MEDIARAMAS*: a series of events rewinding 25 years of the VDA FAMM Department!
Documentation of the exhibition in gallery "Atletika" HERE
SAVE THE DATES! PROGRAMME BELOW
In 1956, when the electronics company Ampex introduced the first videocassette and recorder in California, in the city of Vilnius...
In 1988, when the VideoFilmFest started in Berlin, the first Lithuanian video art exhibition "Meetings" took place in Klaipėda.
In 1997, when the same festival in Berlin was renamed "Transmediale", the Department of Photography and Videoart was established at the Vilnius Academy of Arts. In 2001 it was renamed the FMM (Photography and Media Art) and in 2022 the FAMM (Photography, Animation and Media Art) department.
In 2016, when the last videocassette recorder (VCR) was produced in Japan, the Russian Ambassador to Turkey was shot dead at a photography exhibition.
We invite you to the series of events MEDIARAMAS, which will rewind the quarter century of the VDA FAMM Department with images, sounds, movements, conversations, meetings and discussions. The programme includes exhibitions, performances, screenings, artist talks and a symposium.
SAVE THE DATES! Facebook event
EXHIBITIONS:
"Titanikas", 1st floor - 21 February - 25 March 2023 (opening on 21 February) Facebook event
"Titanikas 2nd Floor - 28 February - 25 March 2023 (opening 28 February)
"Atletika/Entity (SODAS 2123) - 3 March 2023 - 26 March 2023 (opening 3 March) Facebook event
EXHIBITION<>SYMPOSIUM
23 March, 4-8 pm VDA Titanic, FAMM Department and the Photography and Media Art Laboratory photo studio (4th floor)
Artist talks:
Dalia Mikonytė and Adomas Žudys, Artūras Raila, Robertas Narkus and Milda Zabarauskaitė, Saulius Leonavičius, Alvydas Lukys, Milda Dainovskytė and Laurynas Skeisgiela, Viltė Bražiūnaitė and Tomas Sinkevičius, Aistė Marija Stankevičiūtė, Austėja Masliukaitė
DISCURSIVE AND PERFORMATIVE SYMPOSIUM
24 March
10-19 h. Programme in preparation.
Participants: Alvydas Lukys, Gintaras Šeputis, Vytautas Michelkevičius, Jurij Dobriakov, Agnė Narušytė, Denis Petrina, Audrius Pocius, Vitalij Červiakov, Aurelija Maknytė, Miklos Tamas Ambrozy, Laima Kreivytė, Valentinas Klimašauskas, Skaidra Trilupaitytė, Laura Gudaitė, Arnas Anskaitis, Gintarė Brazauskienė, VDA Titanikas, FAMM Department and the Photography and Media Art Laboratory Photography Studio (4th floor. )
12-6 pm. Monika Dirsytė, performance "True/False", 1st floor lobby of Titanic
8 pm. Project closing after party, bar 2123 of the cultural complex SODAS
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:
Arnas Anskaitis, Mindaugas Ažušilis, Julijus Balčikonis, Viktorija Balkutė, Vita Banko, Evelina Bernatonytė, Viltė Bražiūnaitė, Kotryna Briedytė, Žydrūnas Česnauskis, Pijus Chraptavičius, Dominyka Čiplytė, Milda Dainovskytė, Dovilė Dagienė, Joana Deltuvaitė, Gintaras Didžiapetris, Monika Dirsytė, Rima Eidukevičiūtė, Tatjana (Tata) Frenkel, Linas Kristupas Gabrielaitis, Dainius Gasparavičius, Eglė Gelažiūtė, Ugnius Gelguda, Rokas Gelžinis, Gintautas Jankus, Justina Jaruševičiūtė, Vytautas Juozėnas, Rasa Juškevičiūtė, Brigita Kazlauskaitė (Bon Alog), Karolina Kazuraitė, Evelina Kerpaitė, Kamilė Klimaitytė, Valentinas Klimašauskas, Lina Kruopytė, Julija Kuprijaškinaitė, Julius Kuršis, Sofija Laurušonytė, Saulius Leonavičius, Rudolfas Levulis, Natalija Lokcikaitė, Alvydas Lukys, Agota Lukytė, Matas Mačiulskis, Aurelija Maknytė, Agnė Masilionytė, Austėja Masliukaitė, Laurynas Mataitis, Agnė Matulevičiūtė, Jurgita Matuzevičiūtė, Vytautas Michelkevičius, Saulė Miežytė, Dalia Mikonytė, Salvijus Misevičius, Jokūbas Miškinis, Diana Nakrevič, Lauryna Narkevičiūtė, Robertas Narkus, Vilmina Navickaitė, Vaclovas Nevčesauskas, Vladislav Novicki, Valentyn Odnoviun, Laurynas Orlauskas, Gabrielė Oržekauskaitė, Jurgis Paškevičius, Ignas Pavliukevičius, Vita Pečialiūnė, Ainė Petkūnaitė, Matas Petkūnas, Tomas Piliponis, Bartoš Polonski, Monika Požerskytė, Artūras Raila, Jurgita Remeikytė, Jurgita Remeikytė, Eglė Ridikaitė, Andrius Rugys, Domas Rūkas, Laura Sabaliauskaitė, Urtė Sabutytė, Rimas Sakalauskas, Laura Stasiulytė (Gudaitė), Kotryna Šarkanaitė, Matas Sergijus Šatūnas, Vilma Šileikienė, Vygandas Šimbelis (Das Vegas), Vilija Simutytė, Tomas Sinkevičius, Laurynas Skeisgiela, Antanas Skučas, Irma Stanaitytė, Aistė Marija Stankevičiūtė, Gedvilė Tamošiūnaitė, Violeta Tvorogal, Gintarė Valevičiūtė-Brazauskienė, Arturas Valiauga, Margarita Valionytė, Greta Vileikytė, Aistė Viršulytė, Tomas Vyšniauskas, Milda Zabarauskaitė, Kornelijus Zaleckas, Gintaras Zinkevičius, Adomas Žudys
SERIES OF EVENTS (PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME):
21 February.
Agnė Matulevičiūtė, musical performance, Titaniko 1st floor exhibition space; 18:30
Rokas Gelžinis, audiovisual performance Figurine, Photostudio C 19:00
28 February
(from 18:00)
Vladislav Novicki, installation-situation Untitled (Bicycle), Titanic 2nd floor exhibition space 18:00-20:00
Vilija Simutytė, performance Unrecognised Object, 2nd floor of Titanic (stairs to 1st floor) 18:30
Laurynas Mataitis, presentation and audition of the project MUSIC ON BONES, Titanic 2nd floor exhibition space 19:00
3 March.
18:00
Vygantas Šimbelis and Vytautas Juozėnas, collaborative audiovisual project RGB Poetics
3 - 20 March from 2 pm
Aistė Viršulytė, open door to the micro-gallery GAPS GALLER, in the cultural complex SODAS 2123
March 8th-10th.
7:30 p.m. Tatiana (Tata) Frenkel, workshop "Diagrammatic Narratives through the Prism of the Invisible Arts", FAMM space "Entity" (SODAS 2123)
11 March.
15 hrs. Violeta Tvorogal and Natalija Lokcikaitė, creative-educational workshop on bioplastics, FAMM space "Entity" (SODAS 2123)
12 - 16 March,
10:00 - 20:00
Andrius Rugys, Living Museum of Sounds and hearing therapy studio "Garso Korys"
FAMM creative space "Entity" (SODAS 2123)
21 March, 7 pm. Auditorium 424, Titanic 4th floor reels screenings
17 March.
6 pm. Valentinas Klimašauskas, reading evening "Everybody Reads Propaganda!", FAMM space "Entity" (SODAS 2123)
18 March.
14 h. Valentyn Odnoviun, lecture "Correlation Between the Image and Its' Reason", FAMM space "Entity" (SODAS 2123)
24 March.
Premieres of two animated short films at the "Kino pavasaris" festival (time to be announced):
Gintarė Valevičiūtė-Brazauskienė and Antanas Skučas, Purga, 2023
https://kinopavasaris.lt/lt/programa/8202-purga
Antanas Skučas and Julius Zubavičius, Planets and Robots, 2023
https://kinopavasaris.lt/lt/programa/8158-planetos-ir-robotai
CREDITS:
Curator of the project Irma Stanaitytė-Bazienė
Curators of the exhibition part in Atletika and Titanikas 2nd floor: Irma Stanaitytė-Bazienė and Laura Gudaitė
Curators of the Titanic 1st floor: Viktorija Balkutė, Dovydas Černiauskas, Natalija Lokcikaitė, Julija Kuprijaškinaitė
Author of the exhibition text: Monika Kalinauskaitė
Curators of the programme of events: Irma Stanaitytė-Bazienė, Laura Gudaitė, Viktorija Balkutė, Dovydas Černiauskas, Natalija Lokcikaitė, Julija Kuprijaškinaitė, Vytautas Michelkevičius
Organisers of the symposium: Lina Michelkevičė, Vytautas Michelkevičius, Aušra Trakšelytė
Project organiser: the Department of Photography, Animation and Media Art, VDA
Project Commissioner Vytautas Michelkevičius
Partners and sponsors: SODAS 2123, LTMKS, Vilnius Academy of Arts, VDA Institute of Art, VDA Doctoral Department, Lithuanian Photographers' Union, FAMM space "Entity
The project is funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture
Visual identity designer Dovydas Černiauskas
Architects of the exhibition: Jurgis Dagelis (Titaniko II a.), Akvilė Stundytė ir Vilius Baranauskas (Titaniko I a.)
Language editor: Asta Bartkevičiūtė
Translator: Tomas Čiučelis
Thanks to: artists, partners, VDA FAMM Department staff, VDA Art and Design Labs staff, volunteers
Special thanks to: Brigita Kasperaite, Margarita Valionyte, Gintara Valevičiūtė-Brazauskienė, Arnas Anskaitis, Alvydas Lukas, Ričards Šileika, Gints Kavoliūnas, Algirdas Jaruševičius
