A practice space for those already interested in Deep Listening—or new to it—to explore different listening experiences through participants’ approaches, and to engage with current reflections in sound studies around listening.

Deep Listening session at Center 151 on February 26th, from 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm.

Centre 151
151 Whiston Road
London
E2 8GU

“Deep Listening, as developed by Pauline Oliveros, explores the difference between the involuntary nature of hearing and the conscious nature of listening. The practice includes bodywork, sonic meditations, and interactive performance, as well as listening to the sounds of daily life, nature, one’s own thoughts, imagination, and dreams. It cultivates a heightened awareness of the sonic environment, both external and internal, and promotes experimentation, improvisation, collaboration, playfulness, and other creative skills vital to personal and community growth.”  Center for Deep Listening

Artur M. Vidal is a London-based and Spanish-born saxophone player who grew up in Paris where he studied music, philosophy, and history of Art. His work involves field recordings, sound walks, dance, and improvisation. He has been doing academic research in London on improvised music and has become a certified teacher of Pauline Oliveros’s Deep Listening practice. He has published two collections of text scores: The Hum in the Valley (2021) and Friendly Algorithms (2018).