1st International Art Triennial Unpredictable Futures UFNA
Research project DRAFTS: Design Research Artifacts in the Context of Exhibition as a part of UFNA
PROJECT BRIEF
The 1st International Art Triennial Unpredictable Futures is a project of visions and research that responds to the current issues of the space and Anthropocene era focused on predicting life outside the Earth. The project is implemented in Molėtai and its environs, the town which, thanks to Lithuanian scientists and artists already several decades ago, became a place of visual, pragmatic, prognostic, ontological, and other connections with space. The 1st International Art Triennial Unpredictable Futures (UFNA) will search for answers to the question of what the world of the future will be.
Interactions between the matter and bodies, cosmic light and sound, alpha, beta, and other particles, black holes, gravity, and other space experiences will be embodied in artifacts. With the help of traditional and interdisciplinary media, triennial participants worldwide will present their work, identify their relationship with space, their own, and other bodies, explore innovative materials and technologies, or even use the enigmatic X (12) dimension. The triennial presents art and design objects, artistic research from more than 60 artists, and art researchers from Denmark, Iran, Canada, Lithuania, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, Finland, and Romania. The research project DRAFTS: Design Research Artifacts in the Context of Exhibition is a part of the UFNA Art Triennial that presents emerging topics in the field of fashion and textile design.
PARTICIPANTS
Linnea Bågander, Jurga Barilaitė, Erika Blomgren, Eglė Ganda Bogdanienė, Bronius Bružas, Cooltūristės, Tomas Daukša, Das Vegas, Delia Dumitrescu, Andreas Eklöf, Paula Femenias, Kristina Fridh, Stephan Friedli, Julija Frodina, Andrius Grigalaitis, Andrius Gediminas Gudaitis, Solveiga Gutautė, Kazimieras Inčirauskas, Feliksas Jakubauskas, Audrius Janušonis, Emilis Jonaitis, Gunaras Imantas Kakaras, Nauris Kalinauskas, Svenja Keune, Saulius Kirvela, Marjan Kooroshnia, Ričardas Krištapavičius, Remigijus Kriukas, Algirdas Kuzma, Lida Kuzmienė, Karin Landahl, Ulrik Martin Larsen, Erin Lewis, Anna Lidström, Sandra Malaškevičiūtė, Stefanie Malmgren De Oliveira, Holly McQuillan, Algimantas Mikutis, Kęstutis Musteikis, Ieva Navikaitė, Simonas Nekrošius, Karin Peterson, Milena Pirštelienė, Rafal Piesliak, Neringa Poškutė-Jukumienė, Paulius Rukas, Elzė Sakalinskaitė-Beinaravičienė, Faseeh Saleem, Mykolas Sauka, Jolanta Sendaitė-Paulauskienė, Rūta Spelskytė-Liberienė, Vidmina Stasiulytė, Indrė Stulgaitė-Kriukienė, Gediminas Šibonis, Loreta Švaikauskienė, Riikka Talman, Karolis Tamošiūnas, Jan Tepe, Clemens Thornquist, Julijonas Urbonas, Kathryn Walters, Saulius Valius, Jolanta Vazalinskienė, Margareta Zetterblom, Birutė Zokaitytė, Monika Žaltauskaitė Grašienė (Žaltė)
WHEN
2021 July 2 - 2021 October 4
WHERE
Molėtai Region Museum, Inturkės str. 4, LT 33141, Molėtai
Molėtai Region Museum Ethnographic Homestead and Observatory, Kulionių village
Lithuanian Museum of Ethnocosmology, Kulionių village. Žvaigždžių st. 10, Čiulėnai sen., Molėtai district
ORGANIZERS
Main organizer: Lithuanian Artists’ Union
Organizers: Molėtai Region Museum, Lithuanian Museum of Ethnocosmology, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Borås University (Sweden)
CURATORS
Eglė Ganda Bogdanienė (Lithuania), Saulė Mažeikaitė-Teiberė (Lithuania), Solveiga Gutautė (Lithuania), Vidmina Stasiulytė (Lithuania), Faseeh Saleem (Pakistan), Viktorija Kazlienė (Lithuania)
DESIGN
Audrius Klimas
EXHIBITION
Saulius Valius
COMMUNICATION
Andrius Grigalaitis, Lukas Stanionis
SPONSOR
UAB “UVS Groupe”
THE PROJECT IS PARTIALLY FUNDED BY
Lithuanian Culture Council