Festival of Ideas
Social Listening
Artist: Hannah Kemp-Welch Faculty: Swaroop Vijay Sardeshmukh
Participants: Adhavan Mohana Sivaraj / Ananya Shenoy / Jyostna Shiv Ganesh / Ujaan Majumdar / Patel Parth Nilesh / Piyush Singh / Sanaa Rakesh Mangalore / Shaurya Rawal / Vismaya Ashok khatokar / George Panicker / Vedika Seth
What can you learn about Yelahanka through listening? This project borrows protocols for listening from sound art practice, for use as methodologies for socially-engaged arts. ‘Social listening’ is proposed as an essential starting point for work that seeks to initiate social dialogue. During this project, students listened together and separately, comparing experiences and examining their ‘listening positionalities’. Devising group agreements for collaborative working and ethical research practices, students considered how they might use artistic practice to connect to concerns in the neighbourhood. This process has resulted in three proposals for community-based projects.
Artist Bio: Hannah Kemp-Welch is a sound artist who focuses on community engagement and social issues in her work. She conducts PhD research at University of the Arts London, also teaching there. Her projects often involve collaborating with people affected by the issues discussed and organising activist responses. Please visit her website for more details on her work: www.sound-art-hannah.com
Faculty Bio: With more than 10 years of experience, Swaroop V Sardeshmukh is a film audio designer and Indian classical vocalist who has worked with award-winning filmmakers. He has a Bachelors of Commerce and a post-grad diploma in Film and TV with a specialisation in sound recording and sound design.
Selected Works
SMI LiveFestival of Ideas
Behind The ScenesFestival of Ideas
Study of Social EcologyStudy of Social Ecology
Playwriting Student Showcase: A Curation Of Rehearsed ReadingsFestival of Ideas
Found Footage PeoteryFestival of Ideas
TEX(T)ILED BodiesFestival of Ideas
Cascoland Lab & KitchenFestival of Ideas
Making sense of the climate crisis through Ecological artFestival of Ideas
Illi Nodi (Look Here)Festival of Ideas
The Living CanvasFestival of Ideas
Contained Multitude: A Hand-Taste of Complex SystemsFestival of Ideas
Name, Place, Animal, ThingFestival of Ideas
“future, dear”Festival of Ideas
Under the SunFestival of Ideas
Pause - Unplug – PlayFestival of Ideas
Live - Die - RepeatFestival of Ideas
Rhizomena: Indexed Rhizome Connections and Mindful Soil Topologies Festival of Ideas
Space & PlaceFestival of Ideas
Social ListeningFestival of Ideas
Pillow StoriesFestival of Ideas
Urban cycle standsUnblock
Unearthing the PastUnblock
Daily BreadsUnblock
Dust Thou ArtInterlude
Fluid StatesInterlude
House by the SeaYellelu Yelli
Metamorphosis (Animated Short)Yellelu Yelli
The General Post Office of Yelahanka (YELLA- GPO)Yellelu Yelli
Trees’ TalesYellelu Yelli
Besen BallettYellelu Yelli
Enchantment Along the Southern Highway: Psychogeography and the Mysticism of Ordinary ExperienceYellelu Yelli
Glorious MisfitsYellelu Yelli
R.E.S.I.L.I.E.N.C.EYellelu Yelli
Wild Aesthetics of Urban EnvironmentsYellelu Yelli
SFS 2042Yellelu Yelli