We are happy to announce that the Lithuanian Interdisciplinary Artists’ Association is growing and has new members – \u00a0Vaiva Grainyt\u0117 and Aist\u0117 Marija Stankevi\u010d\u016bt\u0117!<\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\n More about new members:<\/p>\n Vaiva Grainyt\u0117 –<\/strong>\u00a0a writer, poet, playwright, active in interdisciplinary art practices. Aist\u0117 Marija Stankevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117 –<\/strong>\u00a0a visual artist and a writer. In 2020, she launched the Fliers, which dive through the black surfaces of the world, into the Northern Hall of the Contemporary Art Centre. Her fused glass puddles The Sun is in my Heart (2021) reflected the eyes of molluscs and exhibition visitors. In the video piece Muscle Stone (2021), sporting bodies were enveloped by shimmering shapes, while a song specially composed for this ritual played in the background.
\nHer books \u2013 the essay collection Beijing Diaries (2012) and the poetry collection Gorilla Archives (2019) \u2013 have been nominated for the Book of the Year award and included in the twelve most creative books. A bilingual collage novel, Roses and Potatoes (translated into English by Karla Gruodis) was published in 2022. She is the author of the 6 international award-winning European opera \u201cGood Day!\u201d (2013), and the second opera-performance \u201cSun and the Sea\u201d, created together with artists Rugil\u0117 Bard\u017eiukait\u0117 and Lina Lapelyt\u0117, was awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale of Contemporary Art 2019. Both works are actively touring and have been shown in major theatre and contemporary art festivals and contexts in Europe, USA, Australia, South America and Asia.<\/p>\n
\nAist\u0117 Marija currently writes essays and exhibition reviews for contemporary art newspapers online at artnews.lt and echogonewrong.com, and develops her artistic practice by knitting objects and conversations.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":9309,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1561,26,1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n