’15th Baltic Triennial: Same Day,’ curated by Tom Engels and Maya Tounta, is currently on view at the Contemporary Art Centre until 12 January.
“It’s just your fear…can you believed?
In our problems… faces of comforts…
and only time can forget you…
and next minutes hands opening shadows…
The same day… the same day… the same day…”
– Emerson, “Same Day,” in Songs Without Music, 1984. (Wording reproduced faithfully
according to the original manuscript)
Every day we wake up to intimations of a script. A script that feels strangely familiar but is not entirely legible. Sunrise presents a variation on a theme that is violently pre-sanctioned. Joyful or sad, a day always invites revolt – an inclination to live a life unscripted. There are days of compliance and days of rebellion and there are days of truce. Most days culminate in a draw or a defeat. More rarely in a victory. Each day is its own wondrous struggle. It recycles and replenishes without reassurance. Some attempt to gain control over this cycle. They observe, study, memorise, and predict patterns, but each application of that knowledge is only inhaled, a brief expansion – exhalation is unavoidable. And yet sometimes, this intimate breathing widens time to such an extent that one forgets the arrangement between the earth and the sun. For others, the grid worn is so tightly fitted around the day that it becomes the day itself. Focused narrowly on the precise movements of light, extreme compliance begins to feel like an escape. The cycle of a day lends itself to whimsical interpretation, which reflects back the unruly nature of its feeling. One might be captivated by it or experience that captivation as a penultimate freedom. One might get lost in a frame they can so clearly see while never seeing themselves, while others may be resigned to accepting it as their very own outline. Again, one might train themself to feel the full force of days collecting, withstanding the mechanical amnesia of their resolved rotation. They might forcefully yet humbly, stubbornly even, relieve the days of their sufficiency. Elaborations on the day are born this way. Saturations that echo assured encounters with former happiness.
Same Day includes contributions by more than 50 artists: Rey Akdogan, Nick Bastis, Kazimierz Bendkowski, Geta Brătescu, Matt Browning, Tom Burr, Elene Chantladze, Josef Dabernig, Aria Dean & Laszlo Horvath, Gintaras Didžiapetris, Jason Dodge, Kevin Jerome Everson, Simone Forti, Michèle Graf & Selina Grüter, Villu Jõgeva, Tarik Kiswanson, Michael Kleine, Běla Kolářová, Jiří Kovanda, Kitty Kraus, Bradley Kronz, Kaarel Kurismaa, Simon Lässig, Ian Law, Klara Lidén, Jolanta Marcolla, Ugnė Nakaitė with Urtė Jarmuškaitė & Pranas Gustainis, Elena Narbutaitė, Ewa Partum, Matthew Langan-Peck, Julie Peeters & BILL, Cameron Rowland, Margaret Salmon, Stephen Sutcliffe, Tanya Syed, Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet, Raša Todosijević, Thanasis Totsikas, Maria Toumazou, Rosemarie Trockel, Christos Tzivelos, Mare Vint, Tanja Widmann, Marina Xenofontos, and Eiko Yamazawa. The exhibition is curated by Tom Engels and Maya Tounta.
On September 6 & 7, the opening weekend of Same Day presented a live programme of contributions by Andrius Arutiunian, Mette Edvardsen & Iben Edvardsen, Toine Horvers, Dana Michel, and Eszter Salamon.
The Baltic Triennial was first held in Vilnius in 1979 as an exhibition showcasing young Baltic artists working in a non-conformist spirit. Since then it has grown into a major international exhibition in Northern Europe.
Venue: Contemporary Art Centre (Vokiečių g. 2, Vilnius)
Duration: 06.09.2024—12.01.2025
Financed by
Lithuanian Council for Culture
CAC’s patron:
Reefo
Partners:
Deputy Ministry of Culture Cyprus, Flanders State of the Art, Phileas – the Austrian Office for Contemporary Art, Pro Helvetia, ifa – Institute for Foreign Cultural Relation, Goethe-Institut Vilnius, Lithuanian National Museum of Art, Lithuanian Culture Institute, Polish Institute in Vilnius, Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art, LUX
Sponsors:
Henry Moore Foundation, Cultural Endowment of Estonia
Media partners:
LRT, JCDecaux Lietuva, GO Vilnius
Michèle Graf & Selina Grüter, “Clock Work,” 2023–2024. Painted clock parts and hardware, shrinking tubes, electronics. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Michèle Graf & Selina Grüter, “Clock Work,” 2023–2024. Painted clock parts and hardware, shrinking tubes, electronics. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Matt Browning, “Dr. Pepper Reduction,” 2024. Glass, Dr. Pepper. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Matt Browning, “Dr. Pepper Reduction,” 2024. Glass, Dr. Pepper. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Josef Dabernig, “Lacrimosa,” 2024. 16mm film, digital transfer, black and white, sound. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Josef Dabernig, “Lacrimosa,” 2024. 16mm film, digital transfer, black and white, sound. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Michael Kleine, “The Reading Room,” 2024. Observatory, cardboard, aluminium frames, lights, artefacts, packaging materials, and others. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Michael Kleine, “The Reading Room”, 2024. Observatory, cardboard, aluminium frames, lights, artefacts, packaging materials, and others. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Michael Kleine, “The Reading Room”, 2024. Observatory, cardboard, aluminium frames, lights, artefacts, packaging materials, and others. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Michael Kleine, “The Reading Room”, 2024. Observatory, cardboard, aluminium frames, lights, artefacts, packaging materials, and others. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Michael Kleine, “The Reading Room”, 2024. Observatory, cardboard, aluminium frames, lights, artefacts, packaging materials, and others. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Jason Dodge. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Jason Dodge. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Jason Dodge. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Jason Dodge. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Jason Dodge. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Jason Dodge. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Jason Dodge. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Julie Peeters & BILL, Jason Dodge. Photo: Kristien Daem
15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, installation view. Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, installation view. Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, installation view. Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024.Photo: Kristien Daem
Matt Browning, “I Still Believe In Your Eyes”, 2024. Carved Douglas fir. Mare Vint, “Balcony”, 1973; “In The Big Forest”, 1978; “Houses and Trees”, 1974. Lithographs. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Mare Vint, “Balcony”, 1973; “In The Big Forest”, 1978; “Houses and Trees”, 1974; “Passage to Underground”, 1978; “Two Laternposts”, 1972. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Lithographs. Photo: Kristien Daem
Nick Bastis, “Resolutions Dogs”, 2018/2024. 16mm film, digital transfer, borrowed sound and subtitle files (various lengths). Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, installation view. Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, installation view. Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Tanja Widmann, “Sl (Girlfriends) Plot”, 2024. Inkjet prints, graphite, pink and beige masking tape on white melamine particle board. “Sl (Girlfriends) Outline”, 2024. Inkjet prints, white dispersion paint, pink and beige masking tape on white FH particle board. From the series “Lying Daughters. Produced by Johannes Porsch”. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Matt Browning, “I Still Believe In Your Eyes,” 2024. Carved Douglas fir. Tanja Widmann, “Sl (Girlfriends) Plot”, 2024. Inkjet prints, graphite, pink and beige masking tape on white melamine particle board. “Sl (Girlfriends) Outline,” 2024. Inkjet prints, white dispersion paint, pink and beige masking tape on white FH particle board. From the series “Lying Daughters. Produced by Johannes Porsch”. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Villu Jõgeva, “Blue”, 1973/2004. Painted wood, light bulbs, glockenspiel from the early 20th century, motor, relays, electronics (3 square wave generators, transistor schemes, microcircuit schemes). Tanja Widmann, “Sl (Girlfriends) Plot”, 2024. Inkjet prints, graphite, pink and beige masking tape on white melamine particle board. “Sl (Girlfriends) Outline”, 2024. Inkjet prints, white dispersion paint, pink and beige masking tape on white FH particle board. From the series “Lying Daughters. Produced by Johannes Porsch”. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, installation view. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Tanja Widmann, “Simple Lines (Daddy), 20.–25.12.1961” from the series “Lying Daughters. Produced by Johannes Porsch”, 2024. Inkjet prints, perspex boxes. Marina Xenofontos, “Control Board”, 2023–2024. Copper tubing, motor. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Matt Browning, “I Still Believe In Your Eyes”, 2024. Carved Douglas fir. Marina Xenofontos, “Control Board”, 2023–2024. Copper tubing, motor. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Marina Xenofontos, “Control Board”, 2023–2024. Copper tubing, motor. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Ugnė Nakaitė with Urtė Jarmuškaitė and Pranas Gustainis, “Omenis”, 2024. Fluxus Cabinet, various materials. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Ugnė Nakaitė with Urtė Jarmuškaitė and Pranas Gustainis, “Omenis”, 2024. Fluxus Cabinet, various materials. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Ugnė Nakaitė with Urtė Jarmuškaitė and Pranas Gustainis, “Omenis”, 2024. Fluxus Cabinet, various materials. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, installation view. Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Maria Toumazou, “0”, 2024. Pinhole camera, photographic paper, modified dead-stock calendar cover, lacquered MDF. Elena Narbutaitė, “Declare” 2013–2018. Laser. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Maria Toumazou, “Calendar”, 2024. Leatherette paper, foamboard, wood. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Elena Narbutaitė, “Feyon 17”, 2018. Laser. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet, “En Rachâchant”, 1982. 35mm film, digital transfer, black and white, sound. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, installation view. Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Thanasis Totsikas, “Untitled”, 1983/2024. Oil on canvas, steel, hammer. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, installation view. Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024.Photo: Kristien Daem
15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, installation view. Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024.Photo: Kristien Daem
Kaarel Kurismaa, “Light Column by the Entrance of the Tabasalu Secondary School”, 1986; “An Object for the Newly-Built City”, 1984; “An Object for Õismäe”, 1984. Mixed media. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Kaarel Kurismaa, “Light Column by the Entrance of the Tabasalu Secondary School”, 1986. Mixed media. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Aria Dean and Laszlo Horvath, “Wolves”, 2023. Digital video, colour, sound. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Tanya Syed, “Chameleon”, 1990. 16mm film, digital transfer, black and white, sound. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Tanya Syed, “Chameleon”, 1990. 16mm film, digital transfer, black and white, sound. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Rey Akdogan, “Carousel #2”, 2010/2019; “Carousel #8”, 2015; “Carousel #9”, 2016. Lighting gels, assorted packaging material held together by slide frames. Stephen Sutcliffe “Despair”, 2009. SD collage, video, colour, sound. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Rey Akdogan, “Carousel #2”, 2010/2019; “Carousel #8”, 2015; “Carousel #9”, 2016. Lighting gels, assorted packaging material held together by slide frames. Stephen Sutcliffe “Despair”, 2009. SD collage, video, colour, sound. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Tarik Kiswanson, “Contact Sheet”, 2016. Stainless steel. Christos Tzivelos, “Lampe “Le Rayon X”, 1983–1985. Light, glass globe, mixed media. Rey Akdogan “Carousel #2”, 2010/2019. Lighting gels, assorted packaging material held together by slide frames. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Kevin Jerome Everson, “Recovery”, 2020. 16mm film, black and white, optical sound. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Stephen Sutcliffe, “Despair”, 2009. SD collage, video, colour, sound. Kaarel Kurismaa “TV-Set Avant-Garde No 855”, 1981, in collaboration with Härmo Härm. Ready-made, wood, plastic, glass, electronics. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Kaarel Kurismaa, “TV-Set Avant-Garde No 855”, 1981, in collaboration with Härmo Härm. Ready-made, wood, plastic, glass, electronics. Christos Tzivelos, “Lampe “Le Rayon X”, 1983–1985. Light, glass globe, mixed media. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Villu Jõgeva, “Orange Tower”, 1970s. Painted wood, metal, lamps, electronics, sound. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Villu Jõgeva, “Kaleidoscope”, 1976. Painted wood, lamps, electronics, mirrors. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, installation view. Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Jiří Kovanda, “Untitled”, 1992. Wood, rubber. Gintaras Didžiapetris, untitled. Platinum/palladium print. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, installation view. Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, installation view. Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Cameron Rowland, “sundown”, 2024. Police flashlights. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, installation view. Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, installation view. Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Elene Chantladze, various works, mixed media. Jolanta Marcolla “Kiss”, 1975. 16mm film, digital transfer, black and white, silent. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Kaarel Kurismaa, “Viking Radio”, 2001–2003. Ready-made, metal, plastic, electronics. Jiří Kovanda “Slip Away”, 1993. Wood, metal. Ian Law, “untitled”, 2020. Fibre based bromide print. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, installation view. Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, installation view. Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, installation view. Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, installation view. Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, installation view. Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, installation view. Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, installation view. Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, installation view. Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
Rey Akdogan,“Slit Drapes #2”, 2024. Tinsel. Tom Burr, “Dark Grey Matter”, 2011. Wool blankets and steel tacks on plywood. Installation view, 15th Baltic Triennial Same Day, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) Vilnius, 2024. Photo: Kristien Daem
