where the same commissioned audio works are shared and presented at participating venues over the same period and through diverse modes, including performance events, exhibition installations, listening sessions, radio transmissions and workshops. 

Participating artists: Abdellah M. Hassak, Alejandra Canelas, Alexandre St-Onge, Arendse Krabbe, Arnont Nongyao, Aya Atoui, Ayọ̀ Akínwándé, Ayumi Paul, Dirar Kalash, Griselda Sánchez, Hasan Hujairi, Igor Jesus, Jason Kahn, Jimena Croceri & Sara Hamdy, Landra (Sara Rodrigues & Rodrigo Camacho), Lucia Herbas Cordero, mamoru, Nicolás Kisic Aguirre, Planetary Listening, Rouzbeh Akhbari, Sary Moussa, Tara Fatehi & Pouya Ehsaei, Teresa Barrozo, The Observatory, Victor Mazón Gardoqui, Yara Asmar and Zorka Wollny. 

Curated by Rayya Badran, Guely Morato, Luísa Santos and Dayang Yraola. Curatorial partners: Anastasia Khodyreva, Bojana Knezevic, Isuru Kumarsinghe and Sara Mikolai, Gentian Meikleham, Debashis Sinha, Elif Gülin Soğuksu and Lucia Udvardyova.

Kindly supported by Oficina de Autonomia, Norwegian Artistic Research Programme / The Art Academy, Bergen, and Errant Bodies Press, Berlin. Photo: Abdellah M. Hassak.