REWIND
The upcoming 8th international Kaunas Biennial TEXTILE 11: REWIND (15 09 2011 – 31 12 2011) will be based on the concept of repeated time / retold story. Repetition (REWIND) is understood in the context of the exhibition as a re-coding of events, while coming back to the beginning or the origins. The biennial will return to the historical practices and archetype connotations of textile by reconceptualising and postproducing them in the context of contemporary art and various media practices.
Kaunas Biennial TEXTILE 11 will analyse the intertwining of the flow of time and the changing concept of art by (re)telling a story(ies) through the exhibitions based on reflections of the PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE:
THE PAST: a reinterpretation of the concept of textile as formed by the history of art (exhibition REWIND HISTORY);
THE PRESENT: artists’ personal stories are actualised through textile connotations (exhibition REWIND PERSONAL STORY);
THE FUTURE: scientific (high-tech and smart textile) and artistic experiments (exhibition REWIND INTO THE FUTURE).
More about exhibitions and conditions of participation ...
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Hemispheres #4 : BEING HEREThis April five young artists from Kaunas where participating in the international action-training project in Paris called Hemispheres, coordinated by Kaunas Biennial and French partner Freres des Hommes. With all the gained information, experience and fresh new ideas participants of Hemispheres are organizing the local event in their home country. Cultural event Being Here will take place in Kaunas on 11th -13th of June. The event will contain various art exhibitions, art actions, performances, concerts and discussions in relation to the topic of interaction between migration, globalization and development. Read more ... |
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Finally, the most anticipated Friendly Zone #2 project was presented in the public space of Kaunas city - Kaunas Castle Bus Station on 22nd of May, 2010. The result of the collaborative year-long project led by Dutch artist Jeanne van Heeswijk and assisted by Marcel van der Meijs was a film 'Waiting for Return', screened as huge projection at the same place where actions of the film where taken some months ago. For more pictures ... |
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Art project "Wallpaper" by Lina Jonikė and Lina Gutauskienė, which was implemented during Kaunas Biennial TEXTILE 09 residency program (October, 2009), at the moment is exposed at the Druskininkų Vaikų dailės galerija / Children Art Gallery of Druskininkai City (V. Kudirkos g. 7). On 26th of February, 2010 both artists presented peculiarities of the collaborative process, led workshop for children, put signatures on the colourful catalogue of biennial. Photo review ... |
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From the 11th of December, 2009 till 30th of January, 2010 exhibition from the art samples of Kaunas Biennial TEXTILE 09 was presented at the museum-gallery of Janina Monkutė-Marks (Kėdainiai). Some artworks were made during residency program in October in Kaunas, some of the exhibits presented satellite exhibitions, such as "Asia-Europe. Fiber Work", "Portraits" (by Agnietė Janušaitė-Vitkūnienė), and "Passionate Textile of Lithuania". Photo review and annual report by museum ... |
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Lithuanian participants (age 18 -30) are invited to take part in the project of interational solidarity HEMISPHERES. Sessions are organised three times per year in Paris. Please reade more in Lithuanian ... Information in English Hemispheres 2010 |
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Texts by students of Art Critisim Faculty (Vytautas Magnus University) reviewing Kaunas Biennial. Written by: Sigita Navickaitė, Lina Žukauskaitė, Raimonda Miknytė, Vilma Bartkutė, Sigita Sakaitė, Donata Žebelytė, Enrika Garpuškinaitė, Martynas Eversonas, Nerijus Verseckas, Gintarė Gustainytė, Lina Survilaitė, Ieva Barauskaitė, Aistė Dičkalnytė, Ernesta Jasevičiūtė, Dovilė Stirbytė, Agnė Pečkaitytė, Irma Kardauskaitė, Dovilė Vanagaitė, Simona Mikalauskaitė, Edita Juškaitė, Modesta Stančiauskaitė ... |
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