Khoj was delighted to host the Delhi edition of The Listening Biennial, from October 9 to 14.
The Listening Biennial Delhi brought together a collection of audio works curated by Alecia Neo, Brandon LaBelle, Soledad García Saavedra, and Suvani Suri. Through the week, the spaces at Khoj were activated through a series of discursive and performative assemblies engaging with and responding to the impulses of a Third Listening. The programme was designed and assembled by Suvani Suri
Third Listening is a listening done together and in spite of exclusionary systems, lending to acts of speaking-with and the embodied, living ethics that support diverse abilities. This includes holding the tension inherent to hospitality, where coexistence requires the ongoingness of struggle, imagination, courage and protection.
Here is what the programming looked like:
Thursday, October 9
Opening performances by Songs from a Tired City, INDY, and Himachal Travels ft. INDY from 5pm onwards.
The opening evening was supported by the India Art Fair Young Collectors Programme.
Friday, October 10
- Exhibition walkthrough with curator Suvani Suri at 12pm.
- Sculpture as Sound – Performance by Geetanjali Poluru at 3pm.
- Listening Session – Algorave India Compilation from 4pm to 6pm.
Saturday, October 11
- {reading-writing-listening to} scores – A workshop by Suvani and Palebluedotter from 11am to 1:30pm.
- shunyosthan / ghar da naksha | Track 0
Amy X Aarohan X Rifat x Aditi X Nilanjan X Tilotamma in ritual with kaur chimuk at 7pm. - Live coding performance by Alexandra Cardenas at 8pm.
This performance has been supported by the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan, Delhi.
Sunday, October 12
All day Synth Hang from 12pm till 7pm.
Monday, October 13
- Exhibition walkthrough with Hekh and friends from 11am to 12:30pm.
- Book discussion #Call 2 by Hekh from 2pm to 3:30pm.
- Sculpture as Sound – Performance by Geetanjali Poluru at 4pm.
- Film Screening from 5pm onwards.
Tuesday, October 14
- Exhibition walkthrough in Indian Sign Language from 12pm to 2pm.
- Akin – a ritual beyond, beneath, and beside by MycoDyke from 5:30pm onwards.
