On 9th May at 6 pm, Danas Aleksa\u2019s solo exhibition \u201cLandscape at 8 km\/h\u201d will open at the (AV17) Gallery.<\/p>\n
Danas Aleksa is a conceptual interdisciplinary artist working with sculpture, object, performance, and video art. The main axes of the artist\u2019s work are time and place and their interrelation. In his work, the artist analyses the environment around him, social and virtual spaces, and highlights fragments of everyday situations related to them. Danas Aleksa often refuses to be a straightforward questioner and a passive observer and perceives himself as a participant in these actions. By disturbing the surrounding context in various ways, he awaits the final response, thus assessing the individual and societal significance in the processes of events. By becoming part of the work or its creation, Danas Aleksa attempts to grasp his own identity as an artist and that of others in various social realities.<\/p>\n
In the solo exhibition \u201cLandscape at 8 km\/h\u201d, Danas Aleksa will present his latest works \u2013 object, video, and sound installations that analyze movement and self-perception in the surrounding environment. The exhibition presents themes that have never lost their relevance and are constantly rethought in the history of culture, the connections of which can be found in a quote from Milan Kundera\u2019s novel\u00a0Immortality<\/em>: \u201cRoute has no meaning in itself; its meaning derives entirely from the two points that it connects. A road is a tribute to space. Every stretch of road has meaning in itself and invites us to stop.\u201d For the exhibition, Danas Aleksa has drawn on his personal experiences of running around different cities and experiencing their urban plan. The fragmented journeys expressed in the gallery halls and the changes of the planned path created by various circumstances, subtly touch on the themes of self-knowledge in space and time. Identity issues are highlighted through the use of easily identifiable objects, such as\u00a0Nike<\/em>\u00a0sneakers, which become a kind of social shell for the runner, allowing them to feel safe in unfamiliar contexts. The eternal theme of travel in the artist\u2019s work is revealed in the context of contemporary processes \u2013 the artist does not limit himself to physically visited spaces but also appreciates the experience of technological possibilities when we know a place before we have been there. Danas Aleksa draws the viewer into the dynamic atmosphere of the exhibition and encourages them to reflect on their own relationship to the ever-changing environment around them.<\/p>\n Danas Aleksa (b. 1971) \u2013 in 1997 he received a Master\u2019s degree in sculpture from the Vilnius Academy of Arts. In 2012, he became a member of the Lithuanian Interdisciplinary Artists\u2019 Association. The artist actively participates in solo and group exhibitions, and international residencies. Danas Aleksa\u2019s works have been added to public spaces in Vilnius and other Lithuanian cities.<\/p>\n Danas Aleksa\u2019s solo exhibition \u201cLandscape at 8 km\/h\u201d will be open until 13th June at the (AV17) Gallery (Totori\u0173 str. 5, Vilnius).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10188,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n