Exercises in seeing: Vilnius - Liverpool
Updated 2008-10-22
25 October 2008. The young contemporary art gallery from Vilnius "Roses & Tulips" at Liverpool "The Royal Standard project space" introduces one night show "Exercises in seeing", which aims to inspire to inspire new ways of experiencing works of art instead of imposing definite canons of ‘seeing’, ‘understanding’ and ‘explaining’.
For all of the artists participating in this one-night show a single constraint was introduced: all of their works are to be exhibited without any lighting in the gallery turned on. Yet in this case the absence of light and the change in the normal working hours of the gallery acted as a stimulant for the artists instead of restraining them. In a short while this group of young artists came up with ideas for their contributions – pieces that not only transform the way one can experience the space of a gallery, but which also give rise to unexpected changes in seeing and relating to the works of art.Artists: Jesse Ash, Liudvikas Buklys, Gintaras Didžiapetris, Rosie Farell, Benoit Maire, Elena Narbutaitė, Mandla Reuter, Liudvikas Buklys and Darius Mikšys, curators - Valentinas Klimašauskas and Jonas Žakaitis.
The project in the Liverpool supported by the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture and Lithuanian Embassy in the UK.
