The evening aims at bringing attention to listening as a transformative experience, one that influences personal life stories and relationships to each other. 
What are the foundational listening experiences that have shaped how we hear? Are there stories that echo across the generations, acting to carry cultures and understandings of the past? And how can we listen out for the futures we long for, bringing creative and critical attention to shaping change? Following these lines of inquiry, the evening consists of presentations, performances and conversations, convivial moment, inviting ways of listening and reflecting upon our listening futures. 

6.30 pm
Brandon LaBelle 
Listening Panel 
Open conversation on listening memories (50’)

An intimate and informal inquiry into listening, the Panel explores personal experiences as listeners—memories of moments that have shaped us, sounds that have resonated deeply, from music and stories to the ambient sounds of nature. It invites audiences to reflect on their own “listening memories”, opening a shared space for exchange, attunement, and the collective practice of listening to one another.

7.30 pm
Max Bloching, Annette le Fort, Israel Martínez & Dalia Huerta Cano, Oficina de Autonomia
Listening screening

Refreshments at ABC Zattere

8.30 pm 
June Yu 
Polyphony Reading  
performance (25’)

Polyphony Reading unfolds Christian Enzensberger’s Smut, An Anatomy of Dirt (1972) through layered, looping voices that blur words and meaning. As the text evokes a desire to break free from the confines of a bounded self, the oral performance invites listeners into a tactile-auditory environment of openness. Between sense and unmeaning, the voice rocks and floats, echoing the gentle rhythm of Venetian waves.

9.00 pm
Aliaskar Abarkas
La La La La La La By
Slip / Less / Less / Less / Less / Nyte 
performance (45’)

The title plays with the etymology of “lullaby”, blending the soothing, wordless “La” with “By,” echoing both the sound of a lullaby and the gesture of saying goodnight or goodbye. It can be read as a lullaby by or for the sleepless. “Slip” suggests slippage—into sleep, error, or improvisation—while the repeated “Less” evokes a rhythmic stutter and a wish for fewer sleepless nights. The spelling “Nyte” adds a dreamlike, slightly estranged quality, hovering between waking and sleeping.

The Listening Biennial in Venice is sustained through the collaboration of Scuola Piccola Zattere, SSH! Sound Studies Hub, Curatorial Laboratory of Università IUAV di Venezia, and bruno.