“Magic Carpets” is a “Creative Europe” platform led by Kaunas Biennial, uniting 16 European cultural organizations that create opportunities for emerging artists to embark on journeys to unknown lands and to create, together with local artists and local communities, new works that highlight local specificities.<\/p>\n
This year \u201cMagic Carpets\u201d project \u201cThe Merge” in Kaunas is focusing on the newly established but equally important Ukrainian community, who have found refuge in the city. After the large-scale war in Ukraine was started by russian invaders at the beginning of this year, the Lithuanian society felt strongly affected as it still remembers the national trauma caused by the Soviet occupations. Therefore, the main idea of the project is to unite and gather together the Ukrainian community with the local citizens of Kaunas.<\/p>\n
For this project the \u201cMagic Carpets” team in Kaunas is collaborating with \u201cHerojus\u201c school, which is attended by both Lithuanian and Ukrainian children, although students from Lithuania and Ukraine are studying in different buildings.<\/p>\n
Three artists Joana BC (Portugal), Barbara Gryka (Poland) and Marija Nem\u010denko (Lithuania) were leading workshops, as part of their artistic residencies, for a joint Lithuanian-Ukrainian group of students from both branches of \u201cHerojus\u201c school for a whole month. Together with the students, artists were exploring the architecture of different buildings, creating their own future schools, recycling old materials by creating collages and costumes, and learning about the migratory nature of the fireweed<\/span> plant.<\/p>\n During \u201cThe CityTelling Festival\u201d, we invite you to see the results of the artistic residencies by Joana BC (Portugal), Barbara Gryka (Poland) and Marija Nem\u010denko (Lithuania)!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Programme:<\/b><\/p>\n 7th October <\/b>(Friday) \u2013 an open discussion <\/b>\u201cCommunity Involvement and Inclusion in Cultural Projects\u201d<\/a>. Moderator Aust\u0117ja Bliumkyt\u0117- Padgurskien\u0117. Participating artists: Joana BC, Barbara Gryka and Marija Nem\u010denko.<\/p>\n Location: Caffeine LT, Laisv\u0117s al. 89, Kaunas<\/p>\n Time: 17:30\u201319:00<\/p>\n 11th October<\/b> (Tuesday) \u2013 opening of exhibition<\/b> \u201cThe Merge\u201d with presentation<\/b> by Marija Nem\u010denko and performance<\/b> by Barbara Gryka, Joana BC and students from \u201cHerojus\u201d school.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Location: Laisv\u0117s al. 55 (\u201cHerojus\u201d school building)<\/p>\n Time: 17:30 Opening of exhibition and presentation by Marija Nem\u010denko<\/p>\n Time: 18:00 Performance (meeting point in front of the school)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 12<\/b>th<\/b> October<\/b> (Wednesday)-16<\/b>th<\/b> October<\/b> (Sunday) \u2013 visiting<\/b> of the \u201cMerge\u201d exhibition<\/p>\n Location: Laisv\u0117s al. 55 (\u201cHerojus\u201d school building)<\/p>\n Visiting hours:<\/p>\n Wednesday\u2013Sunday 16:00\u201318:00 by registration only brigita@biennial.lt<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n All events are free<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n More information:<\/p>\n storytellingfestival.eu<\/i><\/a> and<\/i> www.magiccarpets.eu<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n Facebook: @kaunobienale @magiccarpets<\/i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Organizers:\u00a0<\/b>Kaunas Biennial<\/p>\n Curator: <\/b>Brigita Bareikyt\u0117<\/p>\n “Magic Carpets\u201d is co-funded by the European Union and Lithuanian Council for Culture; partner <\/b>Kaunas \u2013 European Capital of Culture 2022<\/p>\n The project is possible in collaboration with \u201cHerojus\u201d school<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “Magic Carpets” is a “Creative Europe” platform led by Kaunas Biennial, uniting 16 European cultural organizations that create opportunities for emerging artists to embark on journeys to unknown lands and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5959,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bienale.lt\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bienale.lt\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bienale.lt\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bienale.lt\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bienale.lt\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bienale.lt\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bienale.lt\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bienale.lt\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bienale.lt\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bienale.lt\/2025\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}