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(LISTEN) is a participatory soundwalk by Christine Sun Kim, realized in October at 14th Street and Avenue C in Manhattan, on the fiftieth anniversary of Max Neuhaus’s original Listen (1966). The work invites Deaf, Hard of Hearing (HoH), and hearing participants to experience the city’s soundscape through Kim’s personal and social perspective, emphasizing multisensory and non-cochlear forms of listening.
Through guided walks past the Con Edison power plant, community gardens, and subway stations, Kim foregrounds the social, cultural, and political dimensions of sound, integrating sight, touch, vibration, and memory alongside textual captions. (LISTEN) challenges conventional soundwalking practices that prioritize hearing norms and detachment, offering instead an empathetic, community-centered exploration of sound that redefines the soundscape from a Deaf cultural standpoint.
The work critiques dominant ideologies of listening, highlights barriers imposed by ableist and audist systems, and situates sound as a subjective, socially embedded, and decolonial practice. By revisiting Neuhaus’s original Listen, Kim expands the boundaries of sound art, exploring how perception, memory, and multisensory engagement can create inclusive and critical sonic experiences.
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EPPLEY, Charles. A Map of a Sound as a Space: Christine Sun Kim’s (LISTEN) (2016). The Journal of Media Art Study and Theory, v. 2, n. 2, 2021. Sound, Colonialism, and Power. Available at: <www.mast-journal.org>. Accessed on: 8/12/2025.
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