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Lietuvos nacionalinis paviljonas Venecijos \u0161iuolaikinio meno bienal\u0117je. \u201ePakui Hardware\u201c ir Marijos Teres\u0117s Ro\u017eanskait\u0117s paroda \u201eU\u017edegimas\u201c, 2024. Ugniaus Gelgudos fotografijos.<\/p><\/div>\n
“Pakui Hardware\u2019s visionary perspective provocatively addresses pressing human issues\u2014pandemic, social, and economic inflammations affecting our bodies and the planet,” states Dr. A. Gel\u016bnas.<\/p>\n
Previously showcased at the LNMA Museum of Applied Arts and Design last autumn, “Inflammation” is now making its international debut in Venice, enriched with Ro\u017eanskait\u0117\u2019s paintings and adapted to the unique environment of the Sant\u2019Antonino Church, which features significantly higher spaces than the historical arsenal in Vilnius and is subject to strict conservation regulations. The church, built by the Badoer family in the 7th century and renovated in the 12th and 17th centuries, is currently under restoration and rarely hosts secular activities; this is the first time it will house a national pavilion.<\/p>\n
Even before its official opening, “Inflammation,” which tackles contemporary societal issues, has attracted attention from both Lithuanian and international media. Influential cultural publications like “Artform,” “Art Review,” and “Kunstforum International” have published interviews and reviews with the artists.<\/p>\n
A Multigenerational Examination of Systemic Harm and Healing<\/h3>\n
“Inflammation” intertwines artistic practices and experiences of different generations, exploring the inflammations (physical, social, and planetary) caused by today\u2019s economic and social conditions. Ro\u017eanskait\u0117\u2019s paintings and “Pakui Hardware\u2019s” sculptural installations converge on themes of medicine, health, nature, space, and industrial landscapes.<\/p>\n
Inspired by Marya Rupa and Raj Patel\u2019s book “Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice,” “Pakui Hardware” uses inflammation as a metaphor for systemic harm inflicted on humanity and the planet.<\/p>\n
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Lietuvos nacionalinis paviljonas Venecijos \u0161iuolaikinio meno bienal\u0117je. \u201ePakui Hardware\u201c ir Marijos Teres\u0117s Ro\u017eanskait\u0117s paroda \u201eU\u017edegimas\u201c, 2024. Ugniaus Gelgudos fotografijos.<\/p><\/div>\n
“Inflammation allows us to understand what is invisible to the naked eye\u2014the history, systems, and repressed internal fires embedded in human and planetary bodies. Recognizing inflammation can become a starting point for healing if we seriously consider the interconnectedness of all things, both living and inert. The installation invites the viewer to experience a slightly feverish and dizzying state of mind and body, leading to an understanding of the complex web of life, encompassing numerous subjects and areas\u2014from medicine to hybrid nature, from the nervous system to the sounds of technological scanning,” explain N. \u010cerniauskait\u0117 and U. Gelguda.<\/p>\n
The glass and aluminum sculptures by “Pakui Hardware” resemble enlarged nervous systems with pulsing inflammation points. Their vitality is enhanced by a scanning beam mimicking medical procedures. Ro\u017eanskait\u0117\u2019s paintings convey the tension of unnamed diseases, sterile operating rooms, medical offices, mechanical objects, and chronic inflammations of cosmic bodies.<\/p>\n
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“The sculptural installation by contemporary artists ‘Pakui Hardware,’ combined with the modernist paintings of M. T. Ro\u017eanskait\u0117, speaks of the planet as a feverish body. Collaborating with architects ‘I\u0161ora x Lozuraityt\u0117 Studio,’ light artist Eugenijus Sabaliauskas, and other professionals, the works of different generations of artists were united into a multilayered environment that serves as both a map of our times and a cosmological setting, and possibly a station of hope and healing,” say curators V. Klima\u0161auskas and J. Laia.<\/p>\n
Silicone membranes, medical and hybrid landscape materials, and elements of the exhibition merge into an impressive techno-organism, highlighting the connections between ailing bodies and inflammatory environments, suggesting a search for metabolic balance to “cool down” the inflamed human and planetary bodies.<\/p>\n
Accompanying Publications for “Inflammation”<\/h3>\n
The exhibition is accompanied by a catalog published by LNMA and Mousse Publishing, compiled by “Pakui Hardware,” V. Klima\u0161auskas, J. Laia, and Egla Mikalaj\u016bn\u0117, featuring texts by A. Gel\u016bnas, Estelle Hoy, “I\u0161ora x Lozuraityt\u0117 Studio,” V. Klima\u0161auskas, Inga L\u0101ce, and J. Laia.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, April 20, a book titled “Marija Teres\u0117 Ro\u017eanskait\u0117: X-Rays of Art and Life,” published by the MTR Art Foundation and compiled by Dr. Laima Kreivyt\u0117 and Mykolas Piekuras, will be presented at the Lithuanian National Pavilion.<\/p>\n
Both publications will be available at the Lithuanian National Pavilion in Venice and later in the LNMA online store.<\/p>\n
Foreigners Everywhere<\/h3>\n
The Venice Contemporary Art Biennale, held every two years since 1895, is the world\u2019s most prestigious contemporary art exhibition. This year\u2019s theme, “Foreigners Everywhere” (Italian: “Stranieri Ovunque”), curated by Adriano Pedrosa, focuses on artists who themselves are foreigners, immigrants, expatriates, members of the diaspora, emigrants, exiles, and refugees.<\/p>\n
Lithuanian National Pavilion at the 60th Venice Contemporary Art Biennale<\/h3>\n
Location:<\/strong> Chiesa di Sant\u2019Antonin, Castello 3300, 30122 Venice<\/p>\n Open:<\/strong> Mon-Sun, 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM<\/p>\n Accessible via:<\/strong> Vaporetto, stop San Zaccaria A<\/p>\n Organizer:<\/strong> Lithuanian National Museum of Art<\/p>\n Artists:<\/strong> Pakui Hardware (Neringa \u010cerniauskait\u0117, Ugnius Gelguda) and Marija Teres\u0117 Ro\u017eanskait\u0117<\/p>\n Curators:<\/strong> Valentinas Klima\u0161auskas, Jo\u00e3o Laia<\/p>\n Commissioner:<\/strong> Ar\u016bnas Gel\u016bnas<\/p>\n Installation architecture:<\/strong> I\u0161ora x Lozuraityt\u0117 Studio (Petras I\u0161ora-Lozuraitis and Ona Lozuraityt\u0117-I\u0161or\u0117)<\/p>\n Light design:<\/strong> Eugenijus Sabaliauskas<\/p>\n Designer:<\/strong> Vytautas Volbekas<\/p>\n Coordinators:<\/strong> Evaldas Stankevi\u010dius, Egla Mikalaj\u016bn\u0117<\/p>\n Architect Coordinator:<\/strong> Egl\u0117 Jagmin\u0117<\/p>\n PR Producer:<\/strong> R\u016bta Statulevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117-Kau\u010dikien\u0117<\/p>\n Italian text translator:<\/strong> Adriano Cerri<\/p>\n English text editor:<\/strong> Alexandra Bondarev<\/p>\n Presented by:<\/strong> Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania<\/p>\n Funded by:<\/strong> Lithuanian Council for Culture<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Friday, April 19, the Lithuanian National Museum of Art (LNMA) is inaugurating the Lithuanian National Pavilion at the 60th Venice Contemporary Art Biennale. The exhibition titled “Inflammation,” by the internationally acclaimed artist duo Neringa \u010cerniauskait\u0117 and Ugnius Gelguda, known as “Pakui Hardware,” along with renowned painter Marija Teres\u0117 Ro\u017eanskait\u0117 (1933\u20132007), will be presented to a global audience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[199],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-partneris"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/suprastimada.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7385"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/suprastimada.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/suprastimada.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suprastimada.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suprastimada.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7385"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/suprastimada.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7590,"href":"https:\/\/suprastimada.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7385\/revisions\/7590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suprastimada.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/suprastimada.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suprastimada.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/suprastimada.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}