Artists: Kader Attia, Julius von Bismarck, Pakui Hardware (Neringa Černiauskaitė & Ugnius Gelguda), Kuai Shen, Julijonas Urbonas, Rimantas Jankauskas, Šarūnas Jatautis, Ieva Mitokaitė, Iwona Janicka, Vida Motiekaitytė, Egidijus Rimkus, Dovilė Keršytė, Justas Kažys, Oksana Valionienė, Aistis Žalnora
Exhibition title: Citynature
Curated by: Vytenis Burokas, Vitalij Červiakov, Eglė Mikalajūnė, Eglė Nedzinskaitė
Venue: National Gallery of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
Date: February 3 – March 19, 2017
Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and National Gallery of Art, Vilnius
The exhibition Citynature: Vilnius and Beyond is a showcase for art and scientific research which reflects the city not solely as a man-made creation, but rather as an ecosystem where human activity is in a constant interplay with processes of both an animate and inanimate nature. One of the key elements of the show is an attempt to look closer at Vilnius, the city hosting the exhibition, in an attempt to perceive it not as a closed unit, but as a formation existing in the broader contexts of nature and culture, time and space.
The two-part exhibition will present five new works by Lithuanian and foreign artists, made in collaboration with scientists, in the search for parallels between the city and an anthill, offering a glimpse at the city from the perspective of a bat, viewing robots as members of society, reflecting post-traumatic healing processes common to the community and the individual physical body, and trying to imagine gardening in a cosmic city. Alongside the new works, there will be a display of scientific research spanning recent decades, where issues of urban nature are examined by historians, paleoanthroplogists, archaeologists, botanists, meteorologists and specialists in other fields. Their research will be presented in an accessible and creative form.
Citynature: Vilnius and Beyond. Exhibition view at National Gallery of Art, Vilnius, 2017
Julius von Bismarck, Instead We Bent Wire, 2017. Steel. Courtesy of the artist
Julius von Bismarck, Instead We Bent Wire, 2017. Steel. Courtesy of the artist
Julius von Bismarck, Instead We Bent Wire, 2017. Steel. Courtesy of the artist
Julius von Bismarck, Instead We Bent Wire, 2017. Steel. Courtesy of the artist
Pakui Hardware, Hesitant Hand, 2017. Industrial ABB IRB 2600 robot, transport boxes, UV print on silicone, images from NASA digital archive, PVC plastic, silicone rubber belts, concrete, stainless steel. Courtesy of the artists
Pakui Hardware, Hesitant Hand, 2017. Industrial ABB IRB 2600 robot, transport boxes, UV print on silicone, images from NASA digital archive, PVC plastic, silicone rubber belts, concrete, stainless steel. Courtesy of the artists
Pakui Hardware, Hesitant Hand, 2017. Industrial ABB IRB 2600 robot, transport boxes, UV print on silicone, images from NASA digital archive, PVC plastic, silicone rubber belts, concrete, stainless steel. Courtesy of the artists
Pakui Hardware, Hesitant Hand, 2017. Industrial ABB IRB 2600 robot, transport boxes, UV print on silicone, images from NASA digital archive, PVC plastic, silicone rubber belts, concrete, stainless steel. Courtesy of the artists.
Pakui Hardware, Hesitant Hand, 2017. Industrial ABB IRB 2600 robot, transport boxes, UV print on silicone, images from NASA digital archive, PVC plastic, silicone rubber belts, concrete, stainless steel. Courtesy of the artists.
Pakui Hardware, Hesitant Hand, 2017. Industrial ABB IRB 2600 robot, transport boxes, UV print on silicone, images from NASA digital archive, PVC plastic, silicone rubber belts, concrete, stainless steel. Courtesy of the artists.
Pakui Hardware, Hesitant Hand, 2017. Industrial ABB IRB 2600 robot, transport boxes, UV print on silicone, images from NASA digital archive, PVC plastic, silicone rubber belts, concrete, stainless steel. Courtesy of the artists.
Vida Motiekaitytė, Urbophytocoenoses: Syntaxonomy, Toxicotolerance, Successions, Functions. Vilnius: Institute of Botany, 2002
Vida Motiekaitytė, Urbophytocoenoses: Syntaxonomy, Toxicotolerance, Successions, Functions. Vilnius: Institute of Botany, 2002
Vida Motiekaitytė, Urbophytocoenoses: Syntaxonomy, Toxicotolerance, Successions, Functions. Vilnius: Institute of Botany, 2002
Vida Motiekaitytė, Urbophytocoenoses: Syntaxonomy, Toxicotolerance, Successions, Functions. Vilnius: Institute of Botany, 2002
Julius von Bismarck, Instead We Bent Wire, 2017. Steel. Courtesy of the artist
Dovilė Keršytė, Egidijus Rimkus, Justas Kažys, Near-Term and Long-Term Climate Projections for Lithuania. Geologija. Geografija, 2015, No. 1
Dovilė Keršytė, Egidijus Rimkus, Justas Kažys, Near-Term and Long-Term Climate Projections for Lithuania. Geologija. Geografija, 2015, No. 1
Kuai Shen, Thermotaxis, 2017. Anthill in a technology mediated habitat, video, sound, scanning electron microscopy images (digital prints), laser engraved chrome discs. Courtesy of the artist
Kuai Shen, Thermotaxis, 2017. Anthill in a technology mediated habitat, video, sound, scanning electron microscopy images (digital prints), laser engraved chrome discs. Courtesy of the artist
Kuai Shen, Thermotaxis, 2017. Anthill in a technology mediated habitat, video, sound, scanning electron microscopy images (digital prints), laser engraved chrome discs. Courtesy of the artist
Kuai Shen, Thermotaxis, 2017. Anthill in a technology mediated habitat, video, sound, scanning electron microscopy images (digital prints), laser engraved chrome discs. Courtesy of the artist
Kuai Shen, Thermotaxis, 2017. Anthill in a technology mediated habitat, video, sound, scanning electron microscopy images (digital prints), laser engraved chrome discs. Courtesy of the artist
Kuai Shen, Thermotaxis, 2017. Anthill in a technology mediated habitat, video, sound, scanning electron microscopy images (digital prints), laser engraved chrome discs. Courtesy of the artist
Kader Attia, Reflecting Memory, 2016. HD video, 48 min. Courtesy of the artist
Kader Attia, Reflecting Memory, 2016. HD video, 48 min. Courtesy of the artist
Kader Attia, Reflecting Memory, 2016. HD video, 48 min. Courtesy of the artist
Julijonas Urbonas, Airtime, 2017. Electromechanics, hydraulics, electronics, EPDM rubber. Courtesy of the artist
Julijonas Urbonas, Airtime, 2017. Electromechanics, hydraulics, electronics, EPDM rubber. Courtesy of the artist
Julijonas Urbonas, Airtime, 2017. Electromechanics, hydraulics, electronics, EPDM rubber. Courtesy of the artist
Oksana Valionienė, The Spatial Structure of Vilnius in the Middle Ages, Lithuanian Institute of History, University of Klaipėda, 2015