FREE ENTRY / Treehouse NDSM - Open Call: "Attuning the Ears"

Listening is seemingly often undervalued across society when compared to the magnitude of the ocular. However, the tides are slowly shifting. Over the past few decades, an increased focus on listening in multiple cultural fields has led to an unfurling of our understanding of the potential that this sense possesses. 

When we speak of listening in a colloquial sense, it is often associated with individual perception, to take into account every word, sound, or noise from a particular object or subject which we are dedicating our full attention to. There is an active effort to neglect surrounding sounds or noises in order to focus on a singular point, which can be a deep conversation, a concert, playing music at home, or focusing on the sounds of birds singing. It is important to note the distinction between hearing and listening. Hearing is considered a more passive way of receiving sounds that…