resistance song residency
The Resistance Song Residency, organized by Sodas 2123, is a three-month artistic and research-based residency in Vilnius, Lithuania, dedicated to exploring the intersection of resistance, solidarity, and healing through music and sound-making. Open to sound artists, visual and performance artists, humanities researchers and activists, the program invites six selected participants to investigate and interpret the role of song and sound in collective resilience and cultural expression. Through artistic experimentation, interdisciplinary research, and collaboration, the residency critically examines the role of sound and performance as catalysts for resistance, solidarity, and collective action.
Through an interdisciplinary approach, the program explores how singing functions as an act of resistance and community-building, particularly in an era defined by individualism. Hosted by SODAS 2123, the residency provides an infrastructure for in-depth research and creative experimentation, encouraging participants to investigate questions such as:
What does collective singing signify in today’s society?
How can sound and song function as healing practices?
In what ways can performative rituals serve as acts of resistance?
During the residency, participants are encouraged to make at least one open presentation of their work on the theme of collective singing as an act of resistance. Depending on the approach of the artists themselves, this may include:
Collective Singing: A Tool for Resistance and Belonging
Sound as Healing Practice: Listening, Transformation, Recovery
Performative Rituals: Reclaiming the Sacred, Reimagining the Political