An exhibition by a group of young artists titled Hopes & Slopes is a place for a safe walk among what has fallen out a few months back. Dust and scattered memories; meanings lost in translations and primeval human found by the world tree somewhere nearby; advice on how to feel alive after falling out of this tree with a traumatic fracture (or after having lost one’s head), a gaze of a drone watching the drying laundry in a courtyard of a city district and non-existent cities roaring in texts… the artworks are just like various objects stored in tin boxes, which got there under various circumstances – they smile, they grin, they exhibit what they are longing for.
This is an exhibition about time measured in hopes. Its measuring units are slopes which were scattered after human heads covered with masks were dewed from exhaled air and anxiety. The artworks of Hopes & Slopes hover like fairy tales – you need to find yourself in the right place at the right time and then the portal to the other reality will open. But be cautious! While you are there, you may be bitten by the stories from photographs, or by strange creatures from sound recordings; some of them are climbing the walls, drifting in texts, stealing faces and pretending to be you, because of this inhuman solitude. Caution is the parent of safety, see where you meander – slopes!
Pretext: The title Hopes & Slopes originated from almost a year-long discussions on the relationship between young artists and and the art scene, also on how artists could change this relationship themselves. The exhibition is curated by eight young artists, all of whom are students at Vilnius Academy of Arts, Photography and Media Art Department. All participants of the exhibition are 1–3 year students at the same department.
This exhibition is partially open in a virtual gallery: http://www.iltys.eu/
Participating artists: Agata Tracevič, Ainė Petkūnaitė, Aistė Marija Stankevičiūtė, Danielius Šermukšnis, Deinora Rudėnaitė, Edvinas Sinkevičius, Gabrielė Oržekauskaitė, Jokūbas Verbickas, Mantė Baranauskaitė, Miglė Markulytė, Kasparas Pilinkus, Rokas Ilčiukas, Bernadeta Brazdžionytė, Dagnė Petkevičiūtė, Viktorija Balkutė, Eva Rodz, Ieva Akelaitytė, Jokūbas Vaicekauskas, Kornelija Kupstaitė, Kotryna Šarkanaitė, Greta Galiauskaitė, Margarita Valionytė, Pijus Chraptavičius, Žilvinas Baranauskas
Curatorial team: Aistė Marija Stankevičiūtė, Danielius Šermukšnis, Deinora Rudėnaitė, Edvinas Sinkevičius, Gabrielė Oržekauskaitė, Jokūbas Verbickas, Mantė Baranauskaitė, Miglė Markulytė
Architecture: Vaida Barbora Linartaitė
Exhibition dates: 3–6 June 2020
Location: Atletika (Vitebsko 21, Vilnius)
Organised by Vilnius Academy of Arts and Lithuanian Interdisciplinary Artists’ Association.
Partly supported by Lithuanian Council for Culture.
www.letmekoo.lt/atletika
Photography: Laurynas Skeisgiela
Danielius Šermukšnis, Arresting Jim Robinson
Danielius Šermukšnis, Arresting Jim Robinson
Edvinas Sinkevičius, Antanas Skučas Virtual Gallery
Edvinas Sinkevičius, Antanas Skučas Virtual Gallery
Edvinas Sinkevičius, Antanas Skučas Virtual Gallery
Vilija Simutytė, Flat No. 2
Edvinas Sinkevičius, Incomprehensible
Miglė Markulytė, Invisible Bodies
Miglė Markulytė, Invisible Bodies
Agata Tracevič, Buttermilk
Agata Tracevič, Buttermilk
Agata Tracevič, Buttermilk
Ieva Akelaitytė, Sorry
Ieva Akelaitytė, Sorry
Viktorija Balkutė, Trajectories
Kotryna Šarkanaitė, Interlude
Margarita Valionytė, See(s)
Gabrielė Oržekauskaitė, Phototoxin
Aistė Marija Stankevičiūtė, It’s Like Fingering
Aistė Marija Stankevičiūtė, It’s Like Fingering
Exhibition Hopes & Slopes
Kornelija Kupstaitė, Rest resort
Dagnė Petkevičiūtė, ORIGAMI
Bernadeta Brazdžionytė, 2003
Bernadeta Brazdžionytė, 2003
Pijus Chraptavičius, Shutter
Deinora Rudėnaitė, Swamp Rain – For the Snow of Galaxies
Eva Rodz, How to Feel Alive?
Mantė Baranauskaitė – Elelueta, how do i stargaze at home
Mantė Baranauskaitė – Elelueta, how do i stargaze at home
Rokas Ilčiukas, A performance between the stalls from the right box
Kasparas Pilinkus, scene: laundry
Žilvinas Baranauskas, Man with a Render Animation Camera
Ainė Petkūnaitė, The Woodland
Jokūbas Vaicekauskas, La bellezza della velocità
Greta Galiauskaitė, B R E A K
Greta Galiauskaitė, B R E A K
