featured image Taje Paldrok in Non Grata AnarcoArtLab New York, photo Mara Catalan
BALTIC ART FESTIVAL “VOLUME UP”
New York 7-26 September 2022
Grace Exhibition Space
The festival includes:
1. Permanent Exhibition at Grace Exhibition Space Gallery
2. Baltic Film and Video Screenings every weekend throughout the exhibition period
3. Performing arts events and literary evenings every Friday throughout the exhibition period
4. Meetings with artists, workshops, presentations and artist talks every Wednesday throughout the exhibition period
Address:
Grace Exhibition Space
182 Avenue C
New York, NY 10009
(646) 578-3402
ART Book Making Workshop
September 7 @ 6PM Grace Exhibition Space: Ieva Naglina
Ieva Naglina (1981) is artist and curator, works and lives in Riga, Latvia. Graduated Art Academy of Latvia graphic department (2007).
In creative work artist uses graphic, painting and mixed media. In audio-visual performance project “AINA” collaborate with different DJ’s and musicians. As curator works with contemporary graphic and ceramic art. Works as curator in Riga Porcelain museum. From 2016 are program curator of international festival “Printmaking IN” in Riga, Latvia. Roles the broadcast about art “Subjektīvie mērījumi” (Subjective measurements) in radio “NABA” (Latvia).
“Volume UP!”
September 9 to 25, 2022, GRACE EXHIBITION SPACE
September 9 @ 8 PM ESTONIA
LIVE Performance event, Grace Exhibition Space:
Performers: Non Grata, Marta Vaarik & Artjom Astrov, Toomas Kuusing, Anonymous Boh, Taje Paldrok + Artemis Beasts (LIT/NYC), Ieva Naglina (LAT) + exhibition: Marko Mäetamm, Arvo Sailev, Jüri Ojaver, Kiwa, Billeneeve, Arvo Pärt.
A short performance conceived by Marta Vaarik and Artjom Astrov.
September 10th, 2022 BALTIC ART FESTIVAL @ ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR 2 PM – 7 PM
La Plaza Community Garden
LIVE PERFORMANCES:
Non Grata (EST), Marta Vaarik & Artjom Astrov (EST), Artemis Beasts (LIT/NYC), Ieva Naglina (LAT)
Arvo Sailev (EST), AnarkoArtLab, Joseph Sledgenovski, Jacob Cohen, Raquel Mavek, Hector Canonge, Daniella LaGaccia
BALTIC VIDEO PROGRAM Screening:
Films by
Estonia: Jaan Toomik, Marko Mäetamm, Kiwa, Jüri Ojaver, Sybille Neeve, Non Grata
Latvia: Ieva Balode, Ivars Grāvlejs, Mārtiņš Ratniks, Elīna Semane, Arturs Virtmanis, Daniela Vetra
Lithuania: Evaldas Jansas, Monika Dirsyte, AnarkoArtLab
Grace Exhibition Space and “The future is unwritten” 16th Annual Emma Goldman Film Festival
Tompkins Sq. Park & La Plaza Community Garden
September 16 @ 8 PM LITHUANIA
Lithuania: Vaida Tamoševičiūtė, Goda Žukauskaitė, Židrija Janušaitė, Inga Galinyte, Evaldas Jansas, Monika Dirsyte, Georg Maciunas, Jonas Mekas.
September 23 @ 8 PM LATVIA
Latvia: Laura Feldberga, Daniela Vetra, Arturs Virtmanis, Ieva Naglina, Paulis Liepa, Laine Kristberga, Simona Orinska, Anaa Maskava, Tīlane-Pakalniņa, Arvis Kantiševs, Beatrise Anda Ozolina, Marc Rothko.
September 18th, Workshop: “Performative Body – a practice based on the physicality and senses”’ led by Goda Žukauskaitė.
During the workshop we are going to practise tools useful to awaken our performative bodies based on
our own personalities. We will be searching for limits, breaking the boundaries in order to achieve a
highly awakened state of physical / emotional body and find different perspectives about surrounding.
The main focus points: your own physical body, senses, use of space and time, relation with different
materials and other bodies in space.
Duration: 3 hours
Open to any kind of gender and age. No experience needed.
About Goda:
Goda Žukauskaitė (LT/NL) is a Lithuanian dance and performance artist based in Amsterdam, The
Netherlands. She graduated from Amsterdam University of the Arts in 2018. As a dancer/performer, she
is currently involved with a few companies: “Kalpanarts” (NL), “Schweigman&” (NL) and working with
various independent artists and organisations around The Netherlands and Lithuania. She is creating her
work under the research called Performative Reality, which also includes a series of workshops.
The aim of the festival is to introduce Baltic Art in the center of the art world, Big Apple, Manhattan New York, to promote cultural diplomacy between Baltic and foreign professionals and audiences, and to internationalize Baltic culture. Introducing top level artists of Baltic visual art, film and poetry and performing arts in New York to international audiences and establishing new contacts all over the world.
photos by Aija Bley
Partners of the Festival:
Academia Gustaviana Society – ESTONIA
Academia Gustaviana Society is a nongovernmental, non profit organization initiated to promote culture and to improve the art education.
AGS main mission is to foster new opportunities for Estonia to enter into dialogue and cultural exchange with peers from other countries; and to expose Estonian audiences to a diverse range of ideas from across the world internationally. AGS is committed to diversity with a deep understanding of the needs of people today, and the best practice to support intercultural dialogues and exchanges of experience.
The Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art (LCCA) is the largest institution of contemporary art in Latvia that curates and produces contemporary art events of national and international scale. As of 1993, it has researched and curated contemporary art processes both in Latvia and abroad to provoke critical reflection on issues topical for contemporary society. We are widely recognized for our annual international contemporary art festival SURVIVAL KIT, regular exhibitions at the Latvian National Museum of Art, as well as Latvia’s representation at the Venice Biennale, Manifesta, São Paulo Art Biennial, Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Rauma Biennale of Contemporary Art, etc.
Grafikas Kamera (The Chamber of Graphic Art) was founded in 1994 and is based on technical resources and traditions of printmaking media, partly taking over also the functions of the Graphic Department of the Artists’ Union of Latvia. TCGA has an international reputation of organizing exhibitions and international festivals. The Chamber of Graphic Art has succeeded not only in strengthening the unique creative and experimental nature of printmaking media but also finding new forms of activities above different art medias.
Public enterprise Gallery „Meno Parkas“ LITHUANIA
Meno Parkas was established in 1997 by Kaunas department of Lithuanian Artists’ Association. Meno Parkas Gallery is organizing projects and exhibitions of professional contemporary Lithuanian artists in Lithuania and in foreign countries, participating in international contemporary art projects and exhibitions. Collaborating with Lithuania’s and foreign countries’ galleries, institutions of contemporary art, art academies, creative associations and organizations. Organizing conferences, meetings and discussions on contemporary art topics. Meno Parkas Gallery works also as a centre of information (database about Lithuania’s and foreign countries’ artists creation, information about contemporary art projects in Lithuania and abroad, spread of information, publications). Meno Parkas Gallery priorities are realization of Lithuanian Artists’ Association’s creative program, stimulation of young artists creations, involving them into projects of contemporary art.
GRACE EXHIBITION SPACE (New York, USA)
2 floor gallery and performance space on Manhattan, 182 Avenue C New York, NY 10009
Opened in 2006, Grace Exhibition Space is devoted exclusively to Performance and Visual Art. They offer an opportunity to experience visceral and challenging works by the current generation of international performance artists whether emerging, mid-career or established. Our events are presented on the floor, not on a stage, dissolving the boundary between artist and viewer. This is how performance art is meant to be experienced and our mission is the glorification of performance art.
Grace Exhibition Space presents over 30 curated live performance art exhibitions each year, showcasing new work by more than 400 performance artists from across the United States and the world since 2006.
Grace Exhibition Space for International Performance Art Space IRS tax-exempt 501(c)3 status in 2015.
Website address: https://www.grace-exhibition-space.com/
