AMBASSADOR IN EXILE / 2007DVD / SINGLE-CHANNEL PROJECTION / 11:26 min.Kazys Lozoraitis recounts his experience of time growing up in Villa Lituania as the son of a renowned Lithuanian diplomat. Lozoraitis also distinguished himself as an Ambassador in exile (during the Soviet annexation of Lithuania).After Lithuania’s independence (1991) Lozoraitis served as Ambassador of the Lithuanian … Read more
VILLA LITUANIA PIGEON RACE MEMORABILIA – Waterproof, Bookbag, Flag, Pins / tyvek, metal, enamel; dimentions variable / 2007Using the pigeon motif, and to mark the special political action in the form of the international pigeon races, the artists have collaborated with designers to produce a range of design objects that are part memento, part political marker, … Read more
The dove that goes boom! Pigeon race performance, installation, glass trophies, poster, video. As part of the exhibition “Too late, too little, (and how) to fail gracefully”, curated by Bik Van der Pol, Fort Asperen, the Netherlands. 2011
VILLA LITUANIA a study of the mechanisms constructing the last occupied territory (of Lithuania) through a set of events featuring pigeon race, development of pavilion architecture, and recycling of political encounters. Project commissioned for Lithuanian pavilion at 52nd Biennale di Venezia / 2007
VILLA LITUANIAThe project VILLA LITUANIA for the Lituanian Pavilion at the 52nd Biennale di Venezia is comprised of a large-scale sculptural model that synthesizes elements of the proposed pigeon loft to be build in Rome and Villa Lituania, the former Lithuanian Embassy to Italy; newly created video works that tell the story of the Villa Lituania … Read more
