Points of Listening is a collective of artists, researchers and collaborators based in Indonesia and Europe exploring sonic landscapes and the more-than-human life that inhabits them. Working closely with local partners, our projects are grounded in collective listening, co-creation and the exchange of situated knowledge.
Our practice unfolds through installations, performances, documentary film and sound walks, each shaped by field recordings, community knowledge and long-term collaboration.
The artistic team of Points of Listening approach nature through sensory experiences by collecting and reconstructing the soundscapes of one of the few remaining primeval forests in the world. The sounds of the forest meet the movements of the dancers, bringing the forest, where various beings intermingle and energy circulates organically, into the theater space. Through the moments of affect created by the sounds of nature and the movements of the performers, the artists once again question the relationship between humans and nature.
– Yonghee Sung, curator Performing Arts Program National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Seoul
What does the sound of a forest reveal about our human existence? Can the complex chorus of forests be considered a part of our collective body memory? Does listening to more-than-human rhythms and frequencies create shifts in our sense of hearing and the sense of ourselves? Are there acoustic relationships between different animal species that transcend beyond its sonic realm?
