Our group’s given area was the Kaunas zoo and adjacent Ąžuolynas – the oak park.
We focused on exploring the zoo – the group interviewed the staff and visitors and collected their wonders and stories using various media to record them. When the material had been collected the group decided to present their findings in the form of an interactive installation with photography, sound, text, found objects and some live guests from the zoo…
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Work in progress 7/12/07
Artists from Laundry (UK) have worked with students from the Art Institute and the Institute of Political Science and Diplomacy at Vytautas Magnus University alongside with students from the Institute of Polish Culture at Warsaw University – in search of the Wonders of Kaunas.
One month before the ‘Wonders of Kaunas’ started the participants of the workshop (i.e. students from the Art Institute and the Institute of Political Science and Diplomacy at VMU, Kaunas) were asked to pose their questions about cultural animation. Some of these questions hopefully were answered during 5-day investigation of Kaunas city and engaging with local people last week. Some of them remain open to discuss…
Aided and assisted by artists from Laundry, on Monday thirty participants from the Art Institute and the Institute of Political Science and Diplomacy at Vytautas Magnus University – along with students from the Institute of Polish Culture at Warsaw University - set off in search of the Wonders of Kaunas. Come along and see their work in progress on Friday December 7th at 6pm!
Atidarymas gruodžio 7 d., penktadienį, 18 val.
VDU klubas „Sesija“, S. Daukanto g. 27, Kaunas
With 37 nominations on line and more than 100 collected from postcards we look forward to the results, which will form part of a publication the Art Institute will be presenting in 2008.
Roll up, roll up, for more wonderful workshops…
Workshop ‘Wonders of Kaunas’ – 3 – 7 December 2007
Place: ‘Sesija’, a club of Vytautas Magnus University, S. Daukanto str. 27, Ground Floor. Participants: Artists’ group ‘Laundry’ (UK, www.laundryline.co.uk), students of the Art Institute and the Institute of Political Science and Diplomacy at Vytautas Magnus University, and students from the Institute of Polish Culture at Warsaw University. Here is the schedule…
Ar turi savo stebuklą Kaune? Kažką, kas yra stebuklinga, savita ir unikalu šiame mieste? Vietą, daiktą, žmogų ar įvykį?
Gruodžio mėnesį menininkų grupė „Laundry“ iš Didžiosios Britanijos ir Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto Menų instituto studentai ieškos 7 (arba 77) Kauno stebuklų. Kartu su jumis jie sukurs alternatyvų Kauno miesto gidą.
Kviečiame nominuoti savąjį Kauno stebuklą ir trumpai papasakoti, kuo jis jums ypatingas. Visos nominacijos bus paskelbtos internete. Jūsų el. pašto adresas nebus skelbiamas.
Can you find the Wonders of Kaunas? What, where or who within this city do you find wonderful, special and unique?
In December, artists from Laundry will be working with students from The Art Institute at Vytautas Magnus University in search of the 7 (or 77) Wonders of Kaunas; together they will create an alternative guide to the city, through the eyes of our project participants.
We invite you to nominate your Wonder of Kaunas and tell us why it is memorable to you.
October 4, 2007
In October, Brendan Jackson from Laundry, visited the Art Institute of Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuania, to present proposals for The Wonders of Kaunas project. With the help of Linara Dovydaityte and Edgaras Klivis, Brendan made a presentation as part of two meetings at the Institute. The first meeting, concerning mostly academic staff, outlined four new courses at the Institute and the course about Cultural Animation among them. Brendan showed examples of cultural animation work that has been undertaken in Warsaw and in the West Midlands of England. The second meeting, with a group of students, concentrated on the Wonders project as a model of practice, sharing ideas on how to deliver the workshop which is planned in early December. Workshop participants will be working in teams with five members of Laundry, making an exploration of Kaunas, creatively engaging with local people to explore their concept of the city. This is an extension of the Wonders project being undertaken in Warsaw.