1-5 of July, Kaunas Biennial will host partners of the international project MagiC Carpets. On the 3rd of July, in Kaunas participants will present creative residencies for the year 2 of the project.

MagiC Carpets is a Creative Europe platform uniting 13 European partners and intended for travelling emerging artists to work in socially engaged and responsible art field to research and to implement new productions together with local artists and local communities. The platform is lead by Kaunas Biennial.

The second year of the MagiC Carpets will host 26 art residencies, which will be presented at the event in Kaunas.

Running order:
10:00-10:20 Folkestone Fringe(Georgie Scott)
10:20-10:40 Openspace Innsbruck (Danijela Oberhofer Tonkovic and Charly Walter)
10:40-11:00 CCA – Center of Contemporary Art – Tbilisi(Marika Jabua)
11:00-11:20 Latitudo S.r.l.(Giulia Pardini)
11:20-11:40 New Theatre Institute of Latvia (Sandra Lapkovska)
11:40-12:00 Prague Biennale(Elis Unique)
12:00-12:20 META Cultural Foundation(Raluca Doroftei)
Lunch break
14:00-14:20 LAB 852(Karmen Krasic Kozul and Marija Kamber)
14:20-14:40 ZK/U – Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik(Lotta Schafer)
14:40-15:00 Novo kulturno naselje(Tatjana Matesa and Marko Jozic)
15:00-15:20 Ideias Emergentes – Imerge(Joaquim Pinheiro and Guilhermina Conceicao Rios)
15:20-15:40 EVA International – Ireland’s Biennial of Contemporary Art(Sara Dowling)
15:40-16:00 Kauno bienalė(Neringa Stoskute)
16:00-16:20 Flash Art MagiC Carpets issue (Tereza Zachova and Alexander Peroutka)

3rd of July, 10:00-16:30
Kaunas Artists’ House (address: V. Putvinskio g. 56, Kaunas)
Free admission, open event, presentations in English.
For the further information please see MagiCal website.