21:00–24:00 Venue: 2 Invited artists presented: Yinka Shonibare, MBE (UK), Silja Puranen (Finland), Vita Gelūnienė (Lithuania), Patricija Gilytė (Germany), Eglė Ganda Bogdanienė (Lithuania), Almyra Weigel (Germany), VALYA (USA), Min-Tzu Chao (Taiwan), Hiroko Watanabe (Japan), Annika Ekdahl in collaboration with Birgitta Nordström and textile students of Gothenburg university (Sweden), Otavio & Gustavo Pandolfo (OsGemeos) in collaboration with Margarida Leda Kanciukaitis ir Veronica Kanciukaitis Tagnoli (Brazil).

19:00–20:00 Presentation of International Students Exhibition STATE OF EXCEPTION. Organiser: Kaunas Faculty of Arts of Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts. Partners: Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts, University of Gothenburg School of Design and Crafts (prof. Annika Ekdahl), Art Academy of Latvia (prof. Ieva Krumina), Estonian Academy of Arts (prof. Piret Valk), Tartu Art College (prof. Aet Ollisaar), The Władysław Strzemiński Academy of Art in Łódź (prof. Włodzimierz Cygan). Venue: 15

20:00–21:00 Presentation of Experiments with Light: Art Lab exhibition. Curators: Jolanta Šmidtienė and Dovilė Vanagaitė. Venue: 8

23:00 * PREMIERE. Program PLAY:Silja Puranen (Finland), Anne-Linn Akselsen (Norway), Adrián Minkowicz (Argentina) & Dance Theatre AURA (Lithuania): interdisciplinary dance play. Venue: 2

Paulina Ortiz (Costa Rica), Candace Edgerley (USA), Carolyn Kallenborn (USA), Anne Wanner (Switzerland), Gina Morandini (Italy), Ludmila Egorova & Andrew Schneider (Ukraine), Marina Blumin (Russia) and Vibeke Vestby (Norway).

13:00 Opening of Reiko Sudo (NUNO, Japan) exhibition. Venue: 3

12:00–17:00 International bread baking workshop HEMISPHERES: Daily Bread. Project author: Vėjūnė Sudarytė. Partner: Frères des Hommes (Paris / France). Venue: 16

18:00–19:00 Opening of Estonian Textile and Contemporary Art exhibition. Curator: Monika Järg. Artists: Maasike Maasik, Tiina Puhkan, Triinu Tulva, Kadi Pajupuu, Marilyn Piirsalu, Anu Põder, Urmas Viik, Eva Jakovits, Kärt Ojavee, Lylian Meister, Katariina Meister, Indrek Liit, Aune Taamal, Monika Järg, Kirill Safonov. Venue: 4

TEXTILE’11: REWIND-PLAY-FORWARDThe 8th Kaunas Biennial will be ongoing in Kaunas through September 22nd - December 4th, 2011. Kaunas Biennial is a platform for interrelations between visual and performing arts, as well as between art, science and industry: 7 days dance theatre program; 10 days conference with lectures, workshops, excursions; Fluxus happenings’ week, public art activities will unite artists and empower the local community for the common experience in cultural [co]/[post]/production. The program is prepared by organizer Kaunas Artists Support Fund and its partners:

• Dance Theatre AURA (Kaunas / Lithuania) coordinates the interdisciplinary visual arts and contemporary dance program PLAY;• ETN (European Textile Network) organizes the 16th international ETN conference and workshop program in Kaunas;• Ideias Emergentes (Portugal) and Estonian Artists’ Association (Estonia) are the organizations, which present Portuguese and Estonian contemporary art exhibitions in Kaunas, as well as Lithuanian contemporary art presentation in Portugal and Estonia in 2012.

Main sponsors: Culture Ministry of Lithuanian Republic, Kaunas City Municipality, EU program Culture 2007-2013.

September 21st

(Wednesday)

10:00–21:00 ETN conference participants’ excursion to Vilnius www.etn-net.org/etn/211e.htm.

10:00–17:00 Reiko Sudo workshop for registered participants (continued on Thursday morning) (full). Venue: 3

September 22nd

(Thursday)

19:00–21:00 Venue:1. KAUNAS BIENNIAL TEXTILE’11 will be opened by the patron of biennial dr. Arūnas Gelūnas, Culture Minister of Lithuania. Exhibitions presented: REWIND HISTORY (curator R. Andriušytė-Žukienė), works postproduced according to the artworks of Aleksas Andriuškevičius, Aušra Andziulytė, Jonas Gasiūnas, Laura Garbštienė, Pranas Griušys, Rimvidas Jankauskas-Kampas, Vilmantas Marcinkevičius, Jonas Mekas, Šarūnas Sauka, Liudas Truikys, Sofija Veiverytė, Eglė Velaniškytė, Albertas Veščiūnas, Viktoras Petravičius, Igoris Piekuras, Marija Teresė Rožanskaitė, Kazė Zimblytė, Audronė Petrašiūnaitė; implemented by Monika Žaltauskaitė at the factory „Audėjas“ (Lithuania) and Daiva Zubrienė at Factory „Ekelund“ (Sweden). REWIND PERSONAL STORY (curator Virginija Vitkienė), exposition of Tilleke Schwarz (The Netherlands), Alice Kettle (UK), Wang Haiyuan (China), Watanabe Misao (Japan), Beili Liu (China/USA), Rasma Noreikytė (Lithuania), Laisvydė Šalčiūtė (Lithuania), Ainsley Hillard (UK), Andrea Milde (Germany/Spain), Lia Altman (Russia), Michaela Melián (Germany), Nina Bondeson (Sweden), Sonja Andrew (UK), Marion Michell (Great Britain), F4 Artist Collective [Susan Jowsey/Marcus Williams] (New Zealand), Fiona Kirkwood (Republic of South

* PREMIERE. Program PLAY: Vita Gelūnienė & Evaldas Jansas & Birutė Letukaitė & Dance Theatre AURA (Lithuania): textile, video and dance play presentation.

September 23rd (Friday)

9:00–18:00

16th international ETN (European Textile Network) conference (lead by General Secretary Beatrijs Sterk) Registered participation only. www.etn-net.org/etn/211e.htm Venue: 3 The theme of the conference is REWIND INTO THE FUTURE - how to empower textile culture for the future, why is it important and what is left to be done for the upcoming generation. Speakers are: Lia Cook(USA), Chunghie Lee (South Korea), Reiko Sudo (Japan), Louise Lemieux Bérubé (Canada), Sarah Braddock Clarke (UK), Marie O’Mahoney (Australia), Diana Springall (UK),

9:00–18:00 16th international ETN (European Textile Network) conference. Registered participation only. www.etn-net.org/etn/211e.htm Venue: 13 Networking session moderated by Lala de Dios/ETN President and Beatrijs Sterk/ETN Secretariat, ETN members and conference participants are speaking about current projects, open for participation, each speech will be 10 minutes/10 images: Christina Leitner (Austria), Giselle Eberhard Cotton (Switzerland), Hiroko Watanabe (Japan), Hanny Spierenburg (The Netherlands), Velta Raudzepa (Latvia), Eva Basile (Italy), Patricia Christy (United Kingdom), Vita Gelūnienė (Lithuania), Eglė Ganda Bogdanienė (Lithuania), Severija Inčirauskaitė-Kriaunevičienė (Lithuania), Pamela Hardesty (Ireland), Katya Oicherman (Israel), Cathryn Amidei (USA), Katrin Pere and Ene Pars (Estonia), Julia Astreou-Christoforou (Cyprus), Bratislava Idvorean-Stefanovic (Serbia), Lala de Dios (Spain), Andrea Milde (Spain), Shi Hui ir Shan Zeng (China), Elisabeth Brenner

September 24th

(Saturday)

(Sweden), Harm Harms (The Netherlands), Monika Auch (The Netherlands), Carolyn Kallenborn (USA), Yosi Anaya (Mexico). The aim is to make the audience aware of forthcoming projects and cooperation opportunities.

12:00–14:00 HEMISPHERES: DAILY BREAD performance of the bread sharing on global table in the public space. Project author: Vėjūnė Sudarytė. Partner: Frères des Hommes (Paris / France). Venue: 16

18:00 Opening of Maximo Laura (Peru) personal exhibition. Venue: 8

18:30–19:00 Opening of TEXERE exhibition. Curator: Patricia Christy. Participants: Marianne Puschner & students of BAKIP Secondary school (Austria), Julia Astreou

(Cyprus), Caroline McNamara and “Seamless”group (England), Patricia Christy (England), Pamela Hardesty and students of Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork (Ireland), Renata Pompas and digital textiles students at AFOL MODA, Milano (Italy), Hanny Spierenburg and Breed Textiel Overleg (Netherlands), Cathryn Amidei and Y Collective – students at the School of Technology at Eastern Michigan University (USA). Venue: 8

20:00 ETN dinner at Bernelių užeiga Restaurant. Venue: 19

23:00 * PREMIERE. Program PLAY Almyra Weigel (Lithuania-Germany), Birutė Letukaitė & Dance Theatre AURA (Lithuania): interdisciplinary dance play. Venue: 2

Africa), Lina Jonikė (Lithuania), María León (Spain), Kyung–ae Wang (South Korea), Rūta Naujalytė (Lithuania), Monika Žaltauskaitė-Grašienė (Lithuania), Monika Kreivė (Lithuania), Amélie Brisson-Darveau (Canada), Katie Waugh (JAV), Kristina Čyžiūtė (Lithuania), Marion Coleman (USA), Katya Oicherman (Israel), Virginie Roche tti (France), Gao Yuan (Taiwan), Signe Kivi (Estonia), Tonje Høydahl Sørli (Norway).REWIND INTO THE FUTURE (curator Sarah E. Braddock Clarke, artists: Jane Harris (UK), Ainsley Hillard (UK), Janis Jefferies (UK), Barbara Layne (Canada), Christy Matson (USA), Nancy Tilbury (UK). LAUSANNE BIENNIAL COLLECTION (curator Giselle Eberhard Cotton, Toms&Pauli Foundation, artists: Magdalena Abakanowicz (Poland), Jagoda Buic (Croatia), Kati Gulyas (Hungary), Peter and Ritzi Jacobi (Romania), Jean Lurçat (France), Maria Laszkiewicz (Poland), Mariyo Yagi (Japan). COSTA RICA’S COLLECTION (curator Juan Diego Roldán, coordinator Paulina Ortitz, artists: Loida Pretiz, Nela Salgado, Nani Canas, Carolina Matamoros, Celita Ulate, Dinorah Carballo, Paulina Ortiz, Ileana Moya, Patricia Rucavado, Iris Teran, Rocio Flaque, Gloriana Sanchez , Li Briceno, Maria Teresa Arteaga, Gian Carlo Sandoval, Leidalia Flaque, Fiorella Pattoni Urbina – Mario Acosta Montero, Carolina Parra, Karen Clachar, Emilia Gonzalez). PORTUGUESE EXHIBITION (curators Joaquim Pinheiro and Lúcia David, artists: Lúcia David, Márcia Luças, João Vaz de

BIENNIAL GRAND OPENING

www.biennial.ltinfo@kaunas.biennial.lt

Carvalho, Lilia Catarina, Jorge Ramos, Conceição Rios, and Alexandra Ministro), PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS by Lia Cook (USA), Cynthia Schira (USA), Chunghie Lee (South Korea), Louise Lemieux Bérubé (Canada), presented by Beatrijs Sterk (General Secretary, ETN).

September 25th (Sunday)

10:00–18:00 ETN conference guests’ excursion to Rumšiškės Open Air Museum.www.etn-net.org/etn/211e.htm

12:00–15:00 Discussion-seminar at the place of REWIND INTO THE FUTURE exposition. Venue: 1

September 26th – 27th

AMBER ROUTE: ETN excursion to Klaipėda and Nida. www.etn-net.org/etn/211e.htm

10:00–17:00 ETN conference workshop program for registered participants. Please register: www.etn-net.org/etn/211e.htm:

Chunghie Lee workshop from September 28th to 30th. Venue: 9

Lia Cook workshop from September 28th to 30th. Venue: 13

September 28th – 30th

October 3rd- 7th October 3rd – 7th

COLLABORATIVE PARTICIPATORY WEEK

ETN WORKSHOP PROGRAM

12:00 * Program PLAY. Silja Puranen (Finland), Anne-Linn Akselsen (Norway), Adrián Minkowicz (Argentina) & Dance Theatre AURA (Lithuania): interdisciplinary dance play. Venue: 2

Rachel Wingfield & Mathias Gmachl (UK) will lead a workshop “ArchiLace – Space Crafting”, uniting textile and architecture skills for creative change of the public spaces. Venue: 12

October 4th-7th

October 14th

(Friday)

October 5th

(Wednesday)

15:00 & 19:00 * Program PLAY.Silja Puranen (Finland), Anne-Linn Akselsen (Norway), Adrián Minkowicz (Argentina) & Dance Theatre AURA (Lithuania): interdisciplinary dance play. Venue: 2

18:00 Cherry Kino Saltaire Super 8 film programme. Curator: Martha Jurksaitis. Coordinator: Laura Garbštienė. Venue: 12

October 15th (Saturday)

18:00 * Program PLAY.Silja Puranen (Finland), Anne-Linn Akselsen (Norway), Adrián Minkowicz (Argentina) & Dance Theatre AURA (Lithuania): interdisciplinary dance play. Venue: 2

October 16th (Sunday)

GEORGE MACIUNAS AND BEYOND - FLUXUS NEVER STOPS . Curator: Keith A. Buchholz. Local producer: Vėjūnė Sudarytė. Initiator: Ed Carroll.As part of the USA Government’s culture week in Lithuania, Kaunas Biennial marks the 50th anniversary of the 1st Happenings of George Maciunas in New York. A group of 260 contemporary Fluxus artists mark his unique contribution to contemporary art practice. Location: Kaunas City Trolleybus with performances by Leard Reed Altemus III, Melissa Rose McCarthy and Mary Campbell (USA).

October 17th – 23rd

The aim of this discussion-seminar is to make an overview what is going on in textiles in scientific / research field and how it is/could be related to artistic expression. Participants of the discussion: Clive van Heerden (Philips Design,The Netherlands), prof. Janis Jefferies (Goldsmiths College, London University, UK), Sarah E. Braddock Clarke (UK), Jane Harris (UK), Ainsley Hillard (UK), prof. Barbara Layne (Canada), Nancy Tilbury (UK). Entrance with a museum ticket.

19:00 Presentation of Estonian Textile and Contemporary Art exhibition to ETN conference participants. Curator: Monika Järg. Artists: Maasike Maasik, Tiina Puhkan, Triinu Tulva, Kadi Pajupuu, Marilyn Piirsalu, Anu Põder, Urmas Viik, Eva Jakovits, Kärt Ojavee, Lylian Meister & Katariina Meister & Indrek Liit, Aune Taamal, Monika Järg, Kirill Safonov. Venue: 4

19:30 MESSAGE FROM KERELA exhibition by Eglė Ganda Bogdanienė, Žydrutė Ridulytė, and Karina Matiukienė (Lithuania). Ends: 20 10 2011. Venue: 7

20:00 Opening of Laima Oržekauskienė personal exhibition WOMEN IN THEIR FIFTIES. PHYTIAS and presentation of the catalogue. Venue: 5

Kärt Ojavee (Estonia) will lead an experimental workshop on smart textiles. Venue: 14

October 6th-7th

Sampler-Cultureclash Collective (lead by David Littler, UK) textile and sound workshop & DJ performance &. Venue: 12

Vibeke Vestby workshop from September 28th to Octover 2nd. Venue: 14

19:00 & 21:00 * PREMIERE. Program PLAYOsGemeos (Brazil) & Johannes Wieland (Germany) & Dance Theatre AURA (Lithuania): interdisciplinary dance performance. Venue: 2

October 28th

(Friday)

20:00 & 22:00 * PREMIERE. Program PLAYInga Likšaitė (Lithuania – Germany), Kenneth Falk (Norway) & Külli Roosna (Estonia). : interdisciplinary dance play. Venue: 12

18:00 & 20:00 * Program PLAYOsGemeos (Brazil) & Johannes Wieland (Germany) & Dance Theatre AURA (Lithuania): interdisciplinary dance performance. Venue: 2

October 29th (Saturday)

19:00 & 21:00 * Program PLAYInga Likšaitė (Lithuania – Germany), Kenneth Falk (Norway) & Külli Roosna (Estonia): interdisciplinary dance play. Venue: 12

18:00 & 20:00 * Program PLAYPatricija Gilytė (Lithuania – Germany), Né Barros (Portugal) & Dance Theatre AURA (Lithuania): interdisciplinary dance performance. Venue: 11

November 11th (Friday)

19:00 & 21:00 * PREMIERE. Program PLAYPatricija Gilytė (Lithuania – Germany), Né Barros (Portugal) & Dance Theatre AURA (Lithuania): interdisciplinary dance performance. Venue: 11

November 12th (Saturday)

18:00 & 20:00 * Program PLAYPatricija Gilytė (Lithuania – Germany), Né Barros (Portugal) & Dance Theatre AURA (Lithuania): interdisciplinary dance performance. Venue: 11

November 24th

(Thursday)19:00 * Program PLAYOsGemeos (Brazil) & Johannes Wieland (Germany) & Dance Theatre AURA (Lithuania): interdisciplinary dance performance. Venue: 2

December 1st

(Thursday)19:00* Program PLAYOsGemeos (Brazil) & Johannes Wieland (Germany) & Dance Theatre AURA (Lithuania): interdisciplinary dance performance. Venue: 2

December 2nd (Friday)

19:00 & 21:00 * Program PLAYPatricija Gilytė (Lithuania – Germany), Né Barros (Portugal) & Dance Theatre AURA (Lithuania): interdisciplinary dance performance. Venue: 11

December 3rd (Saturday)

You may book the tickets for the program PLAY by e-mail: martina@aura.lt or buy them online www.bilietai.lt. The purchase is also available one hour before the play at the place of the performance (in this case the places are not guaranteed). Prices: 10, 15, 20 Litas.

12:00 *Program PLAYAlmyra Weigel (Lithuania-Germany), Birutė Letukaitė & Dance Theatre AURA (Lithuania): interdisciplinary dance play. Venue: 2

October 23rd (Sunday)

*

MAIN SPONSORS :

18:00 * Program PLAYAlmyra Weigel (Lithuania-Germany), Birutė Letukaitė & Dance Theatre AURA (Lithuania): interdisciplinary dance play. Venue: 2

October 22nd (Saturday)

15:00 & 19:00 * Program PLAY Almyra Weigel (Lithuania-Germany), Birutė Letukaitė & Dance Theatre AURA (Lithuania): interdisciplinary dance play. Venue: 2

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