The Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) invites students from various disciplines and levels to participate in the four-month-long programme All Good: things we like. Now in its fourth year, the programme, which consists of public and private discussions as well as workshops, is aimed at those who wish to deepen their knowledge of the relationship between contemporary art and politics.
Building on the recently opened 15th Baltic Triennial exhibition, Same Day, at the CAC, programme participants will be invited to explore and engage with questionsabout individuality, cultural identity, representation, and the distinction between the rational and the emotional in both art and politics. The programme will offer an opportunity to collectively reflect on what is at stake in a world governed by intuition rather than clear categories, and to articulate the role of art and culture in the context of political, social, and ecological challenges.
The meetings will include opportunities for discussion, readings, visits to exhibitions, meetings with guests from the fields of art and politics, and screenings of video works and films. Participants, along with programme curators and mentors Jogilė Ulinskaitė (Vilnius University Institute of International Relations and Political Science), Vytenis Burokas (Vilnius Academy of Arts), and Margarita Žigutytė (CAC), will be invited to examine the multitude of unfolding events by embracing uncertainty, playing with boundaries, exploring unexpected connections between phenomena, and learning from each other.
PROGRAMME DURATION: October 2024 – January 2025
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE:
(8 meetings/seminars, each lasting 1.5 hours, held on Wednesdays)
Week 1 – First meeting, introduction
Weeks 2–4 – Seminars, meetings, and visits to exhibitions
Weeks 5–8 – Group work with mentors
Weeks 9–12 – Presentation of results
START DATE AND LOCATION: Wednesday 2 October 2 at 12 pm at the Contemporary Art Centre
GROUP: 20 participants
LANGUAGE: If necessary, the programme can be conducted in English.
We invite you to register your interest by 29 September 2024, by sending a motivational letter (up to 1500 characters) to [email protected], with the subject line PROGRAMME FOR STUDENTS _ Name Surname. We expect the selected participants to show commitment by actively attending and engaging in all sessions of the programme.
JOGILĖ ULINSKAITĖ is an Associate Professor at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University. Her research focuses on the discourse of populist parties and the memory of post-communist transformation.
VYTENIS BUROKAS is an artist, curator, and lecturer. He completed his Master’s studies in Contemporary Sculpture and Art Education at Vilnius Academy of Arts. He has worked as an education and exhibition curator at the National Gallery of Art, Vilnius and currently teaches in the Sculpture Department of Vilnius Academy of Arts.
MARGARITA ŽIGUTYTĖ is the curator of the education programme at the Contemporary Art Centre. She is a member of the Institute of Heritage, an artist and researcher collective. Her current interests focus on pedagogical theories and practices.