13th December at 2 p.m. Aistė Ambrazevičiūtė, a doctoral student in Design, will defend her art project "Lichen Grammar" (Design V 003) at Vilnius Academy of Arts, Room No. 102 (Malūnų Str. 3, Vilnius).
The art project defence meeting will be held in English.
Art project supervision:
Prof. Gediminas Urbonas (2020-2023) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Visual Arts, Fine Arts V 002);
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rūta Spelskytė- Liberienė (2023-2024) (Vilnius Academy of Arts, Visual Arts, Fine Arts V 002)
Thesis supervision:
Prof. Dr. Tomas Grunskis (2020-2023) (Vilnius Academy of Arts, Humanities, Art History and Theory H 003);
Prof. Dr. Marquard Smith (2023-2024) (Vilnius Academy of Arts, Humanities, Art History and Theory, Curatorship H 003)
Consultant:
Dr. Jurga Motiejūnaitė (2021) (Nature Research Centre, Laboratory of Mycology, Natural Sciences, Biology N 010)
The Artistic Research Project will be defended at a public meeting of the Academic Board of Design at Vilnius Academy of Arts composed of the following members:
Chairperson:
Prof. Audrius Klimas (Vilnius Academy of Arts, Visual Arts, Design V 003)
Members:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eglė Bazaraitė (Vilnius Academy of Arts, Humanities, Art History and Theory H 003)
Prof. Gabi Schillig (Berlin University of the Arts (Germany), Visual Communication, Visual Arts, Architecture V 001)
Assoc. Prof. Julijonas Urbonas (Vilnius Academy of Arts, Visual Arts, Design V 003)
Dr. Audronė Žukauskaitė (Lithuanian Culture Research Institute, Humanities, Philosophy H 001)
Abstract
Lichen Grammar is a visual research, where lichen tell stories – visual and verbal, fictional and real. It is inviting to observe the microscopic yet enormous world of lichen through metaphors, built upon biological references, digital curiosities and imagination that turn to lichen worldview theories. Lichen teach us to trust our metaphors, our descriptive systems, and feelings as a form of knowing.
Guided by visual associations, the artistic becomes the new scientific. Carrying out artistic research from the inside of lichen, being within, sensing, and installing methods of deep observation, makes one unable to unsee the new visual language and knowledge. Lichen teach how to reconnect with the environment, offering new design tools and a novel philosophy.
By observing lichen, new patterns, new rules, and a new grammar emerge. Locally grown (or simulated), site-specific, contextural, digitally crafted, unpredictable symbiotic combinations manifesting in a variety of scales and formats throughout Aistė’s art practice, they offer new stories through image, form, and education.
