LEARNING TO LISTEN #3 | English, French, Haitian Creole

with OLIVIER MARBOEUF moderated by MAX JORGE HINDERER CRUZ Olivier
Marboeuf is an artist, poet, curator, and producer, whose recent
work with audio and soundscapes is centered around the “politics of
frequency.” Marboeuf, whose biography and research interests are
largely connected with the Caribbean, confronts us with what he
calls the “dimensions of sonic resistance” of the communities of
the African diaspora. For our understanding of this dimension of
sonic resistance, listening and un-listening are just as pivotal as
speaking and de-speaking. In his audio essay he will examine the
act of speech as well as collective speaking and listening –
essentially, the possibility and impossibility of speaking and
listening. Politics of Frequencies is the first step of an artistic
research around Creole conversation as a cacophonic listening space
that translates the paradoxical situation of a need to speak while
protecting one's word, to speak in ‘de-speaking’. And thus, to
produce a sense in a collective gesture of repetition, accumulation
and saturation. A sense that calls for presence and remains
inaccessible and opaque for those who want to stay away. A sense
that requires both the ear and the mouth to travel in the
entanglement of the voices and the hospitality of the frequencies.
Learning to Listen is a podcast format that explores different
forms of listening – both listening and not listening – and the
knowledge that can be drawn from them. The focus is on learning and
unlearning to listen and engaging with internalized mindsets. The
main aim of Learning to Listen is to initiate didactic processes
intended to help us understand why certain sounds, songs, and
narratives are heard and others are not, and to interweave auditory
events with anti/decolonial education. The individual episodes are
conceived as heterogeneous audio essays; the invited guests have
free rein over their concept and realization. Language: English
Available at Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud and Spotify Recorded
between August and September 2021 in Port-au-Prince (Haïti) and
Saint-Denis (France). Concept: OLIVIER MARBOEUF Texts and Lectures:
ROSSI JACQUES CASIMIR, OLIVIER MARBOEUF With Voices of: SHELO
FRANCOIS (PLEB MIZIK), STEEVE PIERRE LOUIS, DARENS JABOUIN, JEFF
RON, ALAN SANDARSEN (JUSTICE), DAVID AND JAMES PETER ÉTIENNE
(MIMETIK NEG) Translation: LIZ YOUNG Sound: VICTOR DONATI