Lithuania - Sun & Sea (Marina) - Venice Art Biennale 2019

Pavilion of Lithuania at the Venice Art Biennale 2019
*Winner* of the Golden Lion

A new opera-performance by filmmaker and director Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė, writer Vaiva Grainytė and artist/composer Lina Lapelytė.

Imagine a beach – you within it, or better: watching from above – the burning sun, sunscreen and bright bathing suits and sweaty palms and legs. Tired limbs sprawled lazily across a mosaic of towels. Imagine the occasional squeal of children, laughter, the sound of an ice cream van in the distance. The musical rhythm of waves on the surf, a soothing sound (on this particular beach, not elsewhere). The crinkling of plastic bags whirling in the air, their silent floating, jellyfish-like, below the waterline. The rumble of a volcano, or of an airplane, or a speedboat. Then a chorus of songs: everyday songs, songs of worry and of boredom, songs of almost nothing. And below them: the slow creaking of an exhausted Earth, a gasp.

Edited by: Mickey Mayer
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[NorthCrayMalcolm]

Saw this in Deptford the other day. A truly remarkable experience.

[kurtschwarz]

I, absolutely, love this pavilion and the lovely way that this group conveyed the important message of climate change. The recent flood in the Venice town square is proof of this fact. I'm sorry that I didn't see the performance myself when I visited the Biennale this past spring!