Baltic Triennial 13 – Give Up The Ghost at Contemporary Art Centre

Artists: Caroline Achaintre, Evgeny Antufi ev, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Darja Bajagić, Olga Balema, Nina Beier, Huma Bhabha, Dora Budor, Miriam Cahn, Jayne Cortez, Melvin Edwards, Daiga
Grantina, Max Hooper Schneider, Anna Hulačová, Pierre Huyghe, E’wao Kagoshima, Sanya Kantarovsky, Ella Kruglyanskaya, Benoît Maire, Katja Novitskova, Pakui Hardware, Anu Põder, Laure Prouvost, Ieva Rojūtė, Rachel Rose, Augustas Serapinas, Michael E. Smith, Liv Wynter, Adam Christensen, Anton Lukoszevieze, Ieva Rojūtė, Žygimantas Kudirka

Exhibition title: Baltic Triennial 13 – Give Up The Ghost

Artistic Director: Vincent Honoré

Curators: Dina Akhmadeeva, Canan Batur, Neringa Bumblienė, Cédric Fauq, Anya Harrison

Venue: Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius, Lithuania

Date: May 11 – August 12, 2018

Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius

Note: Full press release can be found here

BT13 – GIVE UP THE GHOST launches its first chapter at Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius on Friday, 11 May with an evening of performances followed by a public programme on Saturday, 12 May.

BT13 in Vilnius includes works by Caroline Achaintre, Evgeny Antufi ev, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Darja Bajagić, Olga Balema, Nina Beier, Huma Bhabha, Dora Budor, Miriam Cahn, Jayne Cortez, Melvin Edwards, Daiga Grantina, Max Hooper Schneider, Anna Hulačová, Pierre Huyghe, E’wao Kagoshima, Sanya Kantarovsky, Ella Kruglyanskaya, Benoît Maire, Katja Novitskova, Pakui Hardware, Anu Põder, Laure Prouvost, Ieva Rojūtė, Rachel Rose, Augustas Serapinas and Michael E. Smith alongside a public programme of performances by Liv Wynter, Adam Christensen, Anton Lukoszevieze, Ieva Rojūtė and Žygimantas Kudirka celebrating the Triennial.

The Baltic Triennial has historically taken place at the CAC Vilnius only. For its 13th edition, it will – for the first time – be organised by and take place in Lithuania, Estonia (opening on June 29th) and Latvia (opening on September 21st), taking the form of three distinct chapters.

Baltic Triennial 13 is informed by a shared concern: what does it mean to belong at a time of fractured iden-tities? BT13 – GIVE UP THE GHOST unfolds through and with this very question, careful not to offer a single or illustrative response. Instead, it opts for a collective vision of what is at stake: independence and depen-dency—and everything that lies in between—to territories, cultures, classes, histories, bodies and forms. The fluctuating notion of belonging, which can be understood to exist within the conceptual and formal framework of a relationship, allows us to think beyond identity as something fi xed, self-contained and essentialised.

The exhibition in Vilnius, set within an ambitious architectural intervention designed by architect Diogo Passarinho, and which considerably changes the institution by opening it up and reconfiguring the entire space, tackles the concept of belonging by bringing together unstable territories and bodies. A large num-ber of works have been commissioned especially for the exhibition: Anna Hulačová creates a monument in the form of a fountain; Dora Budor takes over the space surrounding the terrace and turns it into a futuristic desolate landscape inhabited by animatronic birds; Augustas Serapinas has worked with a local community to address the heritage of the nuclear industry; Sanya Kantarovsky premieres a group of new, unique mono-types; Daiga Grantina has created a large group of sculptures; Melvin Edwards revisits one of their iconic barbed wire pieces from the 1970s; Laure Prouvost creates an immersive installation in the form of a land-scape; Pakui Hardware produce new works addressing technology and human perception; Ieva Rojūtė installs two new murals; Michael E. Smith infiltrates the space with sculptures and videos; Caroline Achaintre produces large-scale new sculptures, and Katja Novitskova continues her exploration of the human condition in an age of accelerating technological advancement through a new set of assemblages.

These commissions are accompanied by loans, shown for the first time in Vilnius, of important works by: Darja Bajagić, Nina Beier, Huma Bhabha, Miriam Cahn, Jayne Cortez, Melvin Edwards, Pierre Huyghe, E’wao Kagoshima, Ella Kruglyanskaya, Max Hooper Schneider, Anu Põder and Rachel Rose. Drawings, paintings, in-stallations, videos, music, texts, performances form a polyphony addressing the multiple artistic strategies of our time.

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, LAURE PROUVOST, A Way To Leak, Lick, Leek, 2016, Installation, Dimensions variable, Courtesy the artist, Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, DORA BUDOR, The Preserving Machine, 2018, Special effect dust (diatomaceous earth), tinted window gels, demolished wall from the former exhibition, optical sensing computer system, hardware, biomimetic robot bird, caretaker, Dimensions variable, Courtesy the artist and New Galerie, Paris Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, Architecture by Diogo Passarinho, works by AUGUSTAS SERAPINAS and DARJA BAJAGIĆ Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, MELVIN EDWARDS, Courtesy Stephen Friedman Gallery, London Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, AUGUSTAS SERAPINAS, Vygintas, Kirilas and Semionovas, 2018, Installation, used wood and part of the building of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant, PVC flooring, Dimensions variable, Courtesy the artist; Emalin, London and Apalazzo Gallery, Brescia Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, Architecture by DIOGO PASSARINHO, works by DARJA BAJAGIĆ and MIRIAN CAHN Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, MIRIAM CAHN, Schlafen, 1997 Oil on canvas 13 paintings, Dimensions variable, Courtesy Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris and Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, DARJA BAJAGIĆ, Molly 5 (Woods), 2016 UV printed aluminium-brushed Dibond with motion activated liquid mechanism and shaped MDF frame container, acrylic paint, canvas 100 x 79 x 7 cm, Courtesy Carlos/Ishikawa, London Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, Architecture by DIOGO PASSARINHO, works by OLGA BALEMA (left), CAROLINE ACHAINTRE (right) Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, Architecture by DIOGO PASSARINHO, works by DARJA BAJAGIĆ, AUGUSTAS SERAPINAS and MELVIN EDWARDS Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, DARJA BAJAGIĆ, Molly 4 (Dagger), 2016 UV printed aluminium-brushed Dibond with motion activated liquid mechanism and shaped MDF frame container, acrylic paint, canvas, 86 x 56.5 x 7 cm, Courtesy Carlos/Ishikawa, London Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, Architecture by DIOGO PASSARINHO Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, Works by MELVIN EDWARDS Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, Architecture by DIOGO PASSARINHO, works by DARJA BAJAGIĆ, AUGUSTAS SERAPINAS and MELVIN EDWARDS Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, CAROLINE ACHAINTRE Courtesy the artist Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, PIERRE HUYGHE, The Host and The Cloud, 2009-2010 HD video, colour, surround sound 2h. 1min 30 sec, Courtesy the artist, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York/Paris Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, MELVIN EDWARDS, Look through minds mirror distance and measure time – Jayne Cortez, 1970, Barbed wire, Dimensions variable, Courtesy Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and Alexander Gray Associates, New York Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, Architecture by DIOGO PASSARINHO, works by NINA BEIER, MELVIN EDWARDS and KATJA NOVITSKOVA Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, Architecture by DIOGO PASSARINHO, works by NINA BEIER, MELVIN EDWARDS, KATJA NOVITSKOVA and CAROLINE ACHAINTRE Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, KATJA NOVITSKOVA, Mamaroo (Trajectory Calculations), 2018 and Mamaroo (Violent Origins), 2018, electronic baby swing, polyurethane resin, robotic bugs, epoxy epoxy clay, nail polish, silicon fish baits, power magnets, silicon stress eggs, pvc cable covers, aluminum spider pedestal, 155 x 100 x 80cm each, All works courtesy the artist and Kraupa Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, Architecture by DIOGO PASSARINHO, works by DAIGA GRANTINA Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, Architecture by DIOGO PASSARINHO, works by NINA BEIER and ANU PÕDER Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, Architecture by DIOGO PASSARINHO, works by NINA BEIER, MELVIN EDWARDS, CAROLINE ACHAINTRE and KATJA NOVITSKOVA Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, Architecture by DIOGO PASSARINHO, works by DAIGA GRANTINA and EVGENY ANTUFIEV Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, MELVIN EDWARDS, Untitled Portrait of Jayne, 1974, Wool, 228 x 300 cm, Courtesy Stephen Friedman Gallery Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, E‘WAO KAGOSHIMA, Untitled, 1978, Graphite and ink on paper, 76.2 x 55.9 cm, Courtesy Galerie Gregor Staiger, Zürich and Greenspon Gallery, New York Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, Works by E‘WAO KAGOSHIMA and CAROLINE ACHAINTRE Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, E‘WAO KAGOSHIMA, Untitled, 1981, Charcoal, pastel, and metallic paint on paper, 76.2 x 55.9; X-4, 1978 Graphite, charcoal, pastel on paper 76 x 56 cm, Both works courtesy Galerie Gregor Staiger, Zürich and Greenspon Gallery, New York Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, MAX HOOPER SCHNEIDER, Plasm(0)void 7 (Uranium Germ), 2017 and Plasm(0)void 11(Uranium Germ), 2017, Borosilicate oviform, uranium glass embryo sculpture, noble gas mixture, high-voltage electrode, repurposed trash can, 48.3 x 48.3 x 117 cm each, Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, MAX HOOPER SCHNEIDER, Plasm(0)void 11(Uranium Germ), 2017, Borosilicate oviform, uranium glass embryo sculpture, noble gas mixture, high-voltage electrode, repurposed trash can, 48.3 x 48.3 x 117 cm, All works courtesy the artist and High Art, Paris Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, MAX HOOPER SCHNEIDER, Plasm(0)void 7 (Uranium Germ), 2017 Borosilicate oviform, uranium glass embryo sculpture, noble gas mixture, high-voltage electrode, repurposed trash can, 48.3 x 48.3 x 117 cm each, Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, NINA BEIER, Automobile, 2017, Two remote control vehicles (black Range Rover) and human hair 17 x 21 x 43 cm each, Courtesy the artist and STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, KATJA NOVITSKOVA, Mamaroo (Trajectory Calculations), 2018, electronic baby swing, polyurethane resin, robotic bugs, epoxy epoxy clay, nail polish, silicon fish baits, power magnets, silicon stress eggs, pvc cable covers, aluminum spider pedestal, 155 x 100 x 80cm, All works courtesy the artist and Kraupa Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, KATJA NOVITSKOVA, Mamaroo (Violent Origins), 2018, electronic baby swing, polyurethane resin, robotic bugs, epoxy epoxy clay, nail polish, silicon fish baits, power magnets, silicon stress eggs, pvc cable covers, aluminum spider pedestal, 155 x 100 x 80cm, All works courtesy the artist and Kraupa Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, ANU PÕDER, Tongues, 1998-2018, Installation made of soap, water and tin bowl 3 x 25 x 13 cm each, tongue Courtesy Art Museum of Estonia Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, Architecture by DIOGO PASSARINHO, works by ANU PÕDER and OLGA BALEMA Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, DAIGA GRANTINA, All works courtesy the artist and Galerie Joseph Tang, Paris Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, RACHEL ROSE, A Minute Ago, 2014, HD Video, 8:43 min, Courtesy the artist and Pilar Corrias, London Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, OLGA BALEMA, All works courtesy Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, Architecture by DIOGO PASSARINHO, works by ANU PÕDER and OLGA BALEMA Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, OLGA BALEMA, All works courtesy Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, Architecture by DIOGO PASSARINHO, works by ANU PÕDER and OLGA BALEMA Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, DAIGA GRANTINA, All works courtesy the artist and Galerie Joseph Tang, Paris Photo CAC /Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, EVGENY ANTUFIEV, All works courtesy Emalin, London Photo CAC / Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, E‘WAO KAGOSHIMA, Iibidoll no. 1, 1985, Oil on canvas, 122 x 122 x 6 cm, Courtesy Galerie Gregor Staiger, Zürich and Greenspon Gallery, New York Photo CAC / Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, Architecture by DIOGO PASSARINHO, works by EVGENY ANTUFIEV Photo CAC / Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, Architecture by DIOGO PASSARINHO, works by DAIGA GRANTINA, E‘WAO KAGOSHIMA Photo CAC / Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, Architecture by DIOGO PASSARINHO, works by EVGENY ANTUFIEV Photo CAC / Andrej Vasilenko

altic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, Architecture by DIOGO PASSARINHO, works by EVGENY ANTUFIEV Photo CAC / Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, ANNA HULAČOVÁ, Underworld Upside Down, 2018, Mixed media, Dimensions variable, Courtesy the artist and hunt kastner, Prague Photo CAC / Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, ELLA KRUGLYANSKAYA, All works courtesy the artist and Gavin Brown‘s enterprise, New York/Rome Photo CAC / Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, KORAKRIT ARUNANONDCHAI, With history in a room filled with people with funny names 4, 2017, 23 min 32 sec HD video and installation, Courtesy the artist Photo CAC / Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, PAKUI HARDWARE, The Return of Sweetness, 2018, Glass object, heat-treated PVC, textile fabric, latex, silicone, chia seeds, cables, Dimensions variable, Courtesy the artists and EXILE, Berlin, Photo CAC / Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, Works by PAKUI HARDWARE and IEVA ROJŪTĖ Photo CAC / Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, IEVA ROJŪTĖ, One Thing, You Are Slippery, 2018, Mixed media, Dimensions variable, Courtesy the artist Photo CAC / Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, Works by PAKUI HARDWARE and IEVA ROJŪTĖ Photo CAC / Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, IEVA ROJŪTĖ, One Thing, You Are Slippery, 2018, Mixed media, Dimensions variable, Courtesy the artist Photo CAC / Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, Works by PAKUI HARDWARE and IEVA ROJŪTĖ Photo CAC / Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, IEVA ROJŪTĖ, One Thing, You Are Slippery, 2018, Mixed media, Dimensions variable, Courtesy the artist Photo CAC / Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, Architecture by DIOGO PASSARINHO, works by CAROLINE ACHAINTRE Photo CAC / Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, HUMA BHABHA, Untitled, 2010, Cork, wood, acrylic paint, 172.7 x 45.7 x 30.5 cm, Courtesy the artist and Salon 94, New York Photo CAC / Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, Works of CAROLINE ACHAINTRE and HUMA BHABHA Photo CAC / Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, SANYA KANTAROVSKY, All works courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London, and Tanya Leighton Gallery, Berlin Photo CAC / Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, BENOÎT MAIRE, Society, 2018, Installation on 3 tables with sculptures made of brass, fossils, crystal and shells and suspensijon, Dimensions variable, Courtesy the artist Photo CAC / Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, MICHAEL E. SMITH, Untitled, 2018, Skunks, plastic, metal, Dimensions variable; Untitled, 2018, SD Video, found footage, 16:9, colour, silent, loop, Both works courtesy the artist and KOW, Berlin Photo CAC / Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, Works by BENOÎT MAIRE and MICHAEL E. SMITH Photo CAC / Andrej Vasilenko

Baltic Triennial 13 GIVE UP THE GHOST Vilnius chapter, MICHAEL E. SMITH, Untitled, 2017 Laser, cellphone, LSD, plastic Dimensions variable Courtesy the artist and KOW, Berlin Photo CAC / Andrej Vasilenko