Beverley Bennett & Sam Metz: what can we learn about listening from socially engaged artists?

This episode was recorded live at a symposium titled ‘Listening Together: Practices for Community-Centred Listening’.

The symposium was hosted by the research centre Creative Research in Sound Arts Practice at London College of Communication in February 2025.

Our regular host Hannah Kemp-Welch chaired a panel with two artists: Beverley Bennett, who organises ‘gatherings’ to challenge the hierarchies inherent in workshop settings, and Sam Metz, who’s work with non-verbal participants invites listening ‘through the body’.

The panel considers the question: what can we learn about listening from socially engaged artists?