From the wingbeats and calls of migrating waterbirds to the soft churn of tidal flows through barene, from the whisper of reeds to the distant murmur of cormorants and crabs, every corner of the lagoon carries its own sonic story. Yet many of these voices are fading—dampened by rising noise, industrial pressure, water traffic, and the continuing loss of wetland habitats.

The aim of the workshop is to bring citizens (humans) of every age given the possibility to explore the lagoon in an unexpected way. By listening to it, to feel and hear (and so, to attune) to the lagoon as a complex living system, and successively to compose within the biodiversity orchestra.

Through guided deep listening and field recording in-situ, participants will explore the fragile and beautiful intersections between humans and the more-than-human communities that sustain the lagoon. Together, we will attune and compose, learning to hear the textures of tidal flats, salt marsh grasses, lagoon waters, nocturnal insects, and hidden estuarine ecologies anew—tuning our attention toward care, imagination, and sound ecology. The biodiversity that moves beneath human perception in these wetlands is almost infinite, if we are willing to listen closely enough to meet it.

Sound becomes an instrument of sensitive exploration of the fragile ecological processes that shape the lagoon, and a means to "compose with ecosystemic rights" within the unheard orchestra between human and more-than-human elements. The workshop is conceived to culminate in the creation of a collective sound composition that functions as a soundscape within the context of Nature Speaks — grounding the work carried out by TBA21 in the field of Rights of Nature, through the support of the Confluence of the European Water Bodies and the Declaration of the Rights of the Venice Lagoon.

We recommend that participants bring waterproof boots or shoes, earphones, and, for those who wish, a notebook for writing.

Letizia Artioli is a sound artist and PhD researcher investigating the invisible relationships between human beings and water ecologies as a matter for research and creation. Based between Venice and The Netherlands,always below sea level. In her projects sounds and data are challenged as unexpected archives and instruments,as po(i)etic attuners for sensing in public spaces and liminal ecosystems.Founder of VCCP Venice Climate Change Pavilion (EU4Ocean).

Marta Picciulin is a researcher in bioacoustics and ecoacoustics, she develops non-invasive techniques to monitor aquatic ecosystems, focusing on species of conservation concern. Her work spans passive acoustic bio-monitoring, the distribution of sound-producing fish in Venetian coastal waters, and anthropogenic noise impacts on marine organisms. She participates in the Horizon project SATURN and the Interreg SOUNDSCAPE project, and serves on the advisory board of the Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life conference. Co-author of approximately 50 scientific works.