Thursday Group Trips to Vilnius‘ Soviet Type Canteens
Full schedule:
October 2
Canteen DZŪKIJA (Panevežio Str. 15)
October 8
Canteen-cafe SVETINGUMAS (“Hospitality”, Panerių Str. 41)
Coffee at the canteen-cafe IMRIDA (Panerių Str. 45)
October 15
Canteen in the Press Palace (Laisvės Ave. 60)
October 22
Canteen in the VILNIAUS DEGTINĖ vodka factory (Panerių Str. 47/Smolensko Str. 2)
October 29
Canteen in the VILNIAUS PERGALĖ (“Vilnius Victory”) chocolate factory (Stirnų Str. 25)
Kompotas at the canteen in the PUNTUKAS printing house (Saltoniškių Str. 29/3)
November 5
Canteen in Kirtimai (Metalo Str. 2)
Coffee at the cafe ŠIRDELĖ (‘Little Heart’, Meistrų Str. 6)
November 12
Canteen in the group of enterprises for the blind (Skroblų Str. 19)
November 19
Canteen in the dormitory of the school of auto mechanics and tailoring (Geležinio vilko Str.16)
Coffee at the cafe PRIE NERIES (‘At the river Neris’, Žvejų Str. 2)
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All tours start at noon at Gedimino Ave. 27, Vilnius.
Find out more about the canteens in the project‘s website (www.kompotas.lt) or the printed Canteen Guide 2009, Vilnius & Kaunas, available at the CAC and Gedimino Ave. 27 (the Triennial’s exhibition ‘Vilnius Coop: gaps, fictions and practices’ takes place here until October 22).
Thursday group trips to Vilnius’ Soviet type canteens are part of an art and research project by Indrė Klimaitė and Isabella Rozendaal for the Tenth Baltic Triennial of International Art (www.urbanstories.lt).
The project is supported by the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture, Fonds BKVB and STROOM Den Haag.