Wed

24.9.

20:00 Premiere
ONCE WE WERE ISLANDS

Thu

25.9.

20:00
ONCE WE WERE ISLANDS

Sat

27.9.

18:00
krautfuzz & iLan katin | INK | Christian Kesten | Fernanda Farah | Contagious

Thu

2.10.

20:00 Premiere
by Stepha Schweiger

Fri

3.10.

20:00
by Stepha Schweiger

Sat

4.10.

20:00
by Stepha Schweiger

Sun

5.10.

18:00
by Stepha Schweiger

Thu

9.10.

18:00
Wanda Dubrau and Juliet Meding

Fri

10.10.

20:00 doors: 19:00
König Drag Show

Sat

11.10.

20:00 doors: 19:00
König Drag Show

Fri

17.10.

20:00
Michaela & Peter

Sun

19.10.

18:00
Michaela & Peter

Thu

23.10.

20:00
Musiktheaterkollektiv Hauen und Stechen | Rosa Beton

Fri

24.10.

20:00
Musiktheaterkollektiv Hauen und Stechen | Rosa Beton

Sat

25.10.

19:00
Musiktheaterkollektiv Hauen und Stechen | Rosa Beton

Sun

26.10.

20:00
Tucké Royal, Jens Friebe, Elmira Bahrami

Fri

31.10.

20:00 Premiere
La Cage

Sat

1.11.

11:00
La Cage

Sat

1.11.

17:00
La Cage

Sun

2.11.

15:00
LOUDsoft

Productions

  • © Alberto Pagluica

  • © Leslie Searles

The Listening Biennial

Festival

13:00 - 23:00
Theater hall, 3rd floor


For its third edition, »The Listening Biennial« brings together sonic, visual and performative works by an international cohort of artists for a week-long program of creative and reparative listening. Challenging current attention economies with their crisis capitalism, the Biennial offers a restorative space for deep breaths and slow talk, and for listening-with the vibrant matters of our planetary world. Comprised of artistic installations throughout the building of Ballhaus Ost, an informal talk series taking place under the trees, and an evening program of live performances and experimental sounds, we invite audiences into a listening journey full of poetic voices, stories, noises and songs. In particular, »The Listening Biennial« works at building greater listening cultures, nurturing radical openness and compassionate action.

The Listening Biennial
is an artistic, research project focusing on listening as a creative, critical capacity. It is compris of a network of partner institutions aednd cultural venues around the world in support of greater listening cultures and practices.

P R O G R A M

Exhibition:
Mi 3.9. – So 7.9. 13:00 – 18:00 (Free entrance)

Talks & Conversations:
Do 4.9. – Sa 6.9. 18:00 – 19:30 (Free entrance)

Live Performances:
Doors 19:30 / Start 20:00

Mi 3.9.: Siegmar Zacharias, Mariana Carvalho
Do 4.9.: Stefan Roigk, Brandon LaBelle, Isuru Kumarasinghe & Sara Mikolai
Fr 5.9.: Lílian Campesato, Agustín Genoud, Kirstin Burckhardt
Sa 6.9.: Miguel Buenrostro, Yara Mekawei, Ola Zielińska

Installations: Mario Asef, Max Bloching, Tatiana Fiodorova, Helen Hine, Annette le Fort, Nicole L’Huillier, Silvia Maglioni / Graeme Thomson, Israel Martínez, Oficina de Autonomia, ~pes (Elizabeth Gallón Droste & Pablo Torres Gómez)

Audio works: Florence Cats/Lilja María Ásmundsdóttir (Belgium/Iceland), Rachel S. Y. Chen (Singapore), Kaur Chimuk (India), Čhoakkeladd (Kashmir), Mariana Pinto Coelho Dias (Portugal), MycoDyke (India), Hear & Found (Thailand), Shwe Wutt Hmon (Myanmar), Lynn Nandar Htoo (Myanmar), Lagos Sound Artists Collective (Nigeria), Okui Lala, Ana Estrada, Nasrikah (Malaysia/ Australia/Indonesia), Nicole L’Huillier (Chile/Germany), Chong Li-chuan (Singapore), Subash Thebe Limbu (Nepal), Elena Lucca (Argentina), Imaad Majeed (Sri Lanka), Yara Mekawei (Egypt), Graciela Muñoz (Chile), Jacqueline Nova (Belgium/Colombia), Lujáne Vaqar Pagganwala (Pakistan), Amanda Piña (Austria/México), Ruhail Qaisar (Ladakh), Superlative Futures – Wong Zihao & Diancong Liu (Singapore), Irazema H. Vera (Peru), Valentina Villarroel (Chile), YIM Sui Fong (Hong Kong), zeropowercut (Patna, India).

Curated by: Mario Asef, Brandon LaBelle, Alecia Neo, Soledad Garcia Saavedra, Suvani Suri

A production by The Listening Biennial in cooperation with Ballhaus Ost. Funded by Oficina de Autonomia and friends. With the support of Errant Sound e.V. and fliegende Teilchen.

Dates
Past Dates
  • Sep 03, 2025
  • Sep 04, 2025
  • Sep 05, 2025
  • Sep 06, 2025
  • Sep 07, 2025
Access / Content Note

Performances and exhibition without language, talks in English
Performances and discussions wheelchair accessible
Exhibition partially accessible only via stairs
various seating options