Photo reportage from Wolfgang, is that you? by Ugnius Gelguda and Neringa Černiauskaitė

Photo reportage from Wolfgang, is that you? by Ugnius Gelguda and Neringa Černiauskaitė

Throughout March 12 – 22 gallery’s VARTAI daily activities will be interupted by an ephemeral piece Wolfgang, is that you? by Ugnius Gelguda and Neringa Černiauskaitė.

During an upcoming exhibition by Patricija Jurkšaitytė, Dutch Stories, the gallery VARTAI spaces will be unexpectedly filled with music. It will seep from the closed door of the gallery’s viewing room, where a black grand piano now stands surrounded by artworks. The pianists’ fingers will accost ...

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19 March 2013

National Character of Lithuanian Art

National Character of Lithuanian Art

Ten years have passed since I read Lev Manovich's texts and since I was thinking that trying to differentiate cultures within the globalized and networked world is quite tricky. While Manovich continues defining Western and Eastern features[1] I came up with a discussion on national characters with Dutch artist Marguerite van Sandick. The talk started while considering a possibility of seemingly impossible – to define features of national art – and ended up with some resumptive examples, where French contemporary art came to be conservative, German art turned formalistic with a slight political hint and D...

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06 October 2012

Neringa Černiauskaitė and Ugnius Gelguda: Interruption at POT, Kassel

Neringa Černiauskaitė and Ugnius Gelguda: Interruption at POT, Kassel

Working and festivity space “POT” (Kurt-Schumacher St. 27, Kassel, Germany) invites to one of the series of events - "Interruption" by Neringa Černiauskaitė and Ugnius Gelguda on 13th July from 8 to 11 pm.

Interruption or mistake makes one more aware: the gaze focuses on visuality of writing if a letter misses in a word, the ear hears silence when it’s interrupted by unexpected sounds. Long distance delays, rad...

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11 July 2012