Lyrica is medicine cabinet in a form of a sound recording, an archive made of sung pharmaceuticals people brought.
Pregabalin, Acetylsalicylate, Zolpidem tartras, Doxycyclinum, Escitalopramum, Alprazolam, Diosmectitum, Dextromethorphani hydrobromidum etc…
The Lyrica Archive, which was started last autumn, is now being presented for the third time – in a meeting room curated by Lokomotif, at its summer residence.
In the fall of 2018, in a temporary recording studio founded by the artist, 44 people were singing the Latin names for their chosen drugs. This archive was later used in a concert by the duo Twentyfingers, which featured several selected vocals singing along with their instruments.
Voices: Gabrielė Bilevičiūtė, Agnė Ambrozaitytė, Alanas Gurinas, Andrea Busonera, Birute Asevičiūtė, Daura Polonskytė, Dovilė Berlinskaitė, Eglė Mikalajūnė, Erika Žilinskaitė, Gabija Adomonytė, Greta Grinevičiūtė, Ieva Kaniušaitė, Ieva Parnarauskaitė, Indrė Liškauskaitė, J.R., Karina Metrikytė, Kęstutis Pleita, Laurynas Skeisgiela, Lora Kmieliauskaitė, Magdalena Kozlovskaja, Monika Lipšic, Mantas Augustaitis, Paulius Markevičius, Somnus, Tautvydas Mažeika, Vaiva Grainytė, Viktorija Damerell, Vainius, Rolandas L., Kastytis Raguckas, Jurgita Juodytė, Jonas Kuprevičius, G.G., Aistė Viršulytė, Arnas Kmieliauskas, Aušra, Gerda Bartuševičiūtė, Milda Dainovskytė, Liza Baliasnaja.
Arturas Bumšteinas (b.1982, Vilnius) is an artist working within the intersections of sound, music and art. His practices include performative sound art, radio art, exhibitions, experimental acoustic and electronic music. He is founding member of various ensembles and groups such as Quartet Twentytwentyone and Works & Days Ensemble. Since the year 2000 he has collaborated with many international artists like Anton Lukoszevieze, Vladimir Tarasov, Žilvinas Kempinas, Gintautas Trimakas, Lina Lapelytė, Vaiva Grainytė, Laura Garbštienė, Piotr Kurek, Ivan Cheng and others. His exhibitions and interdisciplinary projects were presented in galleries and museums around Europe and his solo exhibitions have been held at Vilnius Contemporary Art Center, Vartai Gallery, Galerie Antje Wachs Berlin and at the various residencies around Europe. Festivals where his art-music projects were featured include The Holland Festival, Unsound, Tectonics, Sensoralia/Romaeuropa, Angelica, Vilnius Jazz, Kody, Skanumezs, Cut & Splice, Sacrum Profanum, Ultraschall etc. His music is published by labels such as Bolt, Cronica, Unsounds, Con-v, Edition Telemark, Gruenerekorder and others. In 2013 he was awarded EURORADIO “Palma Ars Acustica” prize for his radio art. In 2017 Bumšteinas was an artist-in-residence at the DAAD Berliner Künstlerprogramm. Since 2019 Arturas is an artistic director of Jauna Muzika festival in Vilnius.
and others. His exhibitions and interdisciplinary projects were presented in galleries and museums around Europe and his solo exhibitions have been held at Vilnius Contemporary Art Center, Vartai Gallery, Galerie Antje Wachs Berlin and at the various residencies around Europe. Festivals where his art-music projects were featured include The Holland Festival, Unsound, Tectonics, Sensoralia/Romaeuropa, Angelica, Vilnius Jazz, Kody, Skanumezs, Cut & Splice, Sacrum Profanum, Ultraschall etc. His music is published by labels such as Bolt, Cronica, Unsounds, Con-v, Edition Telemark, Gruenerekorder and others. In 2013 he was awarded EURORADIO “Palma Ars Acustica” prize for his radio art. In 2017 Bumšteinas was an artist-in-residence at the DAAD Berliner Künstlerprogramm. Since 2019 Arturas is an artistic director of Jauna Muzika festival in Vilnius.
More about artist: http://www.refusenik.org/
Exhibition curated by “Lokomotif” (Milda Dainovskytė & Laurynas Skeisgiela)
2019.09.07-24
4.45 PM
Lentvaris railway station (first floor)
Geležinkelio g. 13, Lentvaris
Project partially sponsored by: Lithuanian Council for Culture, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania, Trakai District Municipality
Organiser: Lentvaris Cultural Center
Partners: “Lentvario kilimai”, “Statybų bazė”, Six Chairs Books, ArtBooks.lt, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuanian Composers’ Union, Trakai l. Lentvaris Henrikas Senkevičius gymnasium, Trakai l. Lentvaris primary school, Trakai l. Lentvaris „Versmės“ gymnasium
Media partners: „Trakų žemė“, „Galvė“
