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16/5/2014

Hlysnan

Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg

curated by Berit Fischer and Kevin Muhlen

Artists: Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Angie Atmadjaja, Kader Attia, Nina Beier & Marie Lund, Daniela Brahm & Les Schliesser, Peter Cusack, Clare Gasson, Marco Godinho, Christine Sun Kim, Brandon Labelle, Andra McCartney, John Menick, Angel Nevarez & Valerie Tevere, Udo Noll, Emeka Ogboh, Yoko Ono, Susan Schuppli, Christine Sullivan & Rob Flint, John Wynne

In the Old English word hlysnan, “to listen”, the focus is on the notions of attention and intent. Similarly the emphasis in the project HLYSNAN: The Notion and Politics of Listening lies on the active act not merely of hearing – usually referring to automatic or passive sound perception – but rather specifically on listening; hearing with intent.

Listening requires intensified concentration and attentiveness towards what one is listening to; it is linked to the notion of desire, anticipation and understanding, a striving for a possible meaning. HLYSNAN: The Notion and Politics of Listening under- stands listening as agency, as gesture, as attitude and as taking a position.

The exhibition attempts to reconcile audio practices with contemporary social and political realities and invites the visitor to actively experience, listen and engage with the sense of hearing to the various complex interplays. Part of the investigations is for example the vocal gesture in specific situations like political speeches, legal and juridical contexts, or recording techniques and their impact in regard to documentation, writing and (re)creating history, and in the shaping of our culture and reality. The soundscapes and sonorous textures emanating from specific works presented in the exhibition may provoke immediate physical reactions, whereas other audible stimulus may address and question socio-political issues.

The 21st century, as much as contemporary exhibition making, is undeniably marked as an era of imagery and viewing. Despite many current exhibitions around the subject of sound in which the focus often lies on the visualisation of sound waves or the technicalities and materiality involved around it, HLYSNAN: The Notion and Politics of Listening departs from the repre- sentation and visual rendering of acoustic space and submits the auditory perception for consideration. Rather than displaying works destined for the eyes, the emphasis lies on the immaterial, the non-consumerist and the non-spectacle, in order to achieve a heightened concentration on the targeted sense.

The accompanying HLYSNAN: The Notion and Politics of Listening publication is considered an extending and supplementing format to the exhibition. Not only the concepts materialised in the exhibition are developed and contextualised further, but with complementing contributions by additional artists, the project offers a comprehensive overview on the various questions around the notion and politics of listening.

Exhibition realised with the support of: L‘Institut Français du Luxembourg. Media partner: Odds & Ends by Radio Ara. The project „October 2013 – obsidian flow“ piece retitled February 2014“, 2014 by Clare Gasson has been supported using public funding by Arts Council England and British Council.

PUBLICATION
HLYSNAN: The Notion and Politics of Listening, to be released on 16 May 2014.
The accompanying publication is considered an extending and supplementing format to the exhibition. Not only the concepts materialised in the exhibition are developed and contextualised further, but with complementing contributions by additional artists, the publication offers a comprehensive overview on the various questions around the notion and politics of listening. Edited by Berit Fischer.
In collaboration with Casino Luxembourg – Forum d‘art contemporain, 2014.
Artists contributions by: Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Angie Atmadjaja, Kader Attia, Nina Beier & Marie Lund, Daniela Brahm & Les Schliesser, Peter Cusack, Clare Gasson, Marco Godinho, Christine Sun Kim, Brandon Labelle, Andra McCartney, John Menick, Angel Nevarez & Valerie Tevere, Udo Noll, Emeka Ogboh, Yoko Ono, Susan Schuppli, Christine Sullivan & Rob Flint, John Wynne.
With a foreword by Kevin Muhlen and a text by Berit Fischer.
In English language.
152 p., col. ill; 185 x 245 mm, hard cover. ISBN 978-99959-30-23-3. Price: 23 EUR

PERFORMANCES, TALKS AND WORKSHOPS

Christine Sullivan & Rob Flint [EN]: Conversation Piece [performance]
Wednesday 21 May 2014 | 7 p.m.

Peter Cusack [EN]: Sounds from Dangerous Places: Sonic Journalism [artist talk]
Thursday 19 June 2014 | 6.30 p.m.
http://sounds-from-dangerous-places.org/

Udo Noll [DE + EN]: FM Walks – Künstlerische Radioproduktion im öffentlichen Raum [workshop for adults]
Saturday 5 & Sunday 6 July 2014 | 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Booking: visites@casino-luxembourg.lu. Max. 10 participants. Costs: 65 EUR / person

Clare Gasson [EN]: “October 2013 – obsidian flow“ piece retitled February 2014“, 2014 [performance]
A series of one-to-one readings by artist Clare Gasson. Please book in advance to take part in one of the readings (in English; lasting no longer then 10 minutes): visites@casino-luxembourg.lu.
The readings are organised on these dates (every 15 minutes):

Saturday 17 May – Monday 19 May | 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Thursday 12 June | 3 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Friday 13 June | 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. & 2 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Thursday 24 July | 3 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Friday 25 July | 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. & 2 p.m. – 6 p.m.
Thursday 4 September | 3 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Friday 5 September | 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. & 2p.m. – 6p.m.
Saturday 6 & Sunday 7 September | 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. & 2 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Press contact
Casino Luxembourg – Forum d‘art contemporain
Nadine Clemens
nadine.clemens@casino-luxembourg.lu
T (+352) 22 50 45

Casino Luxembourg
Forum d’art contemporain
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Thu: 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
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