First steps into someone else’s ears: the initial activities of Do You Hear What I Hear?

Do You Hear What I Hear (DYHWIH) is an interdisciplinary project that aims to explore how diversity in auditory sensory experiences might be shared through technologically-assisted arts performances. The project incorporates participatory performance and augmented-reality audio in an investigation of aural empathy. The presentation will cover the project’s origins; share influential work by other artists and organisations; document the initial activities of DYHWIH; consider the ethics of ‘trying on someone else’s ears’; and forecast some potential future outcomes of the project.