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Masks, wearables, and totems\u2014co-created with MA Visual Arts and Curatorial Studies students at NABA \u2013 Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti Milano\u2014elevate Wetland Game<\/a> at the GENS Public Programme, 19th International Architecture Exhibition\u2014La Biennale di Venezia, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Designed and constructed by: Stock Breeder, Bull, and Game Master\u2014Julia Varjund; Hunter\u2014Elif Nur G\u00f6zayd\u0131n, \u00d6yk\u00fc \u00d6nder, and Julia Varjund; Reed Harvester and Bittern\u2014Chengcheng Sheng and Qu Weili; Conservationist\u2014Elif Nur G\u00f6zayd\u0131n and \u00d6yk\u00fc \u00d6nder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A series of handmade props for the Wetland game-performance translates Mediterranean wetland ecologies and regional craft into wearable forms. Reeds, linen, dried moss and feathers, reclaimed leather, felt, eggshells, and lightweight wood are upcycled, woven, tied, and painted with natural pigments to produce headpieces, capes, and tools: a bittern-inspired cowl with folk tie-dye brushstrokes; a reed-woven harvester set; a linen-rope hood for the stock breeder; an eggshell-and-clay horn set for the bull; a game master\u2019s shield, and a hunter ensemble whose wooden, gun-like props, vertical headgear, and leather gaiters recall high fishing boots and echo the surrounding landscape. Together, they make the landscape wearable and the region\u2019s material intelligence visible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Egl\u0117 Marija \u017delvyt\u0117<\/a> \u00a9<\/strong> the authors<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Supported by the Lithuanian Council for Culture<\/a>; the Creative Interdisciplinary New European Bauhaus (NEB) Research Centre at Vilnius Academy of Arts<\/a>; and NABA \u2013 Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti Milano<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special thanks to Andris Brinkmanis, Eleonora Roaro, Marco Scotini (NABA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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