Workshop & Talk with Brandon LaBelle at Kunstverein Bielefeld: Sound, Memory, and Dialogue

An intense afternoon for everyone who wants to experience art as a living space for thought

The Workshop & Talk with Brandon LaBelle on July 26, 2026, at the Kunstverein Bielefeld brings lecture and workshop into a joint, rich event experience. From 3:00 PM to 5:30 PM, a space opens up for listening, remembering, sound, and joint reflection within the framework of the exhibition read to/for | I read to sense the doubling of time. ([bielefeld.jetzt](https://www.bielefeld.jetzt/node/1926648))

A lecture that makes the inner archive audible

Brandon LaBelle focuses on memory and past experience as an inner archive in his performative lecture. The artist, author, and theorist has been working for years on questions of community, poetics, and radical hospitality, combining situational methods with collaborative formats in his projects. His practice is internationally visible and includes performances, installations, and research projects around sound, listening, and social transformation. ([brandonlabelle.net](https://brandonlabelle.net/biography/?utm_source=openai))

Workshop atmosphere between theory and practice

The subsequent workshop focuses on the listening effect: How does listening shape private and public life? How does it act as a force, as an attitude, as a social practice? Kunstverein Bielefeld emphasizes mediation, exchange, and experimental formats that open up art as an experiential field. This creates the unique audience atmosphere of this afternoon: concentrated, open, dialogical, and close to current discourses. ([bielefeld.jetzt](https://www.bielefeld.jetzt/node/1926648))

The venue: Kunstverein Bielefeld as a stage for contemporary art

Kunstverein Bielefeld was founded in 1929 and sees itself as a space for aesthetic experiments and a place for contemporary debates. The location is centrally located at Welle 61 in Bielefeld; there are restrooms on site, but the entrance is not barrier-free. For visitors, arriving via tram line 1 to Adenauerplatz is the most straightforward route. ([kunstverein-bielefeld.de](https://www.kunstverein-bielefeld.de/de/kvb))

What guests can expect at this event

The format combines lecture, discussion, and practical exercises into a compact art event with depth of content. Those interested in exhibition context, mediation, sound research, and participatory art will experience a precisely curated program with high thematic density. The result is an afternoon that visibly brings together thinking and perception. ([bielefeld.jetzt](https://www.bielefeld.jetzt/node/1926648))

Conclusion: The Workshop & Talk with Brandon LaBelle promises an inspiring mix of lecture, reflection, and workshop experience at Kunstverein Bielefeld. Those who want to experience contemporary art not only visually but in dialogue should not miss this live event. ([bielefeld.jetzt](https://www.bielefeld.jetzt/node/1926648))

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• Brandon LaBelle - Biography