This research project investigates ideas for the transformation of listening. How can we weave artistic and pedagogical methods into a learning structure that facilitates the development of a collective listening consciousness on a micro-political scale?

a small listening gesture is a praxis of ΦΑΝΤΟΜ power, as I named in my thesis the invisible power of the collective that is generated when we question how we listen and are listened to. Each gesture was realised with a different group of people in a different place, forming temporary alliances and listening environments, that gradually composed a “network”. It started with small groups that are part of my everyday life from a friendly living-room to the staff room at my workplace, and it expanded to the public sphere from a university hallway to an art gallery. Starting from the idea of audibility as a condition that affects deeply individual and collective agency, the workshop aims to awaken a collective listening consciousness in each group and create a network of conscious listeners. The network remains open and proposes a toolkit for future listening gestures. Envisioning these gestures multiplying and generating collective power, I propose these acts as a way to move towards equal audibility.