Resonate (festival)

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Resonate is an annual festival for art and digital culture in Belgrade, Serbia, usually held over five days at the end of April. The first edition was held in 2012. It is the biggest media art festival in Serbia.

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The festival is part of a collaborative project We Are Europe [1] (funded by the EU) together with festivals in other countries such as Sónar (Barcelona), c/o pop (Cologne), TodaysArt, Elevate, Insomnia, Nuits Sonores, and Reworks. Resonate co-curates at some of these festivals too with independent programs [2] and vice versa c/o pop, TodaysArt, Elevate and Sónar co-curated wing programs at Resonate. [3] [4] The festival has several activities during daytime and in the evening: a conference, varying exhibition formats, a film and video program, performances, and workshops. [5] [6]

Non-payment scandal

In the run-up to the 2018 edition of the festival, it emerged that many artists both local and international had not been paid, some for years. [7] A group of local artists even set up the Facebook group Still Unpaid At Resonate Festival, where it then emerged that the travel agent was also owed more than €28,000 for flights. [8] As a result, some artists began pulling out in solidarity, leading to cancelled shows. [9]

Despite this, the organisers advertised a further iteration in 2019 but owing to the brewing scandal the event was cancelled. As of September 2020, the festival's website is no longer active and the URL is available for sale. [10]

Line-up

Sources

  1. "c/o pop Festival 2017 - Austrian Music Export". musicexport.at. 21 July 2017.
  2. Advisor, Resident. "We Are Europe Night presented by c/o pop, Elevate & Resonate". residentadvisor.net.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  3. "c/o pop goes Resonate - c/o pop Convention". c-o-pop.de.
  4. TodaysArt. "We are Europe: Resonate hosts TodaysArt, Bright Collisions, Nuits sonores, European Lab – April 12–16". todaysart.org.
  5. "The Quietus | Features | Three Songs No Flash | Serendipitous Chance: Resonate Festival Reviewed". The Quietus. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
  6. Sterling, Bruce (2016-04-08). "Resonate in Belgrade". Wired. ISSN   1059-1028 . Retrieved 2019-02-12.
  7. "Don't go to Resonate Festival in Belgrade — a warning to artists and audiences". Archived from the original on 2018-06-04.
  8. https://www.facebook.com/NeverPaidAtResonateFestival/ [ user-generated source ]
  9. "Artists pull out of Belgrade festival Resonate over alleged payment issues · News ⟋ RA".
  10. https://namerockstar.com/domain/Resonate.io/
  11. "Sixth edition of the RESONATE festival was closed with spectacular party and a special music workshop Belgrade from April 19th to 22nd • STILL IN BELGRADE". stillinbelgrade.com. 24 April 2017.

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