'The Grand Opening' by Albert Allgaier and José Oliveira at Sodų 4

2017 07 12 — 2017 07 14 at Project space 'Sodų 4'
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the grand opening“Sodų 4” is happy to host The Grand Opening by artists Albert Allgaier and José Oliveira. Their residency at project space “Sodų 4” in Vilnius will be followed by this presentation of their newly created collaborative project.

Artists’ careful selection and arrangement of aesthetic elements will transform the exhibiting space into a sandwich franchise – a different environment for gathering and a space for unusual experience. Their performed action will prompt the questioning of such concepts as artistic labor and production, volunteer work, object of art.

“Their sandwiches should belong to the collection of MoMA.”
“I would rather eat their sandwich than go to the Venice Biennale.”
“An aesthetic revelation: definitely five stars.”
“Mona Lisa never tasted better.”

Albert Allgaier (born 1983, Bregenz, Austria) lives and works in Vienna, Austria. He studied Japanese in Vienna and Yokohama. Allgaier is a co-founder of GRUPPE UNO WIEN and has participated in residencies in Lithuania (Nida Art Colony and “Malonioji 6”) earlier. He is a co-curator of the Bregenz Biennale (2012, 2014, 2016, 2018). His dream is to open a kebab shop in Istanbul.

José Oliveira (born 1986, Braga, Portugal) lives and works in Porto, Portugal. He studied Contemporary Artistic Practices in Porto. Oliveira is a co-founder of “Galeria Painel” and a group and art space “Rua do Sol 172” in Porto. He is working in the Cafe CCOP as a waiter and as a chef of the Leosandro Vincitelli kitchen. He is a member of the jury of the cooking competition “The Three Frogs”.

Opening times
12–14 July 2017
daily 4–8 pm

Special promotion on Wednesday, 12 July 6 pm.

This event is organised by Lithuanian Interdisciplinary Artists’ Association with kind support by

Lithuanian Council for Culture and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania, bar “Dėvėti” and Vorarlberg unser Land.