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On Saturday, away from the bustling Kaziukas Fair in the center, something that draws crowds of people all over the world took place – an abandoned building was transformed into an impressive work of art. In the former first aid station on Žalgirio Street, the Vilnius Academy of Arts (VDA) team, together with representatives of contemporary art and the company “Eika”, opened a unique temporary art gallery “Link’Menų”, which will be open all weekend and on March 11 and 14.
Instead of wooden clogs, modern ones graffiti on the walls. Instead of straw verbs – light installations. Instead of harmonica sounds – poetry rap. On Saturday, away from the bustling Kaziukas Fair in the city center, something that draws crowds of people all over the world took place – an abandoned building was transformed into an impressive work of art. In the former first aid station on Žalgirio Street, a team from the Vilnius Academy of Arts (VDA), together with representatives of contemporary art and the company “Go”opened a unique temporary art gallery “Link’Menų”, which will be open all weekend and on March 11 and 14.
In different spaces of the building, participants were invited to experience a form of temporary art that has become popular in the world’s largest cities – New York, London, Paris, Berlin, etc. – when artists occupy buildings that are about to be demolished and turn them into works of art. Anyone who visited the disused medical aid station in Vilnius yesterday could become an active participant in the artistic event.
The Forum Theatre presented a performance in which the audience, wishing to change the course of events, could change the actor and take over his role at any time. The organizers of the art workshops invited everyone to actively engage in drawing without seeing the person being drawn, experimental painting and printmaking, and the evening culminated with live concerts.
Both artists and spectators participated in the musical improvisation, which combined different musical styles, moods and rhythms. Later, the established canons and dogmas about poetry were broken by rappers. They proved that street culture poetry is often more alive, real, and sincere than literary classics.
The temporary art gallery is open on Sunday as well. Today, professional reader Raimundas Lukšas will read excerpts from Balis Sruoga’s “Forest of the Gods” and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s “The Little Prince”. Workshop masters will invite visitors to an open drawing battle. There will be a joint exhibition series “Kaita” of artists from different fields – painters, musicians, writers.
In early April, the building housing the temporary art gallery will be demolished. The abandoned first aid station will be replaced by a 15,000 square meter B+ class business center and apartment complex “Žalgirio 135”.
More information:
Justina Kiaušaite
Project Manager
Phone: +370 676 07148
Fax: +370 5 2514 256
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