Listen Until You Hear
For Freedoms x Fotografiska New York
What does it mean to accept and relate to the unfamiliar experience of someone else or make sense of what we only know through intuition or feeling? How does truly seeing and hearing each other impact our relationships and stories?
Listen Until You Hear is an invitation to audiences to be present by approaching the photography, film, sculpture and performance on display, with curiosity and intentional awareness. Each of the exhibiting artists explore the idea of listening as healing with work that is deeply personal, political, and imaginative through a variety of media. The artists’ use of representation is an inquiry into the unseen and unheard, and highlights how meaning and value are shaped by our ability to listen and hear others.
This exhibition explores how deeper forms of listening can lead to greater awareness and connection to ourselves and the world around us. The artists in this exhibition meditate on the complexity of life—visualizing themes including freedom, family, love, pain, survival and the future.
Installation view of Cannupa Hanska Luger’s ceramic, regalia and video works for Listen Until You Hear presented by For Freedoms x Fotografiska New York, 2023. Images courtesy of Fotografiska New York.