At this uncertain nowadays it is so nice to remember more sunny times – last summer with the 12th Kaunas Biennial “After Leaving | Before Arriving”.
For its 12th edition, the Kaunas Biennial explores the journey as a metaphor for the burgeoning cultural identity of a city with a complex past.
Curators: Elisabeth Del Prete, Daniel Milnes, Lydia Pribisova, Neringa Stoškutė, Alessandra Troncone
Consulting curator: Lewis Biggs
07.06-29.09.2019
After-movie premiere: thirty artists of the 12th Kaunas Biennial:
Bas Jan Ader (Netherlands, 1942)
Jasmina Cibic (Slovenia, 1979)
Céline Condorelli (United Kingdom, 1974)
Johanna Diehl (Germany, 1977)
Ieva Epnere (Latvia, 1977)
Aslan Gaisumov (Chechnya, 1991)
Inga Galinytė (Lithuania, 1988) and Anna Papathanasiou (Greece/Canada, 1985)
Alberto Garutti (Italy, 1948)
Francesca Grilli (Italy, 1978)
Laura Grisi (Italy, 1939–2017)
Christian Jankowski (Germany, 1968)
Laura Kaminskaitė (Lithuania, 1984)
Taus Makhacheva (Russia, 1983)
Adrian Melis (Cuba, 1985)
Artūras Morozovas (Lithuania, 1984)
Deimantas Narkevičius (Lithuania, 1964)
Robertas Narkus (Lithuania, 1983)
Tamu Nkiwane (United Kingdom, 1990)
Amalia Pica (Argentina, 1978)
Karol Pichler (Slovakia, 1957)
Andrej Polukord (Lithuania, 1990)
Ghenadie Popescu (Moldova, 1971)
Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa (Guatemala, 1978)
Mykola Ridnyi (Ukraine, 1985)
Bálint Szombathy (Serbia/Hungary, 1950)
Gediminas and Nomeda Urbonas (Lithuania, 1966, 1968)
“MagiC Carpets” artists:
Sonja Jo (Serbia, 1992)
Ana Kovačić (Croatia, 1986)
Project financed by Lithuanian council for culture
Main partner Lithuanian Railways
Main sponsors Kaunas City Municipality, program “Initiatives for Kaunas”, MagiC Carpets, Creative Europe, LRT
Media sponsors 15 min, Kauno diena, IQ, LAIMĖ, Kaunas pilnas kultūros, 7 Kauno dienos
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