Microclimates, pigeons, algae on canal walls, ride-sharing data, soil sensors, CCTV acoustics, and our own biometrics all co-produce a living feedback loop. THE CITY LISTENS BACK invites works that treat the city as a sentient mesh: code like mycelium, rivers as data pipes, bodies as antennas. We’re interested in practices that pair technology with organism — bio-sensing wearables, machine-learning trained on field recordings, e-waste turned habitat, speculative infrastructures that host both networks and nonhuman life. The show asks: when every surface is instrumented and every organism emits a signal, who is actually listening — and to whom?

FEATURED ARTISTS:
Amanda Bennetts @amanda_bennetts_ , Nick Walter @n__walt , Yujin Jung @_yuijn , Jack Jessé & Paula Molina @jack__jesse @paulandreamolina , Katya Tsareva @katyatsareva_artist , Dot Als @dot_als_ , Judy Maxwell-McNicol @weemoodyjudy , Vi @vikalinski , Bill Wang Yi @wangyi_bill , Daniel Widrig @danielwidrig , Kirill Basalaev @kirill.basalaev.art , Mashai @mashai_art

Photography: Sergey Novikov