OPEN SODAS: CHILDHOOD

2025-01-24

This year’s first OPEN SODAS invites you to explore the theme of childhood. The former school building will be wide open for discoveries, experiences and ideas! 🩷

We will present a group exhibition exploring childhood in the “Atletika” gallery and invite you to a guided tour of the Algirdas Jakas exhibition. Our international artist in residence will invite you to a workshop. Of course, there will be cartoons! Film studios will present a programme of short films! 🎈

OPEN STUDIOS
[6PM – 9PM]

○ Austėja Platūkytė and Biomaterial Library
○ Design studio FORMA
○ Vaiva Grainytė
○ Volungė
○ Akvilė Klimavičiūtė
○ Alt lab
○ Joana Kairienė
○ Kristin Wiking
○ Ariel Ink
○ Spongė

EVENTS:

6PM – 9PM
🟣 Exhibition “Circuit Board” by Algirdas Jakas
6.30PM Guided tour of the exhibition with the author
SODAS 2123 Project Space

More about the exhibition: https://fb.me/e/2USDod1lM

6PM – 7PM
🟣 The Mending Hour. Ingrid’s Pajo Workshop
Studio 10A (1st floor)

In this mending event we will darn the broken woolen socks, mittens or other knitted material. While working together, also other tips and tricks of fixing, adjusting and re-using worn-out clothing will be shared.

For participants -> bring your broken socks or other knits and if you wish, also some yarn

6PM – 7PM
🟣 Film programme of the animation studios ARTSHOT and KADRŲ SKYRIUS
SODAS 2123 Main Hall

Movies: „Kanopos ir pačiūžos” dir. Ignas Meilūnas, „Matilda ir atsarginė galva” dir. Ignas Meilūnas, „Pieno baras” dir. Urtė Oettinger

7PM
🟣 Opening of the group exhibition “Bakakay”
“Atletika” gallery

Curators: Monika Kornilova ir Artūras Mitinas
Artists: Stephanie Baechler, Sara Bjarland, Ina Budrytė, Polyrabbit Duplicate, Monika Kornilova, Artūras Mitinas, Simonas Nekrošius, Hanna Umin

Event: https://fb.me/e/5aForabLS

7.30PM
🟣 Open studios tour
Start at the entrance to the “Atletika” Gallery

8PM – 9PM
🟣 Instruction by Artur Bumstein “Text Score” (2018)
Performed by Justina Mykolaitytė
SODAS 2123 corridors

9PM
🟣 Simonas Nekrošius LIVE
SODAS 2123 Main Hall

More programme to be announced soon.

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

The event is organized by SODAS 2123.

The activities of SODAS 2123 are financed by the Lithuanian Council of Culture and Vilnius City Municipality.

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.

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.