We often engage with musical practices as strategies of resistance that may be cathartic, communicative, and subversive. The Sound of Resistance endeavers to be an ever growing encyclopedia of the traditions of musical development and resistance in countries throughout the world.Music as a Cultural Bridge
The language of music is universal. Although each culture produces its own specific musical forms, the appeal that these forms hold is not limited to any particular time or place. Like the other arts, music is able to transcend the arbitrary boundaries that humans devise to separate themselves from others.
Escopetarrista Cesar Lopez
As the inventor of the escopetarra—a rifle transformed into a guitar—Cesar Lopez breathes life into instruments of death. In response to the violence that has plagued his home in Bogota, Colombia, Lopez has discovered a way to channel this violence into "art, where creation triumphs over destruction."
Hich Kas: Bunch of Soldiers
cultures of resistance IN ACTION teamed up with Hich Kas to produce this track and video to expose some of the diversity of Iranian culture not shown in western media, and to invite people to take another look at Iran and its people.
Cultures of Resistance Network Proud to Support NY Philharmonic Concert in Pyongyang
In February 2008, the New York Philharmonic made a historic trip to North Korea to perform in Pyongyang; it was the first time that an American arts group of any kind had ever performed there. cultures of resistance IN ACTION was pleased to support this performance and to join the New York Philharmonic in Pyongyang.
