Lithuanian artist Juozas Laivys is artist-in-residency in Sierre (Switzerland) in the project “On Hosting and Displacing”

Informacija

Paskelbta: 2013 balandžio 01, Pirmadienis 07:00

For the months March and April Lithuanian artist is living and creating work in the residency programme „On Hosting and Displacing“ organised by Ecole Cantonale d’Art du Valais (ECAV) and Château Mercier in a partnership with Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy.

Juozas Laivys (b. 1976) has studied in Vilnius Academy of Arts (MA) and Ecole National des Beaux-Arts de Lyon (postgraduate studies). Juozas Laivys is working internationally as an artist, besides the solo projects, he was taking part in shows in International Baltic triennial (Vilnius, CAC), 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, GB Agency (Paris), Lyon biennial and Tulips & Roses.

The final work of the resident will be presented in Sierre and in Nida during Inter-format symposium On Hosting and Displacing: Critical tourism, site-specificity and post-romantic condition (Nida Art Colony, May 16-19, 2013)

Juozas Laivys has already been based for while in Western Lithuanian country side where he runs a small farm. Recently he was involved in the project with mobile sculptures where he was making them and transporting and showing them in different locations in small towns and villages (Pictures and interview with him in Lithuanian Daily on Contemporary Art Artnews.lt).

The cooperation project „On Hosting and Displacing“ is focusing on the specificity of remote, picturesque contexts dominated by landscapes (both rural or alpine/marine) that are being “regenerated” today through touristic and cultural policies, the project will question critical models for artistic intervention in such environments.

We are thankful for our partners who provided grants for the most of curators and artists. Project is supported by Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, Ministry of Culture of Lithuanian Republic, Nordic-Baltic mobility programme for culture.

«A cooperation project in the framework of the exchange programme with Central and Eastern Europe, initiated by the liaison office of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia in Warsaw.» www.prohelvetia.pl