Queer Listening and Sonic Arts

Recent writing by micha cárdenas, Ren Ellis Neyra, Tina Takemoto, Kevin Quashie, Brandon LaBelle, and others has grappled with the aesthetics and politics of a queer aural imagination. This panel continues these lines of inquiry and takes seriously questions posed by charles eppley––can we even talk about "queer" sound? how do we truly conceive of "queer listening" as method or practice? We seek research or practice-based papers that explore how perspectives on sound art might unsettle normative historical and theoretical narratives and practices. To foster dynamic discussion on the relationship between art history, sound studies, queer theory, and the politics of listening in the expanded cultural sphere, we welcome art historians as well as scholars from outside the discipline, as well as artists, practitioners, and museum professionals. We are particularly interested in talks that conceive of queer listening and sonic arts as intersectional; topics of interest may touch on interspecies relationality, the climate crisis, and how queer art has been a catalyst for social change, to name just a few possible themes.