Kaunas Photography Gallery (Vilniaus St. 2)
Artists: Giorgi Maghradze (Georgia), Kyoung-Jae Cho (South Korea), Chen I-Chun (Taiwan) and Hsu Chia-Wei (Taiwan)
One of the most popular forms of art in Taiwan of today is video art. Series “Four Episodes” by artist Chen I-Chun is presented in the festival – colourful and visually eloquent, based on legends and stories about grandpa Shui-Yuan Lin. Watchful perceivers in this story will also find hidden moral. With another work – „The Piggy Song“ – artist tells a story about ecological problems of the island, that are relevant and for the rest of the world. Hsu Chia-Wei presents two video works at the festival. These works tell the story about a local frog deity called Marshal Tie Jis. With these works artist attempts to resurrect forgotten myths, historical events and connect them into integral context, based not only on the facts, but also on mystic rituals. These are one of the most exotic and mysterious video works in this festival.
AGiorgi Maghradze’s installation “Social Advantage” reflects the idea that society cannot exist without social ties. Each person is a part of society, taking his/ her part in the social system, the basis of which consists of mutual relations and social interactions. Seeking to gain the best position in social life system is in human nature as a result power and status games emerge.
Kyoung-Jae Cho is an emerging photographer, crossing the field of photography and painting. Visual distortion created by the artist creates illusion of three-dimensional, and the work deals with a theme of reality and virtual reality. Cho observes objects through photographs. He photographs everyday objects by choosing a space to install the objects first, then composing them intuitively and spontaneously. Cho does not alter photographs using the technology. He composes and paints the objects, if needed. The unique geometric space with intertwine objects, which has been created by the artist constantly observing objects with their compositions, presents unconventional visual impacts. The photographed objects lose their original functions, thus only forms and colourful harmony are accentuated.
Photography: Vytautas Paplauskas
Gallery „POST“ (Laisvės al. 51a, 3rd floor, Kaunas)
Artists: Xaro Castillo (Spain), Youki Hirakawa (Japan) / gallery „White Rainbow“, Agnė Jonkutė (Lithuania) / gallery „Meno parkas“, Ulrich Kochinke (Germany).
Photography: Vytautas Paplauskas
Gallery „Meno parkas“ (Rotušės a. 27, Kaunas)
Artists: Elena Balsiukaitė-Brazdžiūnienė (Lithuania), Pranciškus Brazdžiūnas (Lithuania), Marian van der Zwaan (Portugal), Benedikt Braun (Germany) / gallery „Eigenheim“.
Photography: Vytautas Paplauskas
Contemporary art festival ‘Kaunas in Art’
2016 09 24 – 2016 10 23
Essential goal of the 7th edition of „Kaunas in Art“ is not only to give a look through works of contemporary artists to new possibilities of cultural collaboration that opens up thanks to globalizing world, but to show for society how representatives of react, how they think in categories of today’s topical issues concerning ecology, political life, human rights. Therefore, the programme of 2016 festival consists of projects, talking about relevant social, political, economical, conservation of natural resources, historical memory, artist as representative of contemporary culture, relation with society aspects.
Contemporary art festival “Kaunas in Art” – one of the biggest contemporary art projects held in Kaunas since 2008.
Ministry of Culture approved the festival for the programme of 2013-2015 and 2016-2018 year “International Art Events Organised in Lithuania”.
More information: http://www.menoparkas.lt/?lang=gb