Can music speak out on issues that are important to us? Can values be discussed through sound? Which sounds communicate discord, and which convey joy? Can music change the world?
Music activists are young people who use sound to talk about themselves and what matters to them. Drawing on their dreams, personal emotions, and sounds that are close to their hearts, they create original soundscapes – intimate, moving, and full of imagination.
Music Activists is a series of artistic meetings based on working with sound, narration, and imagination, combining auditory and visual activities. Participants in the workshops create original audiospheres from recordings of their surroundings, voices, silence, rhythm, and simple stories, while simultaneously working with images – drawings, collages, visual notes, and graphic sound scores inspired by dreams and personal associations. Sound and image intertwine, building a multidimensional story about emotions, thoughts, and imaginary worlds.
The current edition of Music Activists is closed to the public, and we are not accepting registrations. Patients from the Psychiatric Ward of the Children’s Memorial Health Institute are participating in the program.
The project consists of eight meetings:
The groups will remain in dialogue with each other by exchanging audio recordings.
The workshops will result in audio recordings (broadcasts/podcasts/sound collages) and visual materials that can be presented at the hospital and shared with other patients. The entire project will conclude with an intimate vernissage combined with an improvised micro-concert. Invited musicians will interpret the works of the young participants, giving them a new, lively sound.
The project creates a safe space for expression, strengthens the sense of agency, and provides the experience of being heard. Music Activists turns listening into action and sound into a personal message addressed to the world.
