Loka?fanginn ? verkefninu Climbing Invisible Structures er s?ning sem opnar 10. febr?ar ? Akershus Kunstsenter. Listamenn ? verkefninu eru Berglind J?na Hlynsd?ttir og Gunnhildur Hauksd?ttir ?samt Mo Abd-Ulla, Egl Budvytyt, Tanya Busse, Victoria Durnak, Saulius Leonavi
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ikt, Robertas Narkus, Augustas Serapinas, Kristin T?rnesvik. S?ningarstj?rar eru Samir Mkadmi og Egl Mikalajkn. Verkefni? er skipulagt af?Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts (NAC)?(Lith?en), ? samstarfi vi??Office for Contemporary Art Norway,?Nordic Artists Centre Dale?(Noregi),??Skaftfell myndlistarmi?st?? Austurlands?(?sland) og?Ars Communis Residency Centre YO-YO?(Lith?en) og fj?rmagna? me? styrk fr??European Economic Area Financial Mechanism 2009-2014?og NAC.
N?nar um s?ninguna
The expression Climbing Invisible Structures invokes something steep and hidden, something vertiginous and inaccessible.?The idea of coping with such constructions, invites us, artists and participants, to reflect on the complex, multilayered and often imperceptible relationships that govern our lives and relationships. For what sort of social structures dictate things like career choice, way of life, or art productions? And can we be sure that our human relations, in fact, are not already organized according to pre-established power relationships, unstated rules and rituals? How can we know that what we take for granted, that which appears so natural, are actually social constructions and false consciousness?
The various works in this exhibition, each in a very distinct way, investigate different modes of existence, aspects of art production, and social life. They explore deep-rooted practices, conceptual systems, and rituals. They manipulate, disorganize, and disrupt fixed ways of thinking and patterns of behavior. Of course, the aim is not to establish new ones, but to puzzle, to make us wonder, and by the same token to raise questions about the legitimacy of existing conventions and established institutions.
Friday,?February 10, 89:30pm:?
performative dinner Todays Menu: table-talk-manners-food policies by Mo Abd-Ulla
Sunday,?February 12, 12pm:
performative presentation by Robertas Narkus & guided tour with the curator Egl Mikalajkn
Sunday,?March 12, 12pm:
artist-talk by Victoria Durnak and guided tour with the curator Samir Mkadmi
This exhibition is part of a two-year-long residency and exhibition project involving six institutions in three different countries: Iceland, Lithuania and Norway. Ten artists have been invited to do residencies and to create works for four exhibitions in Vilnius, Nida, }eimiai (Lithuania) and Lillestr?m (Norway). This exhibition presents works by all participating artists. Akershus Kunstsenter is the fourth and the last stop in the travelling exhibitions tour.
Organiser: Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts
Project Partners:?Nordic Artists Centre Dale, Norway /?Office for Contemporary Art,?Oslo, Norway /?Residency Centre YO YO, }eimiai Manor Estate, Lithuania /?Skaftfell Center for Visual Art East Iceland, Sey?isfj?r?ur, Iceland
Vilnius Academy of Arts project Discipline Today. Residency Exchange and Exhibitions, project no. EEE-LT07-KM-01-K-01-035, benefits from a grant through the EEA Financial Mechanism and Lithuanian State programme LT07 Promotion of Diversity in Culture and Arts within European Cultural Heritage. The project is also financed by the Lithuanian Council for Culture.
