Collectively Voicing Radical Imaginaries, 2026

Through a three day workshop, this CAPIm intensive speculates on what Cornelius Castoriadis’ notion of the radical imagination could entail today within vocal practices, across everyday, artistic, and explicitly political contexts. Drawing from Castoriadis’ theory of the social imaginary — the unspoken, shared understandings that render practices, symbols, and codes collectively intelligible —participants will work on the act of voicing and speaking in public, exploring its agentic, aesthetic, performative and social-political potentials. 

Through a combination of seminar discussions, vocal and choral exercises, and speculative performance, we will experiment with voice as a site where imagination becomes audible: where the social imaginary resonates, dissonates, and is transformed by the radical imagination.  

This course integrates critical theory with embodied practice to allow participants not only think the radical imagination but to sound it — turning theory into a resonant collective experiment. Through the medium of voice, participants will experience how imagination becomes social, how the future is spoken into being, and how collective autonomy might be performed in the present.   

The course welcomes all students from KKH and HDK-Valand who are interested in the voice as a method of political embodiment; singing skills or vocal training are not a requirement for participation. The focus is not on melodic quality, but on expressing one’s own voice in the safety offered by shared vulnerability in a group environment.   

Monday 23rd of February (Michele Masucci) 

10.00-11:00 Introduction round, presentation of workshop and its background 
11.15-12.00 Exercise: “What dose it mean to have a voice, and how to exercise it collectively?” 
12.00-13.00 Lunch 
13.00-15.00 Reading session on the Political Imaginary  
15.15-16.00 Collective sharing 

Tuesday 24th February (Valentina Desideri) 

10.00-12.00 Introduction  + practice  Your Silence Will Not Protect You  
12.00-13.00 Lunch 
13.00-14.00 Note-taking and discussion  
14:00-15:00 Voice and movement practice 
15:00-16:00  Score for collective choir. 

Wednesday 25th February (Kerry Guinan) 

10.00-12.00 Exercise: Détournement through the Voice 
12.00-13.00 Lunch 
13.00-14.00 Lecture: Free Speech as a Political Imaginary 
14:00-16:00 Exercise: The Complaints Choir 

Learning Goals

Participants will:  

• Grasp the theoretical foundations of the concept of radical imagination (Castoriadis, Bottici).  

• Develop practices of collective voicing  

• Experiment with the emergence of imaginaries through vocal improvisation  

• Create collective vocal compositions and performative acts  

Conditions for Participation

Participation is free, with travel and accommodation covered by CAPIm. No ECTS credits will be awarded. 

Application Procedure  

Please submit a short statement about the relevance of this course to your practice by emailing emailing michele.masucci@kkh.se.