Listening Hymns: Sonic Antifascism by ILYICH (Anton Kats) is a performative spoken-word archive. The project is the residue of the artist's multi-year research exploring sound and listening as generative practices within the research trajectory of Sonic Antifascism, and asks: how can sonic practice articulate antifascist cultural work?
Tracing ways of listening through the words of artists, musicians, poets, writers, cultural practitioners, meditators and activists, among others, the ever-growing selection of voices follows listening as both a performative and a sonic practice. The archive draws on themes of anti-racism and intersectional feminism, sonic and somatic practices, critical theory and abolitionism, spirit and ritual, allyship, community building, education, sound studies and politics.
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Sonic Acts Biennial 2026 was a citywide arts manifestation taking place from 5 February to 29 March across 23 locations in Amsterdam. Titled Melted for Love, the programme was visited by more than 21.000 people and featured cutting-edge performances, contemporary sound experiments, and multidisciplinary art by over 200 international artists.
The Symposium, which took place at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam on 28 February and 1 March 2026, brought together performances and lectures by Yuk Hui, Flavia Dzodan, Steve Goodman (Kode9), Eleni Ikoniadou, Salomé Voegelin, Ayesha Hameed & Aimée Theriot, Margarida Mendes, Yazan Khalili, pantea, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Busher Kanj, Amr Mdah & Fabio Cervi, and ILYICH.
→ Continue reading at 2026.sonicacts.com
CREDITS
Concept, performance, modular synthesis: ILYICH
Voices (in order of appearance): James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni, Rae Johnson, Dylan Robinson, Vaginal Davis, Paul Kivel, Ligia Lewis and Anton Kats, Busta Rhymes, Sister Tue Nghiem, Col. Bruce Hampton, Candice Hopkins
Production: Sonic Acts
Camera, editing, sound: Engage! TV
Intro sound: KMRU & Aho Ssan
Design: Knoth & Renner with Anja Kaiser
This video is realised as part of New Perspectives for Action, a project by Re-Imagine Europe, co-funded by the European Union.
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