Starting from October 2020, a viewing room “Room of Perspectives” began its activities at “Atletika” gallery, created by curator Monika Lipšic together with architect Vladas Suncovas. Films by artists Morgan Quaintance, Amar Kanwar and Ieva Kotryna Skirmantaitė were shown as part of the first screening programme.
The artists’ films presented in the program talk about melting boundaries, framing thoughts, seeing through walls; about what we see in memories & the ability of a moving image to move the viewer in time and light.
A look into the distance, horizon line, the penetration of the gaze into the wall, leaving marks on it — vision, optics, physics; if you look at the wall for a very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very long time, it would eventually become translucent. These thoughts and ideas inspired the “Room of Perspectives”, the name of which was inspired by illusory wall painting: since ancient times the Romans have painted the interiors of buildings with various images, often reproducing landscapes beyond the wall & thus creating the illusion of a larger space. Palazzo Altemps in Rome is an art of painted perspectives: its fresco depicts a 16th century city we can no longer see today. The city has changed, but the gaze from another time perspective has remained on the wall.
“Room of Perspectives” is also a room of attitudes, paradigms, opinions, ways of looking at and glances. Videos by three artists Morgan Quaintance, Amar Kanwar and Ieva Kotryna Skirmantaitė were presented in the first part of the series.
Curator: Monika Lipšic
Architect: Vladas Suncovas
Graphic designer: Marek Voida
Videos:
Morgan Quaintance “Anne, Richard and Paul” (United Kingdom, 2018, 15 minutes, 10 seconds, Colour, Stereo
Amar Kanwar “A Love Story” (India, 2010, 5 minutes, 37 seconds, Colour, Sound)
Ieva Kotryna Skirmantaitė “I Love the Past, I Do Look Forward” (France, Lithuania, 2018, 18 minutes, 4 seconds, Colour, Sound)
“Atletika” gallery, 21 Vitebsko Str. Vilnius
Organised by Lithuanian Interdisciplinary Artists’ Association (www.letmekoo.lt)
Supported by Lithuanian Council for Culture
Photos by Laurynas Skeisgiela
Morgan Quaintance Anne, ‘Richard and Paul’
Ieva Kotryna Skirmantaitė ‘I Love the Past, I Do Look Forward’
