Could individual and collective acts of listening help to heal communities and ecosystems?
The Body Listens is a community art project that focuses on listening and mending as acts of ecological solidarity and collective healing.
The project includes a community installation, performance, artist talk and online tool kit.
The project includes a community installation, performance, artist talk and online tool kit.
NATURE WALK with J.B. WILLIAMS
Sign up for the nature walk HERE
The nature walk will begin at 10 am on Sunday, July 13th, the morning after the community installation.
Meet up location is in front of the Petting Zoo in Miiqan (Beacon Hill Park).
The nature walk will begin at 10 am on Sunday, July 13th, the morning after the community installation.
Meet up location is in front of the Petting Zoo in Miiqan (Beacon Hill Park).
COMMUNITY EVENT: THE BODY LISTENS
Saturday, July 12th, 11 - 4, Miiqan (left of the bandshell), performance and opening remarks 11 am.
Community members participated in The Body Listens by individually stitching hand-dyed listening bands in response to their unique experiences of listening to the sounds of nature. The listening bands will become part of an outdoor textile installation that will take place in Miqən (Beacon Hill Park) on unceded Lək̓ʷəŋən Territories (Victoria, BC) on July 12, 2025. The community installation will begin at 11 am with a performance Ear to the Ground by the artist Connie Michele Morey, and will remain open to the public until 4 pm on July 12th.
The Body Listens is part of Engage with Nature-Based Solutions through the Arts, in partnership with Dr. Kris Dubrawski and Dr. Maleea Acker from the University of Victoria, and is funded by Environment and Climate Change Canada. For more information on the inspiring work being done through ENBS visit this link.
The Body Listens is part of Engage with Nature-Based Solutions through the Arts, in partnership with Dr. Kris Dubrawski and Dr. Maleea Acker from the University of Victoria, and is funded by Environment and Climate Change Canada. For more information on the inspiring work being done through ENBS visit this link.
WHY LISTENING?
Listening is a form of attentiveness. When we actively listen, we are open and present. This impacts our physiology in positive ways. It also opens us up to receive information from the world, and increases our receptivity and connection with those we listen to and with. This is not only true of listening to humans but also when we listen to nature. When we feel connected to the communities and ecosystems we are a part of, we have a greater capacity to engage with empathy and compassion.
PROJECT PARTNERS
Christina Morey
Knotty by Nature
The City of Victoria
The University of Victoria
Dr. Maleea Acker
Dr. Kris Dubrawski
Environment and Climate Change Canada
The Body Listens is a studio project initiated and organized by artist Connie Michele Morey.
Knotty by Nature
The City of Victoria
The University of Victoria
Dr. Maleea Acker
Dr. Kris Dubrawski
Environment and Climate Change Canada
The Body Listens is a studio project initiated and organized by artist Connie Michele Morey.
The Body Listens takes place on the unceded territories of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Kosapsum) and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples. The organizers of the project stand in solidarity with Indigenous communities by actively listening and learning about local Indigenous cultures, taking action to address the ongoing impacts of colonialism, and by acknowledging Indigenous rights to sovereignty as caretakers of these lands.
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