Table ronde “À l’écoute du vivant”

Join us for “Listening to the Living,” an event dedicated to listening as a way of connecting with and coexisting alongside the environments we inhabit. Organised by d-o-t-s (Laura Drouet & Olivier Lacrouts) as part of their ongoing project Aquacanta, the event invites participants to explore listening as a critical, creative, and ecological tool for engaging with the world.

The event takes the form of a three-part round table bringing together artists Benoît Renaudin and Pablo Diserens for a shared exploration of their respective eco-acoustic practices.

1. “Troubled Waters: Exploring River Ecosystems through Sound Objects” — talk by Benoît Renaudin

Benoît Renaudin will present his research and creative work at the intersection of design, performance, and experimental music. Currently pursuing a PhD within the SACRe programme at ENSAD (Paris) and HEAD – Geneva, his project Créer les portes-voix du vivant (“Creating the Megaphones of the Living”) investigates how design can be used to forge new relationships with ecosystems. Through interactive objects, scenographies, and sound-based installations, Renaudin seeks to make the voices of the living world more audible and perceptible – revealing the ecological potential of attentive design practices.
www.benoitrenaudin.com / @benoit.ren

2. “Listening Toward the Permeable” — talk by Pablo Diserens

Pablo Diserens will offer an immersive presentation of their artistic and acoustic fieldwork through a projection of images and environmental recordings gathered from various landscapes. Taking inspiration from the permeable skin of amphibians, Pablo approaches listening as a way of becoming porous – a state in which the boundaries between self and world dissolve into a continuous, filtering exchange. Through sound, somatic attunement, bioacoustic exploration, and artistic research, Pablo proposes a way of existing among aquatic bodies, nurturing interspecies kinship and a more fluid, planetary way of thinking.
www.pablodiserens.studio / @pablodiserens

3. Conversation moderated by d-o-t-s

In the final part of the round table, the two artists will engage in a dialogue with the audience moderated by d-o-t-s, discussing the political and poetic dimensions of listening and the role of sound in reshaping relationships with place and the more-than-human worlds. This open exchange will offer an opportunity to reflect on permeability, sonic intimacy, and listening as a transformative, living practice.

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“Listening to the Living” is organised by d-o-t-s (Laura Drouet & Olivier Lacrouts) as part of their project Aquacanta, presented within the LUGA festival from 24 May to 14 September 2025.

For more information: [email protected] / @we_are_dots