Žygimantas Kudirka and famous electronic music producer felicita present their hologram performance at “Atletika”
2021-06-02
From 5 June an exhibition-performanceWho Are Youby well known interdisciplinary artists Žygimantas Kudirka and felicita will be shown at Atletika gallery (Vitebsko Str. 21, Vilnius). The performance will take place on 5 June and 1 July, while the exhibition will continue until 30 July. This event is part of Baltic Triennial 14: The Endless Frontier.
Who are you?is a multi-media performance / installation created by Žygimantas Kudirka – Lithuanian writer, artist and performer and felicita – an Anglo-Polish electronic producer and multi-disciplinary artist, part of the label collective PC Music.
This is a unique and unexpected international collaboration, the technical implementation of which was carried out by many other distinguished Lithuanian creators, such as light artist Rūta Palionytė, cameraman Eitvydas Doškus, furniture designers Vytautas Gečas and Marija Puipaitė and others.
Using gallery space as a canvas for narrative, this interactive installation will stimulate visitors using immersive audio, binaural voice recordings, light solutions and multiple types of hand-crafted holograms.
It questions our human nature with a hope to build a lasting bond between different life forms, promoting interspecies communication. On the other hand, the creatures are seen just as mediators, helping us explore our own selves.
“This is my most important collaboration so far – I have been trying to bring felicita to Lithuania for a long time for their solo performance, and now we are creating a piece together. Meanwhile, the technical preparation for this event was full of not only discoveries but also inventions. Don’t miss the opportunity to see it and therefore register in advance, because visitors will have to walk around the gallery with headphones, and there is a limited number of those” – says the author of the performance Žygimantas Kudirka.
The premiere will take place at Atletika gallery on 5 June and 1 July, from 5:00 pm to 12:00 am, repeated every hour.
Register now to witness it all:
Žygimantas Kudirka is a writer, artist and performer in the fields of interactive poetry, artificial languages and avantgarde rap trying to find the universal dialect that could be understood by plants and animals and babies and the future links of evolution.
Works range from music performances to readings to dj sets to interactive installations, often exploring unexpected forms such as alternate reality audio guides, radio play created for the modified car interior or takeover of public communication channels.
Kudirka published an interactive poetry book, released seven music albums, he makes constant appearances in contemporary art shows (incl. Baltic Triennial and Venice Biennial). He has won multiple awards in the fields of music (incl. Alternative music artist of the year), advertising (incl. Cannes Lions Silver), visuals (incl. Music video of the year) and literature (incl. Best European performative poet).
He participated in hundreds of local events in his native tongue, performed abroad in English and artificial languages: Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Ireland, UK, France, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Israel, Hong Kong.
Kudirka collaborated with Eglė Kulbokaitė and Dorota Gaweda, Robertas Narkus, Emilija Škarnulytė, Styrmir Örn Guðmundsson, Martin Kohout, J.G. Biberkopf, David Bernstein, Valentinas Klimašauskas, Laura Kaminskaitė.
felicita is an Anglo-Polish electronic producer and multi-disciplinary artist, part of the label collective PC Music, launched by A.G. Cook in 2013.
felicita uses software and digital tools to explore new possibilities in electronic pop music, absorbing a wide-range of influences from commercial pop to Slavic folk, and the various underground dance genres emerging from their home city of London.
felicita has collaborated with SOPHIE, Tommy Cash, and Caroline Polachek, and produced runway music for Polish label misbhv. Their experimental dance piece soft power, created with Unsound Festival, was presented at Barbican (London) and Knockdown Center (New York).
felicita is currently based between Shanghai and London and is developing a new body of music and visual merchandise.
DATES
Exhibition:
5 June – 30 July 2021
Wednesdays to Fridays 4–7 pm.
Main spectacle:
5 June 2021 (opening)
repeating every hour 17.00 – 00.00
1 July 2021
repeating every hour 17.00 – 00.00
Performance duration – 30 min. Limited number of visitors at one time, please register online: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScCfM7_fCXngmoqXQuiqAD8FgcJjFOHQOI7MfiloFQe_pZigA/viewform?usp=sf_link
Location: gallery Atletika, Vitebsko Str. 21, Vilnius (cultural centre SODAS 2123)
This event is part of Baltic Triennial 14: The Endless Frontier. Organised by Lithuanian Interdisciplinary Artists’ Association (LIAA).
The activities of LIAA are supported by Lithuanian Council for Culture and Vilnius City Municipality.