Sun & Sea
An opera-performance by Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė, Vaiva Grainytė and Lina Lapelytė
Curator: Lucia Pietroiusti
Venice, 2019 and international tour, 2019-2025 (ongoing)
Golden Lion for Best National Participation, presented as Sun & Sea (Marina), Lithuanian Pavilion. 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia
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TOUR / upcoming
14-21 December 2023: Vilnius Taxi Park, Lithuania
TOUR / past
7-8 October 2023: BITEF Festival, Belgrade, Serbia
15-17 September 2023: La Villette, the Philharmonie de Paris, the Festival d'Automne à Paris in collaboration with Pinault Collection, Paris, France
19-27 August 2023: Taipei Arts Festival, Taiwan
23-25 June 2023: Cork Midsummer Festival, Ireland
19-23 May 2023: Wiener Festwochen, Vienna, Austria
16-19 March 2023: Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, Argentina
27-30 January 2023: Fundación Teatro a Mil / Santiago a Mil International Festival, Chile
6-8 January 2023: Sydney Festival, Australia
5-13 December 2022: Vilnius Taxi Park, Lithuania
11-12 November 2022: Alkantara Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
9-11 September 2022: Wiesbaden Biennale, Germany
9-28 August 2022: Kiasma, Helsinki Festival, Finland
23 June-10 July 2022: LIFT/We Are Lewisham/Serpentine at The Albany, London, UK
4-5 June 2022: Reykjavik Arts Festival, Iceland
25-29 May 2022: O. Festival, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
25-25 March 2022: Klarafestival / Théâtre Les Tanneurs, Brussels, Belgium
15-19 December 2021: Vilnius Taxi Park, Lithuania
19-21 November 2021: NET Festival, Moscow
2-14 November 2021: Malmö Konsthall, Sweden
14-16 October 2021: The Hammer, MOCA and CAP UCLA, USA
6-9 October 2021: The Momentary, Bentonville, USA
30 September-3 October 2021: Arcadia, Philadelphia, USA
15-26 September 2021: BAM, New York, USA
1-2 September 2021: Athens Epidarus Festival, Greece
17-18 July 2021: POWER NIGHT, E-Werk Luckenwalde, Germane
22 June-4 July 2021: Teatro Argentina, Rome, Italy
29 May-1 June 2021: CPH Stage / TRAVERS / Copenhagen Contemporary, Denmark
9-11 October 2020: Kunstfestspiele Herrenhausen, Hanover, Germany
13-24 August 2020: Zürcher Theater Spektakel, Zurich, Switzerland
7-8 March 2020: BOREALIS, Bergen, Norway
11 May-31 October 2019: 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, Italy
Imagine a beach – you within it, or better: watching from above – the burning sun, sunscreen and bright bathing suits and sweaty palms and legs. Tired limbs sprawled lazily across a mosaic of towels. Imagine the occasional squeal of children, laughter, the sound of an ice cream van in the distance. The musical rhythm of waves on the surf, a soothing sound (on this particular beach, not elsewhere). The crinkling of plastic bags whirling in the air, their silent floating, jellyfish-like, below the waterline. The rumble of a volcano, or of an airplane, or a speedboat. Then a chorus of songs: everyday songs, songs of worry and of boredom, songs of almost nothing. And below them: the slow creaking of an exhausted Earth, a gasp.