Listen Club #36: Claudia Molitor 'The unheard also glistens'
Schedule
Wed, 24 Jun, 2026 at 07:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
The Rose Hill | Brighton, EN
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In this listening club Claudia will present work that proposes a speculative sonic storytelling rooted in an ethics of care which calls on our creative imagination to build empathy towards the more-than-human world. In particular the work 'The unheard also glistens' invites the listener to imagine hidden worlds in urban spaces, mixing storytelling, field recordings, foley and music. It asks what if the lichen, W**d, or insect community had a musical life, what if we could hear it, what if by listening we thought differently about their worlds and acted upon that new perspective.
Instead of pressure washing it off walls or spraying insect repellant, might we instead marvel at their beauty and appreciate how important they are to us and planetary health?
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Claudia Molitor is a composer and artist whose work hovers between music and sound art, extending across contemporary art practices, such as video and installation art. Exploring the role listening can play in our world is central to much of her practice.
Some recent work the audio-visual installation Listen to my World which toured to Wilde Western (Kortrijk/Belgium), Spor (Aarhus/Denmark), hcmf// (Huddersfield/UK), Onassis Cultural Centre (Athens/Greece), Time of Music (Viitasaari/Finland); A Thousand Words for Weather produced and commissioned by Artangel, installed at Senate House Library; and Fever for the 8 trumpet Monochrome Project, performed at hcmf// and Merz Musik (Berlin).
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About Listen Club
A programme of unusual sound-works, soundscape composition, and music from the present and the past, chosen by Sound Art Brighton artists and invited guests.
Listen club is all about coming together to listen to music with the possibility of sharing impressions and casual discussion afterwards. Listen Club hopes to provide a counterpoint to the quick paced personal consumption of music with a more patient shared experience; a deep listen, together, in order to foster community.
Curators will guide the experience - briefly discussing the details of the selections and providing background on the music and artists chosen. We aim to present a variety of styles and listening experiences that may include anything from long duration singular sound works to a series of work on a particular theme. On average we will listen together for 45min to an hour, with time for discussion and conversation afterwards.
Once a month, 7-9pm, at The Rose Hill
About Sound Art Brighton
Sound Art Brighton is an independent initiative that celebrates the presence of sound art in Brighton, UK. Building on the wide interest this art form has attracted in the city, we promote the diversity of sound in its intrinsic relations with other arts and the everyday. We reach out to all practitioners and facilitators engaged in this hybrid art form and who contribute in their sonic ways to Brighton’s urban environment and communal life. Our activities include city-wide events, a partner network, an interactive website and research projects.
https://soundartbrighton.com
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Where is it happening?
The Rose Hill, 70-71 Rose Hill Terrace,Brighton and Hove, Brighton, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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