FESTIVAL GROUNDED 2025 – 𝑂𝘋𝑃𝘖𝑅 / 𝘙𝐸𝘚𝐼𝘚𝑇𝘈𝑁𝘊𝐸

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𓍊𓋼𓍊𖡼.𖤣𖥧 𖡼.𖤣𖥧𓋼𓍊𓋼
🪸 𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐀 𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐀 : 𝐎𝐃𝐏𝐎𝐑 🪸

Odpor ni vedno junaški in viden, še manj zaželen ali razumljen. Lahko je množičen ali individualen, organiziran ali spontan, lahko izhaja iz obupa ali iz vizije prihodnosti. A vselej je znamenje preloma: z logiko oblasti, z nasiljem izključevanja, z režimi neenakosti. Odpor je zgodovinska konstanta tistih, ki jim moč ni bila dana, ampak so se jo odločili vzeti.

Človeška zgodovina je polna odporov: sužnjev, koloniziranih, zatiranih spolov, izkoriščanih delavk, razlaščenih ljudstev. Amílcar Cabral je poudarjal, da je vsak akt odpora proti kolonialnemu zatiranju tudi potrditev človeškega dostojanstva. Silvia Federici opozarja, da je odpor žensk – najpogosteje neviden – srce boja proti kapitalističnemu nadzoru nad telesom. Današnji odpori – v Gazi, v Kurdistanu, v kongovskih rudnikih, na mejah Evrope, v bojih kvir skupnosti, v delavskih stavkah in v zaporih – povezujejo mnoge zgodbe neuklonljivih bojev, pri čemer je, kot je zapisal Edward Said, »humanizem edini – upal bi si reči celo zadnji – odpor, ki ga imamo proti nečloveškim praksam in krivicam, ki so zaznamovale človeško zgodovino.«

Toda odpor ni le proti. Je tudi za: za dostojanstvo, svobodo, za skupno. Je družbena in politična imaginacija, ki si upa misliti onkraj danega. Je etika skrbi, ki ne zapade v cinizem. Je praksa skupnosti, ki ne pristane na razčlovečenje.

Festival Grounded 2025 odpira prostor za razmislek o odporu kot ključni politični kategoriji današnjega sveta. Kako vzpostaviti zavezništva med različnimi oblikami upora? Kako graditi svet, v katerem odpor ni nuja, temveč zgodovina, ki je ni bilo treba pisati? Kaj pomeni odpor znotraj sistema – v sodni praksi, v učilnicah, v javni upravi? Kako prepoznati tihi odpor, ki se ne manifestira na javnih shodih, ampak v vztrajnem študiju, raziskovanju in delu? Kako misliti upor proti kolonizaciji s strani algoritmov, ki reproducirajo neenakost, in kakšne oblike solidarnosti lahko vzniknejo v dobi umetne inteligence?

𝑶 𝑭𝑬𝑺𝑻𝑰𝑽𝑨𝑳𝑼
Grounded je festival elektronske glasbe, kritične misli in aktivizma, ki naslavlja aktualna družbena vprašanja s povezovanjem navidez nezdružljivega: deinstitucionalizirane teoretske razprave, povsakdanjenja družbenega aktivizma ter progresivne klubske elektronske kulture. V razpravah, projekcijah, predstavitvah, glasbenih nastopih in druženjih, katerih vrednostna izhodišča so enakost ne glede na osebne okoliščine, solidarnost s šibkejšimi in avtonomija posameznika_ce, udeleženke_ci iščejo informirane, argumentirane in odgovorne odzive na izzive sedanjosti in prihodnosti.
Prva izvedba festivala je bila leta 2015 na temo Avtonomija migracij, leta 2018 je bila tema Intima v času umetne inteligence, leta 2019 Avtomatizacija in oblast, leta 2020 Resnica, leta 2021 Država, 2022 Odgovornost, 2023 Mir in leta 2024 Rasizem.

Več informacij kmalu: www.grounded.si

𓍊𓋼𓍊𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𓋼𓍊𓋼
🪸 𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌𝐄 : 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 🪸

Resistance is not always heroic and visible, still less welcome or understood. It can be mass or individual, organised or spontaneous, rooted in desperation or in a vision of the future. However, it is always a sign of an interruption: to the logic of power, to the violence of exclusion, to regimes of inequality. Resistance is a historical constant of those who have not been given power, but have chosen to seize it.

History is full of resistance: of slaves, of the colonised, of the oppressed sexes, of exploited workers, of the dispossessed. Amílcar Cabral stressed that every act of resistance against colonial oppression is also an affirmation of human dignity. Silvia Federici points out that women’s resistance – most often invisible – is at the heart of the struggle against capitalist control over the body. Today’s struggles – in Gaza, in Kurdistan, in the Congolese mines, on the borders of Europe, in the struggles of queer communities, in workers’ strikes and in prisons – are linked by many stories of unrelenting struggles. As Edward Said wrote: “Humanism is the only – I would go so far as saying the final – resistance we have against the inhuman practices and injustices that disfigure human history.”

But resistance is not just opposition. It is also support: of dignity, of freedom, of the communal. It is a social and political imagination that dares to think beyond the given. It is an ethic of care that does not fall into cynicism. It is a practice of community that does not acquiesce in dehumanisation.

Festival Grounded 2025 opens a space for reflection on resistance as a key political category in today’s world. How to build alliances between different forms of resistance? How to build a world in which resistance is not a necessity, but a history that did not need to be written? What does resistance mean within the system – in the courts, in the classrooms, in the civil service? How to recognise the silent resistance that does not manifest in public rallies, but in persistent study, research and work? How to think about resistance to colonisation by algorithms that reproduce inequality, and what forms of solidarity can emerge in the age of artificial intelligence?

𝑨𝑩𝑶𝑼𝑻 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑭𝑬𝑺𝑻𝑰𝑽𝑨𝑳
Grounded is a festival of electronic music, critical thinking and activism, that addresses current social issues by combining the seemingly incompatible: deinstitutionalised theoretical debates, everyday social activism and progressive electronic club culture. Through debates, projections, presentations, music performances and hangouts – the baselines of which are equality irrespective of personal circumstances, solidarity with the weak and the autonomy to govern your own fate – the participants seek relevant, eligible and responsible answers to the contemporary challenges.
The first edition of the festival was held in 2015 with the theme Autonomy of migration. The theme in 2018 was Intimacy in the age of artificial intelligence, in 2019 Automation and Power, in 2020 Truth, in 2021 The State, in 2022 Responsibility, in 2023 Peace and in 2024 Racism.

More soon: http://grounded.si
Oblikovanje / Design: Luka Grčar