METALLOphone: Museum

Artist list

Volker Atrops, Alexandra Bart, Louise Bilgren, Jonathan Boyd, Valdis Brože, Attai Chen, Pia David, Marite Dominaitė-Gurevičienė, Patrícia Domingues, Mareen Alburg Duncker, Linnéa Eriksson, Jurgita Erminaitė-Šimkuvienė, Veronika Fabian, Benedikt Fischer, Laura Forte, Darijus Gerlikas, Fumiko Gotô, Tamara Grüner, Gésine Hackenberg, Hrafnhildur Halldorsdottir, Carmen Hauser, Karin Herwegh, Serena Holm, Catarina Hällzon, Rasa Ilginė, Mari Ishikawa, Gintarė Janulaitytė, Karin Johansson, Svenja John, Ramunė Jundaitė, Margit Jäschke, Karina Kazlauskaitė, Lauryna Kiškytė, Jil Koehn, Triin Kukk, Karina Lazauskaitė, Helena Lehtinen, Sara Leme, Wanshu Li, Hanna Liljenberg, Niklas Link, Ria Lins, Sille Luiga, Camilla Luihn, Peter Machata, Jana Machatova, Sandra Malaškevičiūtė, Anna Maria Leiste, Märta Mattsson, Judy McCaig, Florian Milker, Helga Mogensen, Xavier Monclús, Pernille Mouritzen, Eija Mustonen, Kadri Mälk, Nanna Obel, Wiebke Pandikow, Sònia Pibernat, Neringa Poškutė-Jukumienė, Katja Prins, Vita Pukštaitė-Bružė, Brigita Rodaitė, Estela Saez, Nikolay Sardamov, Carina Shoshtary, Stefania Sioufa, Jenni Sokura, Alejandra Solar, Birutė Stulgaitė, Yuxi Sun, Jelizaveta Suska, Sanna Svedestedt Carboo, Daria Svirel, Janna Syvanoja, Anneli Tammik, Karola Torkos, Tarja Tuupanen, Flora Vagi, Kotryna Vaitekūnaitė, Maria Valdma, Chloe Valorso, Artemis Valsamaki, Andrea Wippermann, Corrado de Meo, Felieke van der Leest, Egle Čėjauskaitė-Gintalė, Eglė Širvytė, Greta Žeronaitė

For the second time, the Biennial METALLOphone 2020 will be located in the space of the Lithuanian National Museum, one of the oldest museums of Vilnius, in the historic bastion of Vilnius defensive wall, the defence building from the first half of the 17^th century. The bastion, first used for combat and defence, later became a museum, the extraordinarily distinctive space of which speaks of an urge to defend – if needed, with a weapon – in order to preserve what we have. This binding, distinct, historically significant space is ready to welcome contemporary metal artists. Therefore, the theme of the 2020 biennial is Museum. Every artist has created works that they consider undoubtedly worthy of a museum, many an author walks the hallways of their imaginary museum. Lastly, museum strategies, such as preserving, storing, presenting, interpreting, disseminating, can also serve as a pretext for works of art to emerge.

The biennial METALLOphone: Museum invites artists to create and present works that are worthy of being exhibited in a museum; to reflect on what a museum is today when thoughts of the majority are directed to the future rather than the past; and more generally, what our collective and personal past mean to us today. It is an opportunity to apply the museum principles to your creative processes. And take the unique opportunity to see your work exhibited alongside millennium-old artefacts showcased in the bastion.

The project is financed by the Lithuanian Council for Culture.


Opening:
Wednesday, 30 September, at 6 pm.
R.S.V.P. by 29 September.
Please wear your museum-worthy jewellery!