Unwritten histories of extinct media art in Lithuania: from the 2000s of great promise to the multidirectional 2010s
LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Medijų menas; Posovietinio meno scena; Dalyvavimas; Bendradarbiavimas; Meniniai tyrimai; Local (new) media art; Post-Soviet art scene; Participation; Collaboration; Artistic research.
ENBefore everybody forgets that the (new) media art scene existed in Lithuania, Vytautas Michelkevičius and Lina Michelkevičė, participants, activists, initiators and finally researchers, look back at recent history and analyse the birth, development and defragmentation of media art in Lithuania. Some aspects of it corresponded with the international (dis)integration of media art into the art scene; some were rather specific for the local scene. This article is based on participatory, as well as academic research since both authors took part in many events and processes at the same time as writing PhD theses on issues relevant here. The paper unfolds parallel narratives of media art and its defragmentation along with an analysis of the most prominent as well as emerging artists from the field. [From the publication]
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