Highlights of the Open Studios in May 2019
- Published on Monday, 03 June 2019 12:51

| On the 28th of May artists Lena Sieder-Semlitsch (DE), Liesbet Grupping (BE), Diana Drake (AR/US), Tereza Záchová (CZ), Žilvinas Landzbergas (LT), Marion Blume (DE), and Viktoria Schmid (AT) presented the artworks that they developed during the residency at Nida Art Colony. |
| The event started at Žilvinas Landzbergas (LT) studio, where he presented the prototypes of site-specific sculptures. Artist was trying to find the shapes and materials that could fit Nida landscape and become interactive with people.
Liesbet Grupping (BE) presented the photography series Bleu, blue, blauw. During the residency she was capturing the variety of abstract blue sky fragments using analogue technique. Lena Sieder-Semlitsch (DE) presented her ongoing project Kiosk - artists’ publications, i. e. exhibition catalogues, portfolios, monographs, and other, that she collected. In orded to display her collection, Lena created a portable structure, which functions as 'a library of the flaneur'. Visitors of Open Studios were invited to Nida Art Colony reading room by Tereza Záchová (CZ). Curator made an exhibition Earth of Archive from the books she found there and became interested in. Diana Drake (AR/US) created the series of postcards, paintings, photographs and video works in which she attempted to capture and reflect the landscape and history of Nida. At her second Open Studios event at Nida Art Colony artist Marion Blume (DE) presented the jewelry collection made of natural materials she found in Nida, such as rocks, branches, mossed, amber, sand, animal excrement, and other. During the two months residency Viktoria Schmid (AT) was working on her ongoing project Proposal to project. Artist installed the projection screen in the dunes and through her artistic practice questioned the substance of cinema. |





















Photos by Andrej Vasilenko

