By Virginija Vitkienė

UNITEXT is an exhibition where curators together with artists will pursue a concept that is novel and unfamiliar in the cultural context and will consolidate it by presenting practical examples. We will go into the question of unitext, which is the latest link in work -> text -> intertext -> hypertext -> unitext semiotic chain of philosophic/art criticism/artistic field.

According to the consistency of this chain, the UNITEXT exhibition claims a privilege to present novel ideas about the art at the level of structural and notional revelation. The suggestion is…

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ART CRITIC, CURATOR OF INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS, LECTURER (contemporary art and theory), EDITOR OF ART PUBLICATIONS, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF KAUNAS BIENNIAL, HEAD OF ARTS CENTER AT VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY

 EDUCATION

2008 Doctoral degree in Humanities (Art Studies), Vytautas Magnus University. Kaunas, Lithuania.  (PhD Diploma VD No. 000183) Title: The Eloquence of Materiality in the Lithuanian Contemporary Art.

2004 Art History and Criticism,Vytautas Magnus University, Faculty of Arts. Kaunas, Lithuania. Master degree (Diploma M. No. 002139). Title: Cloth in Contemporary Art.
2002 Art History and Criticism, Vytautas Magnus University,…

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Reiko Sudo (Wednesday 21st and Thursday 22nd September. 2011)

This course is an introduction to the experimental practice of this Japanese designer, who is renowned for her use of craft processes in industrial production. Reiko Sudo intends to undertake practical work with her course participants in rust dyeing processes. Specific prior knowledge is not required. Textile designers who are well versed in dyeing processes will probably benefit most. The number of participants is limited to 20, the course fee is Euro 160. The date is the 21st and a short time in the morning of 22nd September…

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Lala de Dios/ Spain & Beatrijs Sterk/Netherlands: ETN President & Secretary General

Reiko Sudo/Japan; studied painting first and than textile design, handweaving and art at Musashino Art University in Tokyo (1975). Founded the Nuno Corporation (www.nuno.com) together with Junichi Arai in 1984, now she is the main designer and director of Nuno. Today Reiko Sudo is also a lecturer at Musashino Art University. Her experimental textiles have been exhibited worldwide, are part of many museum collections and have inspired textile industry. –  Reiko Sudo was invited to this conference being a role model of the integration of craft,…

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