Season 1: The Question Of Solidarity

Solidarity is one of the most talked-about—and most needed—words in contemporary art today. It’s also one of the most confusing, underdefined, and quietly controversial. We love to invoke it. But do we really know what we mean by it—or what we’re doing when we act in its name?

In this debut season, Radio Unheard dives into the murky waters of solidarity—not just as a moral impulse, but as a historical practice, a cultural tool, and sometimes, let’s be honest, a performance. We look at how solidarity has been shaped, stretched, and sometimes broken across time and space—from archival alliances of the past to improvised gestures of support today. Along the way, we ask: how do we build solidarity? On what ground? And who gets to stand on it?

This season is not about calling out or cheering on. It’s about slowing down to think: What are the long-term effects of our cultural responses? Are we actually building something—systems, networks, structures—or are we just reacting beautifully in the moment?

Attention! Cliché alert: We don’t provide answers.

But we try to clear the road for thinking together—not to compete, but to inspire each other and use our voices to find the common points around which we can act.