Laura Garbštienė invites you to a three-day event to inaugurate the new “Verpėjos” space – a traditional homestead in Kabeliai village, Varėna district.
2022-05-31
The artists’ housewarming will bring together creators from different fields to share ideas and experiences about sustainability and the village, involving local people. The event will consist of creative workshops and acquaintances with artists, talks with locals about the rural population and its history, environmental and building management work.
PROGRAMME
JUNE 3, Friday
1 p.m.
Acquaintance with the premises of Kabeliai homestead and sheep grazing in the garden.
2 p.m.
Lunch at the campfire (for donation).
Acquaintance with neighbors:
Tasting bread baked in the neighbor’s furnace (money will be collected to help Ukraine).
4 p.m.
Opening of the barn – acquaintance with artists Egle Gudonyte and Teodor Malinauskas (Center for Field Culture).
6 p.m.
Acquaintance with the artist Simonas Nekrošius and the musical instruments he creates.
8 p.m.
Cooking a dinner on a campfire and a feast.
JUNE 4, Saturday
8 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Morning teamwork on a free schedule:
Sheep shearing
Gardening
Cleaning of old homestead hives
1 p.m.
Acquaintance with neighbors:
Neighboring cheese factory “Copper pot”.
2 p.m.
Creative food workshop with artist Živilė Lukšytė.
4 p.m.
Creative workshop – felting of sheep wool carpet by hand and foot with Laura Garbštienė.
6 p.m.
Acquaintance with an artist Aistė Ambrazevičiūtė and Kerpėseka.
8 p.m.
Cooking a dinner on a campfire and a feast.
JUNE 5, Sunday
11 a.m.
Acquaintance with neighbors:
Beekeeper about hives and bees.
12 a.m.
Hike around Kabeliai and Ašašnykai.
3 p.m.
Hiking lunch (for donation).
Free Event
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ARRIVAL
Adress: Kabelių g. 7.
Kabeliai Village can be reached by train + bicycle or car.
Train Vilnius – Marcinkonys, Marcinkonys – Kabelių 19 km.
We invite you to travel sustainably to the event! If you have a place in the car or are looking for it, leave a comment in the discussion section of the event and we will help each other get to the housewarming.
ACCOMMODATION
– Tents (in case of rain it will be possible to hide in the barn).
– Homestead in Margionys (one big room with many sleeping places).
-Homestead for rent in the area.
TEAMWORK
If you want to contribute to the cleaning of the premises, we invite you to arrange suitable clothes and footwear for work in advance.
FOOD
Friday
– Lunch (For a fee)
– Collective dinner
Saturday
– Collective breakfast
– Lunch (for a fee)
– Collective dinner
Sunday
– Collective breakfast
– Lunch (for a fee)
In Kabeliai village there are two small grocery stores.
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More about “Verpėjos” art residency in Kabeliai.
An art residency program will begin in July 2022.
Artists invited i form of a competition will become the owners of the homestead. We offer them an authentic rural experience, the opportunity to work closely with each other, as well as with the locals and neighbours. Two artists residing at the same time will change every month.
The theme of this year art residency is “Verpėjos Creative Pastures”, which focuses on the slow process of artistic research and the long – term value for the creators and audience involved. At the end of the residency, the artists are not expected to have completed their art projects. The objective is that the gained experience, communion and discoveries would help them in their further work. Artists will be able to use various outbuildings and outdoor space in the homestead for the creative process. In one of the barns, the sheep will spend the nights and they will need to be taken care of.
In close communion with the animals and nature, the relationship between modern man and the environment in the anthropocene will be reconsidered.
Artists communion will be encouraged, not only with the surrounding villagers, animals and plants, but also with the co-creators. The routines and dynamics between the two artists living together will encourage the search for new forms of art research and dialogues that will be reflected in the planned publication and exhibition.
The event is partly funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture.