i can't hear you

The simple phrase “i can’t hear you” has become a symptom of the present. Being a substantial part of every video call, it opens up a field of conflicts between varying ideas of work, social distance, hearing and sounding. The event series i can’t hear you is a proposal to dissect words within the lexical field of work focusing on the notion of performance. In the process, we want to deeper understand how people do and could communicate, collaborate and relate to each other throughout the various structures, spaces, affects and meanings associated with ideas of work.

30 April 2021
Live broadcast 1. come equal
with
Anna Zawadzka “What would you tell your employer if you could speak freely?” interviews playout and online interview
Ralf Wendt “Rolling Roles and Rules” - Questioning “hierarchy-free” communication performative lecture and a group laboratory situation

03 July 2021
Event 2. Text - Körper - Text
with
handverlesen with Lea Schneider and Kassandra Wedel “Text - Körper - Text”
collaborative text production workshop and public, work-in-progress performance

04 September 2021
Event 3. slow core
with
Raluca Croitoru “sound sound marks”
workshop and soundscape focused on the acoustic properties of our work environments
FemmeFitness “Over (Stretch)”
class of low energy stretch routines

11 September 2021
Event 4. Diantara
with
Ariel Orah and Bilawa Respati from Soydivision Kollektiv “Diantara”
a live radio drama musical and culinary tasting performance

02 October 2021
Event 5. embedded – when i was with you i was a
with
Juliana Lindenhofer
fluid sculptures and a DJ set
Brad Nath “grounds for a workshop"
a workshop for listening to pavement stones

Documentary materials and conceptual results from all the events were included in a vinyl record released and realized by Research and Waves together with the invited participants. The record release event took place on 18 March 2023 through together Folding Workshop by Research and Waves and performance by Tatiana Echeverri Fernandez.