Protest As Party & Ritual
A workshop led by:
Critical Youth Sound System
28/10/2023
14:00 – 16:00
Avalon Cafe
Juno Way
London
SE14 5RZ
Description
This workshop by Critical Youth Sound System Protest intends to strengthen and share the tool of sound for resistance. The workshop will be build on legacies of protest music, chants, poetry and sound system culture through exploring how these help access healing, belonging and autonomy. Protest and and party are the rituals that embody rehearsal. Through the practice of moving our bodies, amplifying sound, it is possible to imagine new futures. What we collectively create from our workshop, the sound, the chants and the rhythms, will be used in future protests and raves. This rehearsal is not just about practice, but creating action that builds on existing legacies of resistance. Join this exploration of sound, chants, rhythm and rhymes to ask ourselves, our peers, comrades and elders; how can sound be leveraged to write the narratives of the struggle?
Biography
Critical Youth Sound System is a collective consisting of queer, global majority DJs; poets; sound system builders and engineers; community educators and activists. With humble beginnings from the street demos of Newcastle, today, you will find them at London rallies, raves and all corners of Babylon. There is no strict line between party and protest: all practices of collective freedom require the vibrations of sound.
