Norbert Tukaj (LT) (b. 1988) studied Architecture at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. He is working on large and small projects, completed buildings and acquired a thorough understanding of architectural language. Alongside architectural practice Norbert steadily improved his photography skills which evolved from a pastime activity into a new professional practice. Existing context, changing weather conditions and the position of the sun help in capturing architecture, its character and place.

Norbet Tukaj won Neringa City Municipality’s scholarship for the artists and during residency, he will work on a project Hidden Architecture. He wants to bring peoples’ attention to local architecture of Neringa city which Norbert approaches as a subject in natural and cultural contexts, as a subject of art piece, and as a subject made out of fragments and details. The artist is planning to create a photography series and performances while covering a specific resort architecture building in colorful smoke clouds. 

Alexandra Klawitter (DE) (b. 1973) studied Design at University of Art and Design in Dessau, Sculpture studies at the University of Art and Design in Halle and postgraduate master studies at the University of Arts Bremen.

She is working on a sculpture and using many different techniques and materials. During the residency at Nida Art Colony Alexandra will work on her ongoing project Treatment in which the artist is analyzes human and animal relations, surroundings, and nature. 

Marcel Tarelkin (DE) (b. 1982) lives and works in Berlin. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden and at the Royal Institute of Arts in Stockholm. 

Marcel Tarelkin is interested in merging aspects of choreography, sculpture, furniture, and performance. His performative sculptures prompts interactions between the object and its audience. Tarelkin’s body of work includes choreography, notes, drawings, installations, sculptures, furniture, video work, audio recordings, and dance performances. The participants’ responses to all these components are integral to the work; the interaction with the pieces is a performative act in itself.

During the residency, Marcel wants to create a series of objects by using standard Ikea furniture and reassembling them into something that shifts between the categories of sculpture and furniture, usability and nonsense. He’s interested in how the body and the sculpture connects and how a specific body posture can be created by its response to the sculpture/object. His goal is to expand the concept of traditional furniture usage, play with conventional understanding of furniture and to find the point at which furniture becomes a sculpture and vice versa. 

Teena Lange (DE) (b. 1980) is performance art curator, performative researcher and writer, and, since 2011, artistic director of the project space Grüntaler9 in Berlin. She studied Theatre & Performance Studies, Literature Studies & Linguistics at Universität Leipzig, Freie Universität Berlin and Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III. 

During the residency, Teena will reflect the processes and transformations of the performance art space Grüntaler9, where she has been working since 2011. Since its opening, Grüntaler9 has been a space of constant transformation, devoted exclusively to performance art and artistic research. It’s not a gallery, a White Cube or a Black Box. Each performance leaves behind visible and invisible traces, which remain, are taken over, transformed and left again. Grüntaler9 hosted more than 200 performances with more than 300 artists throughout seven years. In Nida Teena will create publication as a performance, that will be a continuation of Grüntaler9 activity.