Ira Hadžić
OPERATION DEEP LISTENING – An Architectural Score for Listening and Moving
Installation, June 2023 – Stairwells of the Artist Studios, Adalbertstraße 9, Kreuzberg, Berlin

OPERATION DEEP LISTENING invites visitors to rediscover one of humanity’s oldest—and most endangered—abilities: the art of truly listening. Installed throughout the staircases of a vibrant artist studio building in Berlin’s Kreuzberg district, this bilingual (English/German) installation offers a series of poetic, kōan-like instruction scores. These written prompts transform the space into an immersive, participatory landscape, encouraging movement, reflection, and an intimate dialogue with architecture. In this context, listening becomes a tool for heightened perception—a quiet method of attuning to the subtle layers of space, presence, and relation.