The Blog on Baltic & Nordic Remoteness has Started
- Published on Friday, 23 December 2011 13:01
We are starting the blog on Baltic-Nordic Network of Remote Art & Residency Centres. Check our pictures and diaries here http://remotenet.nidacolony.lt/
WebJs performance and Letmekoo residencies are migrating to the web
- Published on Thursday, 15 December 2011 10:09
"We saw the art action, WebJs, at the Nida Art Colony (a brand new residency department of the Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania) as an event in the Derridean and/or Foucaultian sense. A mix of eight weeks research and an endless stream of internet data resulted in a five hour performance on the 18th December where seven artists, 54 livestream viewers and 89 visitors were involved. The performance was transmitted in real time over the net. Visitors to the Nida Art Colony were invited to enjoy walking with a laptop computer around the space to appreciate the Mackenzian state of being – wirelessness." This is how WebJs curator puts in his text about 8 weeks residencies organised by him and produced by Lithuanian Interdisciplinary Artists' Association (www.letmekoo.lt).
The new project website has just been launched with all the documentation http://www.webjs.lt.
You can also experience WebJs performance with artists statements in the 15 min. video made by eminent Lithuanian video artist Evaldas Jansas.
Open Artists Studios and WebJs Performance on 18 Nov
- Published on Saturday, 12 November 2011 12:30
Welcome to open artists-in-residency studios from 8 to 11 pm on 18th November.
Participating Artists
Berglind Jóna Hlynsdóttir (Iceland)
Bita Razavi & Jaakko Karhunen (Finland)
John Grzinich (Estonia)
Tessa Androutsopoulos (FIN/GR)
Sydney Hart (CA/UK)
and WebJs video internet performance with guest artist Dirk Paesmans from www.jodi.org collective (BE/DE) at 9 pm.
Participating Artists
Andrius Kviliūnas (LT)
Darius Mikšys (LT)
Robertas Narkus (LT)
Linas Ramanauskas (LT)
Irma Stanaitytė (LT)
Curator Mindaugas Gapševičius (DE/LT).
The programme is included into open Culture Night of Neringa city which celebrates 50 years anniversary. More events.
Reseach Trip of Remote Baltic Art & Residency Centres is Starting
- Published on Sunday, 06 November 2011 12:14
Nida Art Colony team together with partnets is starting Reseach trip through the Baltic Art & Residency Centres in Latvia and Estonia: SERDE, Sanna Culture Manor, MoKs and TotalDobze.
Check out the blog of the network http://remotenet.nidacolony.lt/
It´s OK, They Live Here! - an exhibition of Colony residents at the supermarket Maxima in Nida
- Published on Friday, 04 November 2011 07:07
We welcome you to the Nida Maxima* for our opening the 5th of November at 17:00 O'clock:
It is an exhibition at Maxima by the artists in residence of the Nida Art Colony.
The title of this show comes from a chance meeting between one of the colony's artists in residence and a local woman just after they had come a across two big moose in the forest - the local woman consoles the artist with the words: It´s OK, they live Here!
"They" in this sense could just as well refer to us, the moose or the locals.
Sincerely, The Residents:
Berglind Jóna Hlynsdóttir 1979 (Icelandic artist based in Sao Paulo)
Darius Miksys 1969 ( Lithuanian artist based in Vilnius)
Eva-Fiore Kovacovsky 1980 (Swiss artist based in the Netherlands)
Liddy Scheffknecht 1980 (Austrian artist based in Vienna)
Renata Heredia 19-- (Lithuanian artist based in Vilnius)
Robertas Narkus 1983 (Lithuanian artist based in Vilnius)
Irma Stanaityte 1972 ( Lithuanian artist based in Vilnius)
Tessa Androutsopoulos 1981 (Finnish artist based in Helsinki)
*Maxima, Naglių gatvė 29A, Nida, 93123 Neringa, Lithuania
Photo: Robertas Narkus, Self-portrait, 2006
Call for proposals for events for winter- spring 2012
- Published on Monday, 17 October 2011 12:58
Nida Art Colony welcomes proposals from curators/institutions to collaborate on or to rent the spaces for events at the Colony. We also welcome travellers to overnight in the warm and cosy Colony's rooms.
The colony’s facilities:
seminar (53 sq. m) and conference/exhibition (100 sq. m) spaces;
roof terrace (100 sq. m);
63-bed guest house;
multifunctional industrial space (423 sq. m);
media lab and other equipment.
We offer a 50% discount from regular space rent prices for cultural and educational events.
Deadline for events to take place in January–May 2012 is October 31, 2011. Proposals and requests can be send all the year round but we dont guarantee your prefered timeframe for the event.
CALL FOR A TRAINEE
We are looking for an intern to work as an assistant curator, which includes coordination of artist-in-residency and other culture & education programmes. We offer a unique experience and reference letters for your future career, as well as free accommodation at the Colony from now to May 2012. However, you will have to cover your living expenses yourself. Please send your CV and a short motivation letter to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. before the end of October 2011.
Nida Art Colony, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Taikos str. 43, Neringa (Nida), Lithuania.
If you have any questions, please contact Vytautas Michelkevicius, artistic director: +370 662 45216 , This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Information partners: www.artnews.lt, www.neringafm.lt
Open Artists Studios on 15 October and Magazine Launch
- Published on Tuesday, 11 October 2011 21:49
Welcome to Nida Art Colony Open Studios and Magazine Launch on 15th of October from 2 to 5 p.m.
Artists-in-residency:
Berglind Jóna Hlynsdóttir (Islandija)
Eva-Fiore Kovacovsky (Nyderlandai)
Liddy Scheffknecht (Austrija)
Renata Heredia (Lietuva)
Guided Tour with artists is at 2 p.m. It is followed by the 1st issue of the magazine "Nida Art Colony Log".
Presentation of the 1st magazine "Nida Art Colony log" at CAC Reading Room
- Published on Monday, 10 October 2011 14:24
The first issue (Spring 2011) of the magazine of Nida Art Colony is out. It covers AIR portfolios, events at the Colony and discursive texts. The event together with the Colony team and Linas live via Neringa FM is going to take place at CAC (Contemporary Art Centre, Vokieciu str. 2, Vilnius) Reading Room on 12th of October at 6 pm. Herbal teas and videos will be served.
