OPEN SODAS: MOVEMENT

The last day of October invites you to move around the spaces of the cultural complex SODAS 2123. Moving images on the screens will catch the eye – we will present three artists’ films. The Atletika Gallery will open a new exhibition accompanied by an opening performance. SODAS 2123 resident will invite you for a performative walk. To make sure there is plenty of movement, SODAS 2123 artists will invite you to visit their studios.

OPEN STUDIOS
[6PM – 9PM]

○ Dominykas Daunys
○ Garso generatoriai
○ Volungė
○ Guoda Jaruševičiūtė (Unarcheology)
○ Jūsų Grindys Mūsų Lubos
○ Rokas Pralgauskas
○ Vitalij Červiakov
○ TYMES studio
○ Austėja Platūkytė and Biomaterial Library
○ Rankų darbas
○ Paulius Burakas and Martynas Gailius
○ RUFCUTS

2PM
Presentation and delivery of the publication “Walking is still honest*”
Bar „Estafetė“

Publication Walking is still honest* — a collection of moments and reflections from last year’s symposium, Walking Is Still Honest*: About Being and Moving Together.

We’ll meet at the Estafetė Café in SODAS 2123 and walk to the print shop to pick up the freshly printed copies, then deliver them back to SODAS 2123, just in time for the Open Sodas: Movement event. The round trip will cover about 12 km, so be prepared for a few hours of walking, and bring a backpack if you’d like to help with the delivery!

6PM
Screening of Giorgio Ruggeri and Ignė Narbutaitė’s short film “Piove a Wilno” and discussion with the filmmakers
SODAS 2123 Project Space

6.30PM
Opening and performance of Sam Keogh’s exhibition “The Unicorn Surrenders to the Maiden Cartoon”.
Gallery “Atletika”

Curated by David Dale Gallery

Event: https://fb.me/e/41E6eIkid

7PM
Screening of a film ‘SWANBACK’ by Marija Nemčenko. The film will be presented by its producer Rūta Kiaupaitė and cinematographer Nojus Drąsutis.
SODAS 2123 project space

SWANBACK is a hybrid film by Marija Nemcenko that blends fictional and documentary narratives exploring how within both British and Russian imperialisms the symbol of the swan – associated with truth, purity and aristocracy – has been used to strengthen the structures of oppression on people’s lives and upon their bodies.

8PM
SODAS 2123 residency: screening of Afrang Malekian’s “Karaoke Kriminals” and discussion with the filmmaker
SODAS 2123 Project Space

Karaoke Kriminals sheds light on the clandestine dissemination of music since the 1979 Revolution in Iran and explores how music is used to shape national identity in post-colonial states in Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA). This work invites participation in two outlawed narratives: “128 kbt/s of Pixelated Dyed Blonde Hair” and “Dressed as Mannequins With Pupil-Less Eyes.”

8PM
Slam: Europaletė’24
SODAS 2123 Main Hall

Registration: aciukadrasote@gmail.com
After the slam there will be a musical performance by Domantas Bagdonas and Lukas Černiauskas

Event: https://fb.me/e/78nFmul5M

INSTALLATIONS

18:00 – 21:00
Sculptural installation “Goodbye, Silica!” by Bon Alog
1st floor

‘…I am on the carpet of dunes, laying and thinking of nothing, soaked in ambience of the sea washing the shore. <…> Sandcastles have been built, washed over and over again.’

This long term ongoing project collecting silica gel packets from various daily purchases, reflects both communal and personal responsibility as well as an ostensible anonymity of mass processes. It conveys my interest in the concept of the “invisible horizon.”. Silica permeates our everyday lives, appearing in items ranging from computer microchips to building materials. Artistic research sheds light on how urbanization is shaped by deep-seated economic trends. This piece contemplates the notion of change and the paradox inherent in humanity’s progression: how our drive toward both innovation and self-destruction seems inescapable.

18:00 – 21:00
Sound installation “Save a dying bird?” by Jung Hsu’s
Studio 10A (1st floor)

In the 18th, miners used canaries as early detectors of lethal gases, a practice that elicited guilt as these birds sacrificed their lives. This reflects human-nature relationship, shifting from exploitation to empathy. Collective guilt inspires restoration efforts, yet, it might be too late. A melting wax canary bird symbolizes our failed attempts to preserve nature, which partly gone in time.

MUSIC

6PM – 8 PM
Improvised vinyl record DJ set by sound artist Arturas Bumšteinas
3rd floor corridor

10PM
Marek Voida & K.S
„Estafetė“ bar

OPEN SODAS programme is free of charge and open to all visitors.

SODAS 2123 cultural centre is a self-governing community-based space, operated and curated by the Lithuanian Interdisciplinary Artists’ Association. It brings together creators and researchers from different fields, with practices based on experimentation, developing unexpected formats, and responding to the latest cultural, social, geopolitical and ecological issues.

The event is organized by SODAS 2123 together with the LTMKS.
The activities of LTMKS are financed by the Lithuanian Council of Culture and Vilnius City Municipality.

Design – Marek Voida

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The event will be filmed and photographed. Videos and/or photographs taken during the event may be published and broadcast live on the Organiser’s social networks (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube), website, as well as other advertising or information dissemination media.