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🟢 On September 10th, we kick off the autumn season and invite you to OPEN SODAS, centered this time around the concept of selfhood (savastis).
How do we grasp what is genuine and deeply our own? What shapes us and our space when we seek a safe haven or the courage to step outside familiar boundaries? How do inner layers of experience and memory transform into visuals, sound, and movement?
The OPEN SODAS program features a new exhibition, artistic discoveries, and curated musical selections, while the open studio line-up once again maps out the expansive cultural complex. Join us for the autumn season opening!
→ All events are free and open to everyone.
🟢 OPEN STUDIOS
(18:00 – 21:00)
- Joana Kairienė
- Artūras Nausėda FORMA
- Austėja Platūkytė & Biomaterials Library
- Garso generatoriai
- Rufcuts Studio
- Paulius Burakas & Martynas Gailius
- Kadrų skyrius
- Vitalij Červiakov
- Rankų darbas (Jelena Škulienė & Dileta Deikė)
- Studio TYMES
- Aistė Laisvė Viršulytė
- Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė & Dovydas Korba
- Volungė
- Ieva Rižė
- Akvilė Klimavičiūtė
- Ignas Pavliukevičius
- Palanga Street Radio
EVENT PROGRAM
18:00 – 21:00 “Resistance Song Residency” presents: Julia Constance Wiger-Nordås
Installation-Performance: “Fragments of Song as Resistance”
Studio 10 (Ground Floor) and various SODAS 2123 spaces
Marking the launch of the residency, this presentation brings together handwritten poetic text fragments exploring song as a form of resistance alongside the artist’s five-minute composition Vocalise. Throughout the spaces of SODAS 2123, the artist will perform Norwegian folk psalms in a series of short pop-up performances.
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Aron Fogelström Film Installation: “Drift”
3rd Floor / Residency Floor (Old Building, Vitebsko St. 21)
Drift (10 min, English subtitles) is a work of linguistic science fiction that transports analytical tools—voice visualization, architectural acoustics, and movement research—into a speculative space. The piece listens closely to what changes when sound begins to measure space and language returns as an altered echo.
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18:00 Curator-Led Tour of the Exhibition “Žodis žvirblis” (A Word Spoken)
SODAS 2123 Project Space
Participating artists: Gediminas G. Akstinas, Ugnė Marini Gelgotaitė, Anya Karanevskaya, Ieva Holografienė, Lukas Mykolaitis, Gerda Paliušytė, Kamilė Pikelytė, and Neda Rimaitė.
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18:30 – 21:00 TAIWAN SIGNAL
Video Art Screening + Performance
SODAS 2123 Assembly Hall
Using theatricality and humor, a collective of Taiwanese artists invites us to see and hear the world through a new lens. The screening and performance program invites the audience to step into diverse roles—both human and non-human—adopting distinct ways of perceiving the world and tuning into constantly shifting signals. Combining live performance with moving images, the program reveals hidden spaces of Taiwan, altered states of consciousness, and unique cultural landscapes.
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19:00 Exhibition Opening: “Trapūs namai” (Fragile Home)
Curator: Aistė Kisarauskaitė
Gallery “Atletika”
Participating artists: Lina Albrikienė, Žygimantas Augustinas, Jurga Barilaitė, Marius Burokas, Rokas Dovydėnas, Laura Garbštienė, Arūnas Gudaitis, Petras Išora & Ona Lozuraitytė, Jurga Juodytė, Birutė Lemkė, Saulius Leonavičius, Dainius Liškevičius, Tomas Martišauskis, Vytautas Michelkevičius & “Vaibai Ore”, Audrius Novickas, Martyna Ratnik, Marija Šnipaitė, and Dainius Trumpis.
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19:30 Vocal, Poetic, and Musical Performance
“Letmekoo: Swan Songs or Cuckoo Calls”
Vytautas Michelkevičius together with “Vaibai Ore”
Gallery “Atletika”
On the exhibition opening night, Vytautas Michelkevičius and “Vaibai Ore” will present a 30-minute vocal, poetic, and musical performance charting the history of the Lithuanian Interdisciplinary Artists’ Association (LTMKS). The performance weaves together LTMKS publications, real and imagined historical milestones, organization members, and the story of a fragile yet safe haven for artists.
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21:30 Vilnius Gallery Weekend Opening Night
SODAS 2123 Assembly Hall / Estafetė
Elena Laurinavičiūtė & Viltė Gustytė LIVE A sonic encounter between two friends. Elena plays her ceramic sculptures Promočių dronai (Ancestral Drones), while Viltė performs on her custom-built instrument Rotototoro. Their soundscape blends low frequencies, repeating melodic motifs, and distinctive instrumental timbres.
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22:00 DJ Line-up: Estafetė
SODAS 2123 Assembly Hall
Kernius (Palanga Street Radio): Music selector and DJ, a frequent navigator of online airwaves who recently traded the Scottish Highlands for the long-missed Lithuanian plains. Kernius curates an eclectic, genre-spanning soundtrack for tonight!
Wilte (Palanga Street Radio): metallic kraut dances with occasional blisters
🟢 FOOD & DRINKS
- Krosnis – Pilni žandai
- Café – Sumaniai valgau
Organized by SODAS 2123. SODAS 2123 activities are funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture and Vilnius City Municipality. Design: Marek Voida.
Photos and videos will be taken during the event and may be used for promotional purposes on social media, websites, press, and other media outlets.