Posts Tagged “video”

“The grove of Anyksciai” (“Anyksciu silelis”)

The video, that will be shown in the exhibiton, is based on a classical work of Lithuanian poetry, the poem “The forest of Anyksciai” by A. Baranauskas written in 1858. The forest is a frequent theme in Lithuanian literature and an still an important part of the national identity. Dealing with a poetry sphere on a video level, P.G. creates an image of a shifting, migrating forest. P.Gilyte integrates the emigrants voices and bodies (also her own body) as resources, to let them appear in slightly modified combinations. A. Baranauskas praised the emotional attitude of country people who preserved their native language. Paradoxically his poem has been translated into several foreign languages and functions as a global source of exceptional societal substance. It’s not a question of attitudes, which can be preserved in our contemporary context which is central in the video work, more interestingly , that the video languagage has become highly universal and can be visually read and interpreted without any translation and explanation. It aims to continue keeping the same eternal circle of nature.

“The video works by Patricija Gilyte are created as performances for camera, mostly out of doors without an audience. Nature serves as an extension of her studio, with endless space. The features of the landscape and above all the seasons influence the resulting forms. The central theme of her work is the human body in its interaction with nature. A typical example is her work entitled “Corvidae” in which an oak tree is populated with mysterious people wearing dark-coloured clothes. Like crows, they perch in the branches and seem to form a unity with the tree. But when you look more closely, you realise that each one is a cloned image of the artist.” (by Cornelia Gockel)

The works are highly metaphoric. The materials used are soft, protective, insulating (plastic foam, blankets, overcoats, rucksacks). There is often a crossover between sculpture and video projection, with selected formal elements of the videos being displayed as sculptures in the exhibition room.

 www.patricija-gilyte.net

Migrating Reality Exhibition Coordinator.

“Migrating Reality”, 2 Channel Video, 2005-2008.

“(…)the history repeats itself(…)” The parallels between two situations - the demolition of “Republic’s Palace” in Berlin and the (re)building of new one, “Lithuania’s Sovereigns Palace” in Vilnius. The Project questions the necessity of self-dependense representation forms in contemporary democratic society. Vox Populi.

“The Shore” (“Krantas”). Videoloop. September 1991.

We’ve met in Nida, at the Baltic Seaside. We’ve got to move to the south and have been stopped by russian border signs. Not so far away from the border we have started to build something between the camp and baricade…It was lasting for the week. But it seems, that it lasts till now, all the time..”

Alvydas Lukys was born in 1958 in Siauliai. In 1977 left Siauliai J. Janonis secondary school. In 1984 m. graduated from Vilnius Engineering Construction Institute (now Vilnius Gediminas University of Technologies). From 1984 he is a member of Lithuanian Photoartists Union. From 1990 worked in Vilnius Academy of Arts, Graphics Department, Photo Studio, later he became the Head of Image Studio. He is one the founders of Image Studio and later Photography and Video Arts Department (now of Photography and Media Arts Department).

In 1997 he was awarded the Pedagogical Associate Professor title. In 1998 he was elected the Head of Photography and Video Arts Department. Currently he leads the Department and is a full Professor.

Participates in photography exhibitions from 1978. Organised eight personal exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad. Participated in a number of group exhibitions both in Lithuania and abroad. Also has worked as an Exhibition and Art Project Tutor. Organised several thematic exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad.

Alvydas Lukys works were acquired by Lithuanian Museum of Arts, Lithuanian Photoartists Union, Odense Museum of Photography Arts, Denmark, Corcoran Centre of Photography, Washington and a number of private hobbyists.