Lauren Brown

A listening party between two people, this performance is about that intimate moment of sharing music. Sitting in the gallery, armed with a set of headphones, ready to listen to whatever you give me. Choose something for me. Is it insightful? or punishing? Does it tell me something about you? or something about me? For that three minutes, or 30 seconds, we will be connected by what i’m listening to, and what you imagine i’m listening to. Like a single-moment mix-tape, Give Me Something to Listen To is a shared moment between artist and audience, and between fellow listeners. Audience are encouraged to bring something for the artist to listen to: plug their device in – their ipod, phone, CD disc man, boom box – anything that headphones can plug in to.

Based in Melbourne and Berlin, Lauren Brown graduated from RMIT University in Melbourne, with an interest in the action of listening and the culture of sound in public space. Her conceptual art practice encompasses performance, installation, text and sound technology with a focus on works in public and/or community engaged practice. She is currently thinker-in-residence at CIA studios in Perth, Western Australia.

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