They left but promised to come back

The day after

Dear all,
we hope you have arrived home safely and managed to get some rest after the 10 intense days of our academy. We are now in Warsaw, which does not feel quite real after a night spent in a coach...
We just wanted to thank you all for your enthusiasm, hard work, inspiration and all the
surprises you prepared for our departure. It was great to meet you all and we hope this is just a beginning of something bigger and long-lasting.

We would like you to use the blog to keep in touch with each other. Please also upload documentation of your final project, pictures from the Friday event and any other material from the academy you would like to share. Please feel free to use the space for any after-academy thoughts and plans for the future.
See you again in Lithuania, Belarus, Poland, the UK or any other part of the world.
More from us on the blog soon.

Ania & Alicja

Последний день творческой академии. Каждый из участников в течении трех дней усердно трудился над собственным проектом, в котором им была предоставлена полная свобода действия и мысли. Сегодня в 17.00 была открыта выставка, где мы показали результаты нашей работы.
Огромное огромное огромное спасибо всем организаторам проекта Lit Pro!!!!!!!!! А также гостям,посетившим нашу выставку, и конечно всем участникам!!!!
В течении всего времени мы узнавали друг друга, обрели новых хороших друзей, узнали много нового о ранее неизвестных нам путях реализации себя. Еще раз огромное спасибо ВСЕМ.
В дополнение к сегодняшнему блогу хочется, чтобы каждый из участников добавил что-то свое, свои впечатления, эмоции, фотографии!!!))
See you)

Работа идет полным ходом

Сегодня мы все продолжаем работать над проектами. Работа идет полным ходом, интересно и плодотворно.
Участники академии днем и ночью (особенно ночью! :)) корпят над своими проектами, не в силах оставить так увлекшее их дело. Что же мы увидим завтра?!

sapnai \ dreams

we work with dreams: collect, record, mix-up, illustrate, interpret.


we have dreams in lithuanian, polish, russian, english.
we have fairytales and nightmares, dreams about water and about fire.
what dreams do you have?

Senses room

Try something that you have never tried before!

Senses are something that guide us trough life. Thanks to them, you feel, love, smile, taste, cry…

Once you lose one of your senses, the others become intensified. The installation is about experience of space without sight.

Try to flare up all your senses: plunge in darkness, trust your feelings, listen to the noises…

Trust yourself and be inspired by new emotions.

Olga Mishyna and Anastasia Matchenko

Седьмое небо

День начался как обычно, то есть сонно. Ничто не предвещало изменения характера заданий. Сюрпризом стала полная свобода действий, ограниченная только размером выделенного участка на набережной возле платформы Kult Flux.

Выбор места был обусловлен не столько живописным видом, сколько отсутствием необходимости согласовывать свои действия с муниципальными чиновниками. Как выяснилось позже, место это весьма малолюдное, что очень огорчало участников, рассчитывавших как на всеобщее признание благодарных зрителей, так и на вовлечение прохожих в свои проекты. Однако немногочисленные прохожие испуганно шарахались в стороны, когда к ним бросалась толпа участников, жаждущих общения. Пришлось довольствоваться тем, что было, то есть развлекать самих себя :-)

Развлечения с концептуальным привкусом закончились торжественным спуском на воду одного из творений - плотика наших надежд.

После ужина нас ждал еще один сюрприз - альтернативная экскурсия по Вильнюсу с потрясающим гидом, которого зовут Юлиус.

Он показал нам витражную и сувенирную мануфактуры, а также еще много достопримечательных мест, не указанных ни в одном путеводителе, и поведал их историю в жанре легкого детектива. При этом он взял с нас клятву не использовать полученную информацию в коммерческих целях, так что о подробностях экскурсии придется умолчать. Несмотря на то, что наша экскурсия длилась в два раза дольше запланированнного времени и на улице уже было темно, в качестве конечного пункта все бесстрашно выбрали кладбище. Правда, впоследствии некоторые об этом пожалели. Например, Настя, которая руку Игоря, невинно протянутую им из-за могильной плиты, приняла за дружеское приветствие с того света.

С лёгкой душой и отяжелевшими конечностями покинув кладбище, мы отправились в Дом, чтобы после возвращения снова разбрестись кто куда, лишь бы только не тратить время на сон.

Extensive invasion

Today our newly formed groups had a possibility to practise in playing darts. That was the method to choose the place for getting acquainted to. Our team team was lucky to get a place with wonderful sights of forests, rivers and waterfalls.

We also had a task to take a picture of a window. There were lots of variants, but this photo reflected all of them and impressed us most.

There's always must be times for being positive and sincere towards other people. On this first autumn day we decided to make a firstformer smile.

me and serzhuk blindfolded

favourite places in vilnius

by nastia, dyma, pavel and rasa

blindfolded

I was today a pimp! Wow))

SUNDAY? 31.08.08?

Апошні дзень лета : (( Тут няма чаму радавацца, але ёсць чаму здзіўляцца!

Дзень пачаўся з раніцы, ці то ў 8, ці то 7, а можа ў 9 (у пакоях, дзе мы снедаем і гуляемся 3 неадэкватных гадзіннікі), а напэўна а 12 гадзіне. Таму і ўвесь дзень склаўся з адных НЕАДЭКВАТНАСЦЯЎ!

1 НЕАДЭКВАТНАСЦЬ:

Дзень народзінаў Марты ў жніўні, а не ў марте-сакавіку!??



Жнівеньская Марта, амаль што вераснёўская!

Вялізны торцік з белай гліны, вельмі прыемны па смаку і карысны для страўніка, з 18 свечкамі ад IKI!




2 НЕАДЭКВАТНАСЦЬ:

KultFlux Platform // NatureChange

Абмен несуразнасцямі і рознай фігнёй: усмешкамі, учынкамі, словамі, пацісканнямі рук, абмен сонца на дождж і наадварот, адзежай, абуткам, ежай, талеркамі з-пад ежы, упрыгожваннямі…

І хопіць ужо! Навошта?? Не ведаем! Але ў наступны раз што-небудзь самі прынясем і за
грошы прададзім!








3 НЕАДЭКВАТНАСЦЬ:

Музей генацыдаду. Не, не, не. Не трэба нам гэтага! Гэта была самая вялікая неадэкватнасць сённяшняму святочнаму дню. Хто гэта прыдумаў?


4 НЕАДЭКВАТНАСЦЬ:

Пікнік! Pizza? Mamba? Very strange!
Да наступнай запраўкі засталося 2,5 гадзіны. Не ведалі як дачакацца таго часу, трэба было нешта з’есці..

5 НЕАДЭКВАТНАСЦЬ:

Вячэра ў COZY. Учора ўсім спадабаўся крэм-бруле (гучыць брутальна), таму і сёння пайшлі зноў. І вось ён аблом! 20 аднолькавых смярдзючых талерак з зяленымі (соплі?) макаронамі і цеплы свежавыціснуты фруктовы кактэль на дэсерт. Талерку з сырам за 20 літ прынесці катэгарычна адмовіліся! І каву-латэ і капучына таксама зажмоцілі :( (толькі за свае грошы).

Але ўсім было прыемна адзін за адным хадзіць ў бок WC па запрашэнню Кацярыны, каб напісаць пажаданні для Марты ў кнізе аб літоўскай графіцы, якую ёй потым урачыста падарылі пад ўсплескі нашых далоняў!

P.S. Цяпер усе адэкватна спяць, толькі Ганна ды Ігар неадэкватна пішуць пра сённяшні 5 дзень культурнай анімацыі у горадзе Вільня..

The man who is taking care about blind people

How it was

What was the idea of being blind

blind.folded \ blind.holded [5-7-5]

ślapy kaciania
ŭ miakkich dałoniach vilni,
vietru i sonca

+ fota: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

SATURDAY

games with the hands

trip around vilnius

it's me

Fisrt Day: Kaunas

Here are some photos from our first day that started in Vilnius and finished in Vilnius.

Yellow day in Trakai. Beautiful and Ugly.

The second day was spent in Trakai. We received quests: to find any yellow object and take a photo of something beautiful and something ugly.














All day we had been looking for Beauty and Ugly. All team were really creative and completed this quest with their own view and ideas.

start of creativity_Nastya

Our tourist day started with “light mobile lunch” after which it was quite hard to even breathe and continued in Kaunas. A trip to Kaunas was a great choice for a start. The venue was probably selected by tutors so that even Vilnius residents could feel theirselves “new” in the environment. Among our “art activities” we had a presentation about LitPro project itself and got acquainted with its team, got to know our tutors and of course, presented ourselves.
Self-presentations was our creative homework and was challenging enough to let us encompass us or part of us on this little sheet of A4 paper. Now I am ( or we are?) far better informed on how the A4 sheet of paper can be used: this can be a platform to which you can attach things that reflect your interests and habits, this can be simply drawing sheet when you feel yourself almost like at school taking part in art classes, or, simply, the stage where you can perform. However, there are also lots of means to use blank paper to express yourself. In this case, the paper was crushed, pressed, carefully folded and unfolded to reveal different sides of the personality of the presenter. It was interesting and exciting to both take part in it and see what others did. [Documentation attached]
We were staying in a wonderful hotel:once a posh place for only rich and now only remembering its better days It was quite hard to find elevator and brown bread for breakfast but the rooms are almost a history object as the dryers standing attached to the walls in the bathroom were probably among the first “foreign” equipment imported in the Soviet times to make this place even more attractive for tourists.
Rather blurred feeling from new faces and unusual surrounding was smootheed a bit with a few pints of beer in one of the famous Kaunas’ bar – BO Baras. Now the “activities” are still continuing and I believe there will be more and more positive feedbackS from the others

Nastya

I am Nastya,
I study at EHU, in the most "un"creative faculty - international and european law, now being 4th year student.

I like to discover previously unknown things and if there is a possibility to do so - either alone or collectively - I always go for it. In due course of the Academy I would like to look differently on the things I am used to, I want to distract from the things I usually do and try something new.

See you All soon

Hello,everyone!!!

Salute!!!

I’m Marta, EHU student, program visual design and media. Gladly greed all members of this project!

I have been studying in Vilnius nearly for a year & with certainty can say that it’s one of the most beautiful & coziest places I have ever been to! I hope that after these 10 days we’ll otherwise see this place.

What about me? I like everything new: new places, new people, new info, new impressions & etc. This project is another “new” because I want to try myself in unknown for me sphere of creative work. I only started my education & I hope that this project will give me useful knowledge, new friends & wealth of experience that will help me in me future live & studies.

Good luck! See you soon!!!

This is me, Dima:-)

I am EHU art distance student from Kyiv, Ukraine. I being late but I feel that I' m not last in fact;-) Often I am angry on myself that I can evaluate some moment only postfactum. There is dependence on memory. Memory produces gradation, one it is selects and other loses. What value has memory for people? I'm interesting in art of memory. Vilnius - magnificent system of memory with great number of places of memory, where I like to return and to reminisce something simple but important...together with you;-)
I would like to share some of my memories about my past visits into Vilnius. For example, such photos of harmony and mimicry;D

pink elephants....

Hello! Labas! Bonjour! My name is Nadia. I'm just a composer and musician, but i'm studing visiual arts in EHU. I'm crazy and extraorinary girl, but i can take control over my mind ;)
I like to travel (hitch-hicking) and meet new people.
Also i try to learn lithuanian language and want play bag-pipe.
I think this project help me acieve my ambitions and help me to meet new good and interesting people.
Also i think this project help me to know many new intersting and creative things.
Thank you for all, who making this project. ))
I promise to bring a couple of my music compositions.

Respect. Nadia

Hi, my name is Ales

Hi, my name is Ales

My academic interests lay in the field of mass media, journalism and culture. I am an active member of the Cinema Club and Photo club. For several years I studies graphic software.

Summer art academy, on the one hand, gives me a chance to expand my knowledge in the marginal disciplines and, on the other hand, to chose some specific topic and focus on it in my possible research activities (in the field of visual culture).

Also, I think that it will give me a chance to socialize with many young people. And this is also a good deal of experience and knowledge.

pavel

Hi. I'm Pavel. Me and Ania Kurašova (Aney) were invited to help Alicja and Ania - and all of you.

I'm from Far East of Belarus (Orša, Horki). I make and play sounds. Used to make abstract photos and still do some visuals. I also weave webs - of words, sites and/or people. This summer i've finished MA studies @ EHU. My paper was about 'rhythm, rituals, liminality, corporeality, techno and psy-trance'.

Cultural animation is new to me, but i suspect it has connections with many spheres of my interests. So i'm curious and open to whatever discoveries and experiences may happen.

Schedule of activities

Hi everybody,

here comes our general plan for the project. Please have a look and tell us what you think - any comments, suggestions and questions welcome!


SUMMER ART ACADEMY VILNIUS 2008
general schedule of activities

WEDNESDAY 27th AUGUST
Kaunas trip – intro and presentations.

THURSDAY 28th AUGUST
Trakai trip – getting to know each other.

FRIDAY 29th AUGUST
What is a city? Favourite / least favourite places.
9.45 - 18.00 (lunch break 13.00 - 14.00)

SATURDAY 30th AUGUST
Vilnius - a sensual exploration of the city.
9.45 - 18.00 (lunch break 13.00 - 14.00)

SUNDAY 31st AUGUST
Picnic, gallery and museum visits.
(12.00 - 18.00 - optional)

MONDAY 1st SEPTEMBER
Micro scale Vilnius.
9.45 - 18.00 (lunch break 13.00 - 14.00)

TUESDAY 2nd SEPTEMBER
Vilnius d'art - exploring the city at random.
9.45 - 18.00 (lunch break 13.00 - 14.00)

WEDNESDAY 3rd SEPTEMBER
Become a cultural animator - part 1.
9.45 - 18.00 (lunch break 13.00 - 14.00)

THURSDAY 4th SEPTEMBER
Become a cultural animator - part 2.
Preparation for the final event.
9.45 - 18.00 (lunch break 13.00 - 14.00)

FRIDAY 5th SEPTEMBER
The final event.
9.45 - 17.00 (lunch break 13.00 - 14.00) - preparation.
17.00 - 19.00 - the final event.

SATURDAY 6th SEPTEMBER
Evaluation.
9.45 - 14.00 evaluation (lunch break 13.00 - 14.00)

A4 white sheet of paper - do something with it!

For our first meeting on 27th August we would like you to do one more thing:

> get a A4 white sheet of paper

> present yourself on this sheet of paper

> everything is allowed! you can paint on it, you can convert it into a sculpture, you can write on it, you can think about a short performance where you use your sheet, you can play on it, you can attach things to it and more .... virtually EVERYTHING is POSSIBLE! as long as it represents you or part of you...

Remember to bring your A4 presentation with you on 27th August!

If you have any questions about the project or about these little tasks etc - please contact us!

Looking forward to meeting you on 27th!

Show yourself! (please upload info before 23rd August!)

Hello everybody!

Summer Art Academy will start on 27th August. Before we meet face to face let's learn a bit about each other via the blog.

Please create a new post about yourself before 23rd August! This does not need to be an essay! A picture or two of you or what you are interested in would be enough.
Feel free to include drawings or films with your work, anything else you wish!

In your entry please include 3 things:
> who you are?
> what interests you?
> why you want to be involved in the project?

We know that you had to put this information in your application, but now we would like you to present yourself to each other.

If you have any problems, get in touch! And please try to upload all the information before 23rd August so we all have a chance to read it before we arrive in Vilnius.

Summer Arts Academy 2008 – cultural animation

Dates: August 27 – September 6, 2008
Participants: students of European Humanities University (on-campus and low-residency, BA and MA) and other Lithuanian universities
Venue: Vilnius, Lithuania

Full application pack available

The ‘2008 Summer Arts Academy – cultural animation is a challenging creative 10-days program of exploration of the urban Vilnius environment engaging with people and using various media and artforms. The program of the Academy is build on the theoretical and practical platform of cultural animation. This year’s Summer Arts Academy takes a form of a creative project lead by professional cultural animation practitioners & artists Ania Bas and Alicja Rogalska. The outcomes established during the Summer Arts Academy will be recorded and presented in the form of installation, intervention or a similar event in November 2008

The working languages of the Academy will be English, Russian, Belarusian, and Lithuanian.

Together with students, the 2008’ Summer Arts Academy participants will be:

• international cultural animators & artists Ania Bas and Alicja Rogalska (Poland), members of LAUNDRY association of artists (UK)
• artistic director Julija Fomina, curator of the Contemporary Art Centre in Vilnius
• various Lithuanian experts, citizens and guests of Vilnius
• SAA 2008 coordinator Katsiaryna Radzko, EHU PR manager
• LitPro project’s staff members

Requirements to the participants:

Be a student of EHU or another Lithuanian university;
Be eager to explore Vilnius by taking on an unusual approach and be interested in working with other people creatively;
Be ready to communicate with Ania & Alicja, other participants and people around in English, Russian, Belarusian, and preferably in Lithuanian

Submit the filled-in application form until August 1, 2008

From the side of EHU, the students of all kinds of programs (BA and MA, on-campus and low-residency) can apply. Among EHU’s BA on-campus students, the priority will be given to those ones taking part in LitPro Lithuanian language courses and actively involved in EHU community life.

Letters of admission will be sent to selected participants no later than August 5, 2008.

More info about cultural animation and Ania & Alicja.