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Talking Doors

09 / 01 2009 - 09 / 30 2009

The interactive art project Talking Doors will enable each city resident to rediscover city architecture and experience new interaction with the most notable city buildings. The interactive audio art installations will be equipped in the public areas of central Vilnius, in the doors of various public buildings such as churches, museums or universities. Each passer-by or guest of the Talking Doors will be able to speak to the door, thus, recording the “creak” of the opened doors, and opening them to play with the special integrated electronic means. The one opening the doors will be able to record his/her voice and “playback" this record with the movement of the door. The playing will be composed of unique automated digital compositions exclusively created by sound specialists and electronic musicians for a particular location or door.

8 mm Mute Film Festival

09 / 01 2009 - 09 / 30 2009

The majority of the short films made for Lithuanian festivals are not shot on film. Digital technologies numb film professionals by turning them into users of the media. Why, cinema does not mean viewing films in a motion-picture theatre, cinema means viewing cinema films in a motion-picture theatre. The 8 mm film festival differs from others because the films will be shot on film. Also, it will not become a “closet“ festival since the films will be specially produced for the event. Theoretical and practical training sessions will take place after selecting participants according to their submitted scenarios. Each participant will receive a special 8 mm film (3 minutes in length), of which no editing or post-production will be possible (each take will be final and the only one). All 8 mm festivals have guests from foreign countries. The most successful films will visit other film festivals worldwide.

3E DOX

09 / 01 2009 - 10 / 31 2009

Twenty years ago forty most famous European film artists and its first president Ingmar Bergman founded the European Film Academy (EFA) – Europe’s most honourable film institution uniting brightest filmmakers in Europe. Every year members of EFA select and award Europe’s best feature films and documentaries. This award ceremony is among the most informative events in Europe. In October 2009 Vilnius will host elections of the best documentary. During the whole month until the ceremony during which the winner will be announced and at the end of the event the programme of the best European documentaries will be demonstrated to the Lithuanian audience. Creative laboratories for films by Lithuanian EFA winners and nominees, which will provide the opportunity to present foreign film lovers and professionals with the tradition and creators of Lithuanian documentaries will be organised concurrently.

Meeting with World’s Outstanding Film Makers at the International Small Film Festival “Networks”

09 / 01 2009 - 09 / 30 2009

The programmes of the most recent short films (about 200 films created by laureates of many international festivals) from Germany, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Latvia, Estonia, Russia, Poland, Lithuania, France, Spain, Portugal, ST. Britain, Turkey, Italy, and Belgium, special thematic programmed and retrospectives of recognised masters of cinema will be demonstrated during the festival. Selection of films will be organised with traditionally participating partners of the festival: Coordination of the European Film Festivals, Hamburg Short Films Agency, “Vila do Conde” festival of short films (Portugal), Brest Film Festival (France), All-Russian Cinematography Institute, St. Petersburg festival “Message To Man”, Danish Cinema Institute, Swedish Cinema Institute, Norwegian Cinema Institute, Film Polski, Latvian Cinema Centre, Estonian Cinema Fund, Cinesites (France), etc. Films will be introduced by famous cinematographers and meetings will take place with film makers. Three best films of the “Networks” festival will be awarded the prizes: “Gold Audience Award”, “Silver Audience Award” and “Bronze Audience Award “. The festival will also present a retrospective of films created by there exclusive invitees – film directors.

Vilnius: Gates of Memory (Pravda live)

09 / 04 2009 - 09 / 08 2009

One of the most renowned young European theatre groups Krétakör (Hungary) and its art director Árpád Schilling have initiated an innovative international art experiment aiming at developing a travelling and ever changing performance-project covering different arts, sites and artist groups. The project researching new forms and trends of theatre art, as well as its presentation in the communities is implemented in four countries - Hungary, France, Norway and Lithuania. Memory. How does it affect the today of the city? How does a foreigner understand it? How can modern means of stage art express personal and collective memory? What is the role of theatre in the today's world? About 30 theatre artists from different countries will seek to find answers to these questions. The city community will become an important partner and co-author of the project. It will be involved into the creative process by the way of impromptu interviews, interactive chat forms, documentation of city present and past, personal belongings, community sites, etc. The project will consist of three parts: the installation of human solitude developed with the help of new video technologies, happening Circle of Chalk researching the forms of human socialising via a new type of performance, i.e. an experimental myth, and a street campaign Artproletars to be implemented with young artists and students of visual and stage arts.

Tolling Bells

09 / 10 2009 - 09 / 13 2009

The International Folklore Festival “Pokrovskie Kolokola” Programme comprises performances, evening gatherings and creative workshops of ethnic minorities, Lithuanians and folklore groups of foreign guests. The cycle of concerts is focused on exclusively professional and complete traditional music programmes, authentic performances of country musicians subject to comments by experts. Exotic and unique traditional details of playing music and reconstructions of particularly archaic musical phenomena will be demonstrated here. One of the concerts will be devoted to interpretations of traditional music of modern composers and should be interested both, to melomans and to the general public, youth in particular. Concerts will be given by representatives of authentic folklore: country singers and folklore groups from Poland, Georgia, Ukraine, Russia, Latvia, Estonia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Slovenia and other countries reconstructing unique archaic fragments of musical tradition and the leading groups of Lithuanian folklore. The principal aim of the Festival is to create the image of Vilnius, as of a multicultural European city, help in preserving original ethno culture expression forms of ethnic minorities; promote the art of folklore (songs, music and dances). Project organisers are maintaining continuous cooperation, prepare joint projects with the most outstanding ethnomusicologists and folklore groups from Eastern Europe, therefore the best and most interesting to the Lithuanian audience groups and performers of traditional music representing particularly unique traditions and creating interesting interpretations have been selected for the cycle of concerts.

International Music Festival “Folk-shock 2009”

09 / 18 2009 - 09 / 20 2009

“Folk-shock” Festival in Lithuania is organised since 2002. The Festival is a popular event with its own traditions aimed at conveying folklore to the public in the language of modern popular music. “Folk-shock” music is lively, active, original well-known and shocking. “Folk-shock” name in Lithuania has already taken root as a generic concept which means a shocking interpretation of folklore. Theatricalized “folk-shock” concerts traditionally are broadcasted through the national channel of Lithuania and are very popular among audience. The Festival, in which 10–15 performers of different styles of modern music participate every year, has already become an integral part of cultural life of Lithuania; this is evidenced both, by people gathering to field concerts in any weather as well as actively voting TV audience and large numbers of sold selective albums. The Festival which is integrated in the National Programme “Vilnius – European Capital of Culture 2009” is also becoming an international event. The Festival will be enriched by music played by foreign guests – we will be able to hear the contract between different époques as well as synthesis various cultures. Participants of the Festival will include musicians of the Lithuanian folklore and guests from abroad – Haydamaki (folk/punk) – Ukraine, Polkaholix (ska/folk/rock) – Germany, Corvus Corax (folk/Celtic/gothic) – Germany, Zywiolak (folk/pshychodelic/rock) – Poland, Ulytau – Kazakhstan.

Water Music of Capital City

09 / 19 2009

The idea of this international music project is to join the spaces of two capitals of culture – Vilnius and Linz through joint concerts of “Water Music of Capital City”. Students and lecturers of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre and Linz Anton Bruckner University of Music, Theatre and Dance will play music on the embankment of the Neris. They will perform G.F. Händel “Water Music”, R. Jungwirth “Music and Water”, G. Crumb “An Idyll for the Misbegotten” (the scores of the latter compositions contain a reference: “Ideally, the composition should be heard from the other side of the lake in the moonlight evening of august”), Toru Takemitsu “Towards the Sea” and two more compositions created specially for this occasion by composers from Vilnius and Linz.

Euroradio Music Week

09 / 28 2009 - 10 / 06 2009

Lithuanian Radio in cooperation with the European Broadcasting Union, will arrange Euroradio Broadcasting Week (Lithuanian Radio will organise the broadcasting of Euroradio concerts and operas from Vilnius). During this week, Vilnius is to show itself as a modern city that has preserved old cultural traditions and assumed cultural identity in the long run. The programme will centre on six concerts of music of different epochs and styles that has been and is currently composed and performed in Vilnius. Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, Vilnius String Quartet, Brevis Choir and Consort as well as other best Lithuanian art groups will take part in the event.

Europe / 4 points

08 / 01 2009 - 10 / 31 2009

The project elaborates on the concept and perception of Europe – geographical, political, historical, ideological and cultural dimensions of Europe. The Project “Europe/4 points” distinguishes two starting points – geographical Europe and artistic Europe. These two dimensions are perceived as being interrelated, i.e. geographical map of Europe is viewed from artistic perspective. As the meanings of each continent often are more explicitly revealed at its borders, the Project “Europe/4 points” emphasises four points defining the map of Europe – the most northern Nordkap (71° 08′ 02.835″ N) in Norway, the most southern Punta de Tarifa (36° 00′ 00.175″ S) in Spain, the most eastern in Komi Autonomous Republic (66° 11′ 57.225″ E) in Russia and the most western Cabo da Roca (09° 30′ 02.727″ W) in Portugal. These points serve the frame for the map of Europe. The purpose of this Project is to fill with artistic campaigns and signs the European map created using European borders. The Project is being implemented by a group of seven artists and theoreticians from Lithuania – Nerijus Milerius, Jurga Barilaitė, Ramūnas Alminas, Eglė Ridikaitė, Jurgita Remeikytė, Mindaugas Šnipas, and Gediminas Akstinas in cooperation with artists from other countries of Europe. Discussions provoked by artistic campaigns at the above-mentioned points are continued in web environment. The latter is understood as free artistic territory without any geographical restrictions which can be used to meet and discuss about the European art and culture. Results of artistic campaigns and internet discussions will be introduced via public projections in Vilnius and at the end of the Project – also at the final exhibition.

Exhibition VYTIS: HISTORY AND ART

07 / 04 2009 - 12 / 31 2011

The tradition of imaging the coat of arms of Lithuania Vytis (“the Chaser”) from the most ancient images found on ancient seals and coins of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to the works of our days will be presented at the exhibition – the comprehensive history of Vytis imaging will be shown, as well as images of Vytis in the art of Lithuanian emigrants of the end of 19th – beginning of 20th century. The versions of Vytis images created by Juozas Zikaras, Adomas Galdikas, Antanas Žmuidzinavičius, Mstislavas Dobužinskis, Petras Rimša and other professional and folk artists before the Second World War will be exhibited. Coins, medals, awards, phaleristics, flags, documents, books and other pieces of applied arts with Vytis images from the museums and private collections will be exhibited.

Lithuania in ancient historical sources

07 / 06 2009 - 10 / 04 2009

The art of Balts

07 / 06 2009 - 10 / 04 2009

Wawel in Vilnius. From the Jagiellonian Dynasty to the end of the Republic

07 / 06 2009 - 10 / 04 2009

The exhibition dedicated for the restoration and opening of the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania introduces the cultural heritage of the twin of this residence – the Krakow Royal Wawel Palace. The same sovereigns of Lithuania and Poland, the same artists were creating the residences in Vilnius and Krakow, they have the same history of prosperity and decline. The chronology of the exhibition encompasses the 14th – 18th centuries, it introduces development of Wawel Palace, its hosts from the first Gediminas-Jagiello sovereigns to downfall of the Republic of the Two Nations. The history of Wawel, the significance of the residence, its relations with Vilnius palace, its current collections are presented by more than 100 authentic exhibits, small architecture, plastic casting items, photographs. The most valuable exhibits are Sigismund Augustus’ tapestry collection items famous all over the world, in the 16th – 17th centuries some of them decorated Vilnius palace too. The collection of Lithuanian and Polish sovereigns and noblemen, the collection of medals, treasures, hearths, weapons, different findings, other pieces of applied arts and unique Lithuanian values will also be shown at the exhibition.

Urban Stories. 10th International Art Triennial of the Baltics

06 / 01 2009 - 11 / 30 2009

Forty Lithuanian and foreign contemporary artists and city researchers will stay in the peripheral Vilnius districts of Pilaitë, Ðeðkinë, Naujininkai and Naujoji Vilnia for two weeks. European artists will map everyday life of Vilnius with innovation by enriching traditional image of the old city with the feel of modern reality. The artists and theorists will be invited to leave behind stereotypical tourist and representative Vilnius images and explore more varied social and physical geographies of the city. On the base of this research the city atmosphere, the stories of its current residents will be merged into a new complex narrative about Vilnius with the help of modern art means (such as dimensional installations, cinema and video films, different art campaigns and mass media interventions). The artist research and communication with the residents of the peripheral Vilnius districts will translate into the exposition that will take place in September-November and a two-week programme of temporary events and different projects throughout the city. Vilnius will acquire project chronicles that can be turned into a newspaper, magazine, community radio station or TV channel.

Live Tourist Routes

06 / 05 2009 - 09 / 06 2009

For several centuries since its establishment to today, Vilnius has been a city whose multi-faceted culture has been enriched by the contributions of Belorussians, Jews, Poles, Russians, and people of other nationalities. Newly mapped cultural and tourist routes will reveal the diversity of these cultures. Cultural events and artistic activities that reflect the past and the present of all Vilnius’ ethnic communities will take place at important historical and geographical points along this route. During the project, tour guides will accompany participants and acquaint them with the culture and history of various ethnic communities of Vilnius. The excursions will be enlivened by theatrical performances, artistic events, and live performances by actors, artists and musicians. This will allow one not only to learn about history, but to get to know it as well.

Sacral Music Festival

05 / 01 2009 - 12 / 31 2009

The project will introduce Vilnius, which has been open to ideas, languages and religions in all periods, to the residents and guests of the European Capital of Culture. Art programme of the festival will not be limited only to the influence of Latin culture but instead will take an extensive look at the sacral nature of music. It will present sacral music composed by the authors of different epochs and beliefs. Plainsong, Taize, Corsican folk songs, gospel music, Ukrainian cants, sacral music of Russian classics, Tartar and Karaite songs, Jewish music, Lithuanian songs and A. Scarlatti oratorio for the Lithuanian patron St Casimir as well as monastic musical compositions and organ music cycles will be played in the concerts. Groups from Lithuania, Austria, Czech Republic, Great Britain, Spain, Italy, Israel, the USA, Poland, France, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine and Germany promoting sacral music will participate in the festival. The events will take place in the most picturesque Vilnius temples.

MEETINGS ON CROSSROADS

05 / 06 2009 - 12 / 05 2009

“Meetings on Crossroads” is a period of cooperation between Linz and Vilnius Music Schools giving rise to strong interaction of musical art. Concert repertoire of musicians from Linz and Vilnius Music Schools comprises musical compositions and their instrumentations of both countries. The concert and series of musical events will enable the performers and audience to get acquainted with music of each country which celebrates the year of the European Capital of Culture. Concert programmes will be developed and prepared getting deep into the heart of the Austrian and Lithuanian music, folklore and other events of culture which reveal specifics and uniqueness of the country.

KULTFLUX Platform of Culture near the Neris

05 / 15 2009 - 10 / 31 2009

The Platform of Culture “KultFlux” on embankment of the Neris was initiated by a team of artists, architects, art critics and exhibition curators. This initiative is aimed at diversifying cultural life of Vilnius, reviving the embankment the relief, panorama and geographical dislocation of which from the downtown perspective is ideal for cultural activities contributing to the discussion which is already under way about turning the face of the city to the river. The programme of “KultFlux” events focuses on three areas – urban, design and visual arts. With the help of designers and artists working at the cross-border level a functional, unusual and intensive platform of culture near the water will be developed inviting people to joint it – to exhibit, show, cooperate and propose different ways how to use the embankment of the rive in Vilnius. International design workshops initiated by “KultFlux” will be used by students constructing floating objects; as well as for regional discussions on city and water themes, regular music events, DIY markets, fashion and film presentations and exhibitions of visual arts which people will be invited to examine from amphitheatres near the water.

Virtual Historic Vilnius

04 / 01 2009 - 12 / 31 2009

The purpose of this museum is to create a “visiting card” of Vilnius or an “ABC-book” for getting acquainted with Vilnius. It will comprise the most important objects of history and culture of Vilnius and introduce the following themes: Vilnius – the capital located on the boundary of West and East, Vilnius – the city of communism and anti-communism from mounds to modern and post-modern, Vilnius – the city of 10 confessions, etc. The project does not aim at covering a multifaceted cultural life of Vilnius today – it will introduce the history and heritage of Vilnius emphasising their role in today's life. This virtual museum will introduce the history of Vilnius, historical capital of the Lithuanian State and one of the metropolis in Central and Eastern Europe of exclusive ethno-religious, cultural, social and political value. Incoming tourism will be promoted and an appealing image of Lithuania and Vilnius will be created by presenting the history of Vilnius City to different target groups (Vilnius residents, other residents of Lithuania and foreigners) in interactive format. The virtual museum of history will not only promote knowledge of the past, but also provide inbound tourists with the opportunity to plan their own routes of places to visit.

On Site

04 / 09 2009 - 12 / 06 2009

The project of Linz artist Anja Westerfrölke distinguishes historic exposures and meeting of different cultures in Vilnius. Textile and audiovisual technologies are used to reveal historic layers of prison, monastery and church and their original architecture in Visiting the Sacred Heart of St. Jesus Church. From the outside the church still looks as imprisoned between the walls of the former prison: stairs inside the church connect several floors on which rooms, closets and public premises are located. The project consists of three parts: 1. Installations, exhibition and performances Installation of textiles, audio and vide projections will symbolically reveal historic layers of the church and monastery. To disclose architectural and cultural specifics of the sacral interior selected fragments of interior will be covered with material used by restaurateurs. In 2008, creative workshops of Austrian and Lithuanian students “Textile and sacral architecture” were organised alongside the seminar “Art and representation” and presentation of installations “Local policy” and “Stories of light”. 2. Visiting and history of the monastery Art events linking the historic place and traditions of social and economic activities of monks. Tracing the monastery garden. Seminar “Herbal plants, pharmacology and nursing”. Lecture “St. Mary visiting St. Elizabeth. Stories of the pictures of saints”. Symposium “Women and spiritualism”. 3. Works and items made in prison As part of this project the exhibition of the works of art created in prison and creative workshops with the convicts’ families will be organised.

European Jazz

02 / 01 2009 - 11 / 30 2009

Three concert cycles of European jazz masters will draw together artists of different nationalities and art traditions. The concerts are to reflect the variety of contemporary European jazz, diverse world music cultures and art phenomena. Contemporary European jazz legends and performers from Austria, France, Poland and other European states will participate in the programme.

European Café

01 / 01 2009 - 12 / 31 2009

Each month the all-year-round discussion club will invite the residents and guests of the capital to join discussions on hot topics of culture, economics and policies related to the presentation and perception of contemporary culture. The debates in cafés with the participation of various cultural figures from architects and film-makers to poets will provide a fine opportunity to discuss contemporary culture and today’s art live.

New City Face. 2nd Quadrennial of Contemporary Lithuanian Fine Arts

01 / 01 2009 - 12 / 31 2009

This interdisciplinary project is going to pinpoint the unique cultural heritage of Vilnius and its modern apparel, introduce the latest art works of fine art in an extraordinary way, and seek impressive union of theatrical and cinematographic effects. At nights, the façades and interiors of the main buildings of Vilnius Railway Station, Vilnius Airport and Vilnius Bus Station will be transformed with the help of light and video projections containing the compositions of art works. The new looks of the familiar architectural shapes will provide the city with different, mystified and intriguing face. In daytime, the approaches of these Vilnius “City gates” will become open-air galleries. Lithuanian and foreign artists will display their latest art works, dedicated for the public sites, here. The art works demonstrated in the transit areas will meet the incoming flow of passengers surprising, engaging and inviting them to get involved into the cultural city life.

Film Marathon “52 weeks”

01 / 01 2009 - 12 / 31 2009

All 52 weeks of 2009 will be dedicated to the important stage of evolution in cinema. Fifty-two best-known films of the world that had the greatest influence on the language of cinema and its development will be screened. The films will be selected according to two different viewpoints - classical and experimental. The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI), representing the classical approach, will select the most significant films from this perspective, while the experimental perspective will be shaped and presented by the Film Department of New York’s Museum of Modern Art, together with Anthology Film Archives. The new trends in cinema have interacted with various social, political and economic phenomena, therefore, each week will feature additional films intertextual with the main 52 films. These supplementary films will portray the evolution of genres in cinema and how it influenced public opinion. Thus, we will see the first cinematic derivatives of political propaganda, advertising and musicals.

Handicraft Heritage of Vilnius

01 / 01 2009 - 12 / 31 2009

The heritage of crafts in the city is relevant to the Vilnius of today in its struggle to revive old handicraft traditions as an expression of urban culture of the Lithuanian Grand Duchy (LGD). The revival of olden craft customs in Vilnius is also important to the development of cultural tourism and the endeavour to present Vilnius as a city upholding old European traditions. Once per month, educational events will be organised in the original sites of craft workshops in order to revive the old tradition of Vilnius handicrafts. During the Bartholomew Fair, fine, crude and ethnographic handicrafts using old technologies, will be demonstrated by Vilnius craftsmen. The fair is expected to attract the members of ethnic minorities (Karaites, Tartar, Jewish) and, thus, to disclose the historical multi-cultural characteristics of both Vilnius City and its old crafts. The educational, entertainment, cultural and social influences of the project will allow Vilnius to be portrayed as a modern and dynamic city in which creative people design the future by reconstructing the past.

1984. Survival drama

01 / 01 2009 - 12 / 30 2009

1984 is the best-known twentieth-century dystopia, written by George Orwell while Stalin was still in power. The book ponders what life would be like in a future totalitarian society in the far-off year of 1984. What if we, children of the twenty-first century, took a look at the past, to the real 1984 in the Soviet Union? Perhaps you simply forgot or cannot even imagine what it looked like? Well, now you are presented with a unique opportunity to experience the historical setting of the Soviet regime. An underground bunker located in Vilnius District, built in the ‘80s as an alternative television station in the event of nuclear war, will provide a venue for the authentic survival drama of 1984. This survival drama in the bunker is set in the Soviet era in Lithuania during the 50 years of occupation which ended on 11 March 1990. The project will strive to portray the impact of the totalitarian regime not only on political, economic and cultural life, but on the daily lives of people as well. The authentic atmosphere of 1984 will cast participants of the project into the grim reality of those times. 1984. Survival Drama will have no stage or viewing hall, no actors or audience. All those who go down to the bunker of their own free will become its actors.

Baroque Dialogues

01 / 01 2009 - 12 / 31 2009

This is a special programme of baroque art (architecture, music, theatre, literature and dance) which will take place in the baroque churches and chapels of Vilnius, the Royal Palace, and other locations in Vilnius suited for concerts. The aim of the project is to present Europe’s heritage of baroque art through relevant means and interpret it in a contemporary light, a heritage which created Vilnius, one of the most beautiful baroque cultural centres of the Old Continent. An interaction of Europe’s seventeenth and eighteenth-century common cultural heritage and twenty-first century ideas of artists will build new bridges in the present for the creation of the future. The programme, which will consist of concerts, operas and publishing events, will feature performers, interpreters and artists from a number of European countries.

Haiku to Vilnius

01 / 01 2009 - 12 / 31 2009

Haiku to Vilnius is a public creativity action: we invite every Lithuanian to create a haiku poem dedicated to Vilnius. Awards for the best three-line poems will include special prizes and publicity through outdoor advertising, newspapers, television, radio, and unusual sites of the cities. From now on, public areas of Vilnius will be directly open to poetry. Everyone is invited to give a sense to their impressions of Vilnius in a delicate literary form, thus, contributing to the development of the open city together.

Lithuanian Capital of Culture

01 / 01 2009 - 12 / 31 2009

National Competition Lithuanian Capital of Culture should enliven the cultural processes not only of Vilnius but of the entire Lithuania. Artists and cultural institutions of the cities and towns prepare cultural projects representing their cities. The winning city or town for the best project submitted will be awarded the exclusive title of the Lithuanian Capital of Culture for a period of one year.

Public Spaces Animation Programme

01 / 01 2009 - 12 / 31 2009

The Public Spaces Animation (PSA) programme consists of: 1) permanent works of art in public spaces; 2) temporary projects of art in public spaces; 3) discussion platform “Alternative vision of the city”; 4) projects in transit spaces (airport, railway and bus station); 5) living environment animation projects based ion cooperation of artists, architects and communities (contest “My Yard / Art Yard”). Permanent works of art in public space reveal the perception of the most outstanding Lithuanian masters of sculpture of the last decade of the urban space. Their aim is to develop an alternative for the époque-making monumental thinking and encourage more creatively insight of inhabitants and guest of the city to the environment surrounding them. Temporary projects in public spaces aim at distinguishing historic and cultural transformations and revealing specifics of a particular location. Selected semantic areas are different: sacral (St. Jesus’ Heart Church and the Monastery of Visitation), disappearing public (former House of Culture of Railway Employees) and institutional (“Talking Doors”) space. Approaches to the Sport Palace also represent potential space for the participants in this project. Discussion platform is designated for theoretic, critical and artistic analysis of public spaces. The public space of the city is disappearing because it is more and more occupied by signs of commercial culture. One of potential ways of artistic/critical analysis of public spaces is a specially created film about disappearing public spaces of Vilnius and demonstration of this film in unexpected places. The final event of the discussion platform – exhibition of projects submitted for PSA pending in end-2009. The purpose of LAA project “New face of the city” is to provide an innovative interpretation of transit spaces – airport, railway and bus stations and their approaches. As a rule, these spaces are occupied by people for a short time; they are intended for quick “use” and often are visited by accidental visitors. But at the same time they are like a visiting card of the city which might be introduced each time from a different perspective. Living environment animation contest “My Yard/Art Yard” is devoted for giving artistic and functional meaning to remote living spaces of downtown and places of entertainment. The title of the contest denotes the principal aim – to create the public space available to all giving to it creative meaning just as if you were creating in your own yard and for our family. The contest seeks to involve into the creative process different social groups actualising the network of avenues, streets, squares, unused buildings as the space suitable for creation and discussions.

PEOPLE Programme Foundation Projects

01 / 01 2009 - 12 / 31 2009

Creative initiatives of Vilnius communities in the City of Vilnius. The Foundation has been set up exclusively for culture / art / social community initiatives. The community in this case means people permanently residing in a respective territory and connected by common public needs and interests. For the purposes of this contest communities will also include groups of people formed for sports, religion, entertainment and other purposes. The contest of this Foundation which has been lasting for two and half years already provides the opportunity to implement projects focusing on community needs.

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