From 23 December 2020 “Atletika” gallery and artist Jurga Barilait\u0117 invite to wander the routes of the exhibition “Lines and Wrinkles” and to follow its links in a digital publication. This publication, created by Barilait\u0117 together with designer Gaile Pranck\u016bnait\u0117, is presented as a \u201cpdf\u201d document \u2013 an introduction to a live presentation of an exhibition.<\/p>\n
“Lines and Wrinkles” is the second part of an ongoing project “Dreams of the Living and Delusions of the Dead” developed by Barilait\u0117.Theearlier research material was presented as an exhibition \u201cBones and Sediments\u201d at the Artifex Gallery in 2019, while the final part of the research, titled \u201cWeapons and Hideouts\u201d, is to be presented in around one year\u2019s time.<\/p>\n
\u201cLines and wrinkles\u201d is a selection of sounds and images of transformations, processes, mergers, splits. The video and audio installation is designed to search for sound and letter as a symbol that manifests itself in the human body and face, as well as to discover the mystery and to forget it. \u201cLines and wrinkles\u201d is also a selection of photo and video collages, an archive of stories and live (non-)ritual actions and performances. The artist merges magical geometry, psycho-geographic map drawings in ancient and new forms, and so-called \u201cblue cord\u201d drawings. These drawings are made with an old tool for drawing straight lines, visualizing the intertwining experiments of physics and life.<\/p>\n
The carcass of the story:<\/p>\n
Support and protection
\nIrrational action \u2013 waving one\u2018s hands and feet
\nThe secret of the world and its oblivion
\nInscribed in dark lines and wrinkles
\nSoot, graphite and diamonds
\nSediment and eternal ubiquitous coal
\nThe excuse of being cold and your back being sore
\nA dzirkstel\u012bte* traveling
\nIn cosmic rays and through quantum tunnels
\nThe singing king enters
\nThe falcet vibrates the edges of the vocal folds
\nAll our secrets begin with the alphabet
\nSound and letter
\nOur weapons and hiding places
\n(Jurga Barilait\u0117 2019)<\/p>\n
\u201cThe artist puts out his eyes
\nHaving drawn the smile of a dead little monkey\u201d
\n(From poem X by Auris Radzevi\u010dius. I have seen the draft where the words
\n\u201cVibrating roar\u201d were blotted out.)
\n* Sparkle (Latvian)<\/p>\n
Jurga Barilait\u0117 (b. 1972 in Vilnius) studied painting at the Vilnius Academy of Arts between 1990\u20131996, since 1996 she has been actively participating in contemporary art field.Barilait\u0117 creates videos, performances and installations using a wide range of means of expression.She often explores the topic of a woman\u2019s identity and her role in society, using her body in her works.Barilait\u0117’s works have been acquired by the Lithuanian National Gallery, Mo Museum and art collectors in Lithuania, Germany, Sweden, Austria, France, Latvia and elsewhere.<\/p>\n