REWIND-PLAY-FORWARD
Deadline: 15th February, 2011
The upcoming 8th international Kaunas Biennial TEXTILE 11: REWIND-PLAY-FORWARD will analyse the intertwining of the flow of time and the changing concept of art by (re)telling the story(ies) through the
(1) materiality = exhibitions,
(2) movement = dance theater program, and
(3) research = 16th ETN (European Textile Network) conference and special talks, discussions.
REWIND - visual art and textile exhibitions and workshops, based on reflections of the PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE:
Call for Applications www.biennial.lt
Past: REWIND HISTORY (invited artists / historical and educational aspects). Conceptually selected artworks (re)produced at factories in double edition. One exhibition travels through European countries with special educational program, another edition - exposed in Kaunas;
Present: REWIND PERONAL STORY (competition and invited artists / narrative aspect). Textile installations which present (1) personal experience or (2) the destiny of his/her family, relatives and nation, (3) an overheard / read / seen story that influenced artistic decisions, (4) an elaborately and suggestively invented story;
Future: REWIND INTO THE FUTURE (competition and invited artists / experimental aspect). Smart and high-tech textile exhibition, workshops and performing arts - theater shows;
Deadline for applications is 15th February, 2011.
PLAY - contemporary dance and performance program, which consist of international workshops, theater shows, interrelated with REWIND program. Production will be realized through collaboration among visual artists, performers, smart-textile designers, international Fluxus network.
Workshops of dance troupes collaborating with visual artists will be lead in Lithuania, Denmark, Portugal, Germany, etc. Prepared shows also will be presented internationally.
FORWARD - a program where meet research, education and science: (i)16th ETN conference, lead by experimental workshops in smart textile and high-tech field, and (ii) International students exhibition, dedicated to 70th anniversary of professional textile teaching in Lithuania.
Kaunas Artists' Support Fund
Rotušės sq. 26
LT 44279 Kaunas
Lithuania
tel: +370 61256171
fax: +370 37203658
[email protected]
www.biennial.lt
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