After arriving at Nida Art
Colony after a long winded mini bus trip across Lithuania from Kaunas to
Nida Art Colony I managed to get a somewhat sleepy snippet of the landscape.
The 2am start to get to Stanstead Airport in time for the flight to Kaunas
didn’t stop me from admiring the beautiful green patches of woodland, however
the infinite grey stretches of road did become monotonous. None the less I was
kept alert in the minibus by a rather intriguing Lithuanian radio station
broadcasting Lithuanian renditions of Maria Carey and Madonna and was thrilled
to arrive at the Colony in the early evening.
Once the six students from the Vilnius Academy and Vytutas
Magnus University were settled we all met as a group in the communal area to be
briefed on the weeks events. It was our first opportunity to meet each other
before heading off out to Amber Bay for the flaming sculptures event as part of
the Autumn Equinox. Listening to the colours crackling in the fire and watching
the destruction of the sculptures in the reed beds slowly disintegrate into the
water created a somewhat peaceful if not slightly curious start to the
residency.
FLAMING SCULPTURES @ NIDA 2 from Audit Chaos on Vimeo.
FLAMING SCULPTURES @ NIDA 1 from Audit Chaos on Vimeo.
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