OPEN SODAS

The artists are not afraid of the winter winds, so they open the studios again at the OPEN SODAS event!
OPEN SODAS is an event open to conversations, exchange of ideas, insights and creative energy. On November 25, in the cultural complex SODAS 2123, artists and organizations invite you to participate in a program full of presentations of works, discussions and exhibition tours, and in the evening a unique opportunity awaits you to experience the biggest and most important Rakija Klezmer Orkestar “A Chasene!” concert this year.

Participants:
EMILIJA ŠKARNULYTĖ
AUSTĖJA PLATŪKYTĖ
JONAS LITVINAS
ARIEL INK
ONA LOZURAITYTĖ AND PETRAS IŠORA
TOMAS MARTIŠAUSKAS
VOLUNGĖ
OMID ASADI
VILMA BADER
FAMM
ARCHITEKTŪROS FONDAS
SPONGE

RESIDENCY PROGRAM:
Vilma Bader
Omid Asadi

6pm-8pm „TAKAIS“ ALBUM „20 MINUTE DRIVE“ AUDIOVISUAL INSTALLATION
In the Art Lab space, you will have the opportunity to see and hear the animations of the recently released second album “20 minute drive” by the electronic music producer, SODAS2123 resident Jonas Litvinas, which the author created by hand with the help of artificial intelligence.
📍„Alt Lab“ space (3 floor)

6pm-9pm EXHIBITION #19 | MARTA VOSYLIŪTĖ. PAPJAUTI ĮSRIŽAINĘ
More information: https://fb.me/e/3IgBYTWPr
📍Architektūros fondas, SODAS 2123.

6:30pm EXHIBITION TOUR AROUND “EXPERIMENTS’ PLATFORM: “WHAT DO WE… ?”
This year’s Experiments Platform programme invites you to delve into three questions: “What do we have?”, “What do we need?” and “What do we want?”, which open up three interconnecting pathways for the participants’ research and the platform programme.
More information: https://fb.me/e/2jFogctc2 
📍SODAS 2123 ground floor hall.

7PM RAKIJA KLEZMER ORKESTAR „A CHASENE!” ALBUM LAUNCH
Longly accumulated, planned, prepared and dreamt. Rakija Klezmer Orkestar loves their second album „A CHASENE“. On this occasion, band gives You it‘s three biggest concerts tour around Lithuania, which they will start in the place, where the album have born – Vilnius. In Rasos district existing cultural complex called „SODAS 2123“ will host biggest so far Rakija Klezmer Orkestar concert this year. Band prepared 2 parts program with smoothly incorporating not only melodies from newest album, but also some glance of upcoming. Rakija will be joined by some secret guests and surprises, which You will be able to experience only by coming to a concert.
More information: https://fb.me/e/2gOkPEfA6
📍SODAS 2123 assembly hall.

8pm TOUR OF THE “RESPAWN” EXHIBITION WITH CURATOR IGNAS PAVLIUKEVIČIUS.
An exhibition titled ‘Respawn’ by Finnish artist Hanna Ijäs and Icelandic artist Bryndís Björnsdóttir (Dísa) opened at Atletika gallery (Vitebsko 21, Vilnius) on 27 October 2022, curated by Ignas Pavliukevičius and AI language model GPT3. This exhibition is the result of the two-month artist residency at the cultural centre SODAS 2123.
More information: https://fb.me/e/3dlENeoi2
📍 „Atletika“ gallery.

RESIDENCY PROGRAMME:

VILMA BADER INSTALLATION
Now and Then weaves together histories, stories, rituals and memories to expand on broader ideas around communal life and cultural and historical heritage. It is an immersive exploration, an active but non-intrusive attempt towards an archaeology of ‘place’. The work culminates in a wall installation, consisting of an assemblage of minimal paintings reflecting on the locality of a specific place. There are in addition two large felt banners expressing polar opposite psychological statements inviting us to consider the psychology of place. How do places shape our state of mind? How do we impact them?
📍Residencies floor.

OMID ASADI INSTALLATION FLÂNEUR PRESENTATION
Flâneur is a French term meaning ‘stroller’ or ‘loafer’ used by nineteenth-century French poet Charles Baudelaire to identify an observer of modern urban life.
For this project, Asadi explored the city of Vilnius and sought what immediately came to his eyes the most, exploring the city everyday walking for hours. During these walks and experiencing the city, Asadi had been seeking news about the situation (he calls it a revolution) in his country of birth, Iran. The artist’s exploration of the city was mixed with a timeline of everyday news that came from Iran and this has influenced his presentation at SODAS 2123.
More information: https://fb.me/e/28n217FnW
📍Hubris.

10pm CIRCUS OPERANDI
https://fb.me/e/368Hp4KPO
📍SODAS 2123 bar.

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, as well as the Stabilisation Fund for Culture and Education 2022 of the German Federal Foreign Office and the Goethe-Institut.

Main information partner 15 min.

Design – Marek Voida.