Above the city, among the resonant forms of Temple by Tuan Andrew Nguyen, this 3-hour workshop invites participants to explore listening as a practice of attention.
What becomes audible when we listen beyond the obvious? What histories, relationships, and possibilities emerge when we attend to what usually remains at the margins of perception?
Bringing together listening, sound and movement improvisation, reflection, and collective exploration, artist and researcher meLê yamomo guides participants through a series of embodied exercises that engage the rooftop environment, the artwork, and the sonic life of the city itself. Participants will experiment with ways of attending to sounds, spaces, and one another, exploring how listening can shape artistic practice, movement, and forms of collective presence.
Rather than treating the periphery as secondary to the center, the workshop asks how different forms of listening might reveal a world in which multiple sounds, stories, and presences coexist. Situated within a site shaped by layered histories, contemporary urban life, and war remnants that are transformed into instruments of resonance, the workshop approaches listening as both an artistic and relational practice.
Through sound-making, improvisation, attentive movement, and shared reflection, participants will investigate how attention is organized, how environments shape perception, and how listening can open alternative ways of encountering place, memory, and community.
This workshop is open to artists, musicians, performers, researchers, and anyone interested in sound, listening, and embodied artistic practice. No prior musical or movement training is necessary.
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When: 28 Jun 2026, 2–5pm - Suitable For: Adults, Young Adults
- Where: City Hall Wing, Level 5, Rooftop Studios
- Ticket Information: $20 (Standard), $15 (Concession)
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