Opening of the Lithuanian Pavilion at the Biennale Arte
- Published on Friday, 12 April 2019 14:18
| Imagine a beach – you within it, or better: watching from above – the burning sun, sunscreen and bright bathing suits and sweaty palms and legs. On the 10th of May Lithuanian Pavilion will be opened at the 58th Venice Biennale. You are invited to participate in the special events. |
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Tired limbs sprawled lazily across a mosaic of towels. Imagine the occasional squeal of children, laughter, the sound of an ice cream van in the distance. The musical rhythm of waves on the surf, a soothing sound (on this particular beach, not elsewhere). The crinkling of plastic bags whirling in the air, their silent floating, jellyfish-like, below the waterline. The rumble of a volcano, or of an airplane, or a speedboat. Then a chorus of songs: everyday songs, songs of worry and of boredom, songs of almost nothing. And below them: the slow creaking of an exhausted Earth, a gasp. Sun & Sea (Marina) is a contemporary opera-performance by Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė, Vaiva Grainytė and Lina Lapelytė, which takes place on an artificial beach. More than 20 participants and singers in colourful bathing suits are lying next to each other on a sandy ground, while the audience observes them from above, as though from the point of view of the sun. Sun & Sea (Marina) Opening Events: * Daisy Hildyard is a novelist and academic. Hildyard has a PhD on early-modern scientific literature. Her first novel, ‘Hunters in the Snow’ received the Somerset Maugham Award and a ‘5 under 35’ honorarium at the USA National Book Awards. Her latest book, ‘The Second Body’, is an essay on the Anthropocene. The Lithuanian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale is presented by the Lithuanian Council for Culture and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania |