In 2019, Sun & Sea (Marina) represented Lithuania at the 58th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia. On this occasion, the Lithuanian Pavilion was awarded the Golden Lion for Best National Participation. Below you can see a full list of our team, cast, crew and supporters during the Venice Biennale.
Click here for a selection of articles published in 2019.
Performance Times: Wed & Sat, 10:00–18:00, 11 May - 31 October 2019
Installation Times: Tue–Sun, 10:00–18:00, 11 May - 31 October 2019
Location: Calle de la Celestia, Marina Militare, Castello, 30122 Venice, Italy
An opera-performance by
Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė, Vaiva Grainytė and Lina Lapelytė
Curator
Lucia Pietroiusti
Commissioner
Rasa Antanavičiūtė
Honorary Commissioner
Jean-Baptiste Joly
Performers: Evaldas Alekna, Aliona Alymova, Milda Andrijauskaitė Bakanauskienė, Teresė Andrijauskaitė, Arūnas Arlauskas, Emma Grace Arkin, Svetlana Bagdonaitė, Amanda Balnionytė, Francisco Bois, Bruce Boreham, Ugnė Bulavaitė, Ana Carolina de Paula Oliveira, Dominyka Čiplytė, Marco Cisco, Nabila Dandara, Auksė Dovydėnaitė, Saulė Dovydėnaitė, Daniel Monteagudo Garcia, Claudia Graziadei, Stefano Imperi, Rachael Haber, Mantas Jarašūnas, Jenni Lea Jones, Vincentas Korba, Magdalena Kozlovskaja, Lucas Lopes Pereira, Austėja Masliukaitė, Augustas Lapinskas, Chiara Maccatrozzo, Artūras Miknaitis, Justina Mykolaitytė, Hazar Mürşit, Yates Norton, Vytautas Pastarnokas, Eglė Paškevičienė, Jeronimas Petraitis, Juozas Petraitis, Pranas Petraitis, Kalliopi Petrou, Susan Proctor, Alessandra Quattrini, Alizée Rekettyei, Sara Righetto, Ieva Skorubskaitė, Anna Tarca, Annapaola Trevenzuoli, Elisabetta Trevenzuoli, Lukas Vaičiūnas, Eglė Valčiukaitė, Enrico Zagni, volunteer beach goers
Assistant Curator: Caterina Avataneo
Visual identity: Goda Budvytytė
Catalogue & vinyl concept and design: Åbäke
Communication: Lina Vaitiekūnaitė, Jogintė Bučinskaitė, Miles Evans
Production and organisation: Rasa Antanavičiūtė, Mindaugas Reklaitis, Marco Scurati, Neon Realism, Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts
Architects: Mindaugas Reklaitis, Alessandro Zorzetto
Assistant architect: Augustas Lapinskas
Assistant producers: Goda Aksamitauskaitė, Eglė Agnė Benkunskytė, Agnė Kivilšienė, Julija Navarskaitė, Linas Ramanauskas, Kotryna Žukauskaitė
Bookkeeper: Agila Orieškaitė
Music assistants: Michele Deiana, Mantas Jarašūnas, Magdalena Kozlovskaja, Victor Nebbiolo di Castri, Salomėja Petronytė
Stage design assistants: Amanda Balnionytė, Dalia J. Kavaliauskaitė, Indrė Liškauskaitė, Izabelė Sauserytė, Massimo Simonetto
Translators: Rimas Užgiris, Austėja Banytė, Emilija Ferdmanaitė
Sound Engineers: Mattia Biadene, Romualdas Galiauskas, Valdas Karpuška, Tadas Karpuška & Tautvydas Navikas (NGR Service), Dainius Kazilionis, Marius Venskevičius, Arūnas Zujus (MAMA Studios)
Light Engineers: Rudolfas Levulis & Paulius Mazūras (PVZ.LT)
Technicians: Antanas Gerlikas, Kazimieras Sližys
Pavilion manager: Erika Urbelevič
Pavilion coordinators: Rūta Kairytė, Laima Stasiulionytė, Karolina Zakarauskaitė
Pavilion invigilators: Evaldas Alekna, Ugnė Balsytė, Aistė Jančiūtė, Rūta Kairytė, Agnė Kuprytė, Austėja Masliukaitė, Justina Mykolaitytė, Augustas Lapinskas, Justė Litinskaitė, Daniel Monteagudo Garcia, Martynas Norvaišas, Salomėja Petronytė, Tadas Rubys, Izabelė Sauserytė, Greta Slivskytė, Laima Stasiulionytė, Karolina Zakarauskaitė, Akvilė Zarankaitė, Anton Zolotenkov
Video documentation: Laurynas Skeisgiela
Photo documentation: Martynas Norvaišas, Laima Stasiulionytė, Andrej Vasilenko
Web Development: Asger Behncke Jacobsen
Catalogue and vinyl press: Grafiche Veneziane, Malefatte, Vinyl Plant
Towel and bag design: MUKU
Presented by
Lithuanian Council for Culture
Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania
Organised by
Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts
Strategic Partner
Marina Militare
Sponsors
Both weekly performances were sponsored by the Laurenz Foundation, Basel
Founding Patron
Vilnius City Municipality
Catalogue and vinyl supported by
Nicoletta Fiorucci Russo
Danutė Mallart
Patrons
JCDecaux Lietuva
Lewben Art Foundation
The Momentary
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary
Supporters
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
MailerLite
Partners
Danguolė Butkienė
Vilma Dagilienė
Alma Jauncemienė
Monika Mačiulytė
Aras Pranckevičius
Mindaugas Raila
Remigijus Staniulis
David Roberts Art Foundation
Girteka Logistics
Kaunas LEZ Management Company
Litena
MO Museum
Panevezio statybos trestas (PST)
pvz.lt
Saulės grąža
Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art
Vilnius Coding School
Friends:
Arūnas Arlauskas
Gabija Grušaitė & Justas Janauskas
Rachael Haber
Lina & Tomas Kučinskas
Vladas Lašas
Antanas Marcelionis
Povilas Utovka
Autoriai
Bassetto Impianti
Benediktas Gylys Foundation
Goethe-Institut Litauen
Less Table
MUKU
Pixel House
Vyno klubas
Ambassadors:
Margarita Drobiazko & Povilas Vanagas
Žaneta Fomova
Nicoletta Fiorucci Russo
Agnė Grigaliūnienė
Edvinas Krungolcas
Mindaugas Kuzminskas
Vladas Lašas
Monika Mačiulytė
Danutė Mallart
Peter Meanwell
Rūta Meilutytė
Vytautas Michelkevičius
Ilma Nausėdaitė
Beata Nicholson
Evaldas Rimšelis
Austra Skujytė
Kristina Spalveters & Vaidas Grincevičius
Kotryna Stankutė
Laurynas Šeškus
Darius Žakaitis
Caffeine
Gallery Vartai
Global Lithuanian Leaders
Media Partners:
15min
Relax FM
Laimė
Cordial thank you to
Lithuanian Olympians – swimmer Rūta Meilutytė, basketball player Mindaugas Kuzminskas, athletes Austra Skujytė and Edvinas Krungolcas, figure skaters Margarita Drobiazko & Povilas Vanagas; Creative Agency „New!“; Lithuanian Culture Attaché in New York, USA, Gražina Michnevičiūtė; photographers Audrius Solominas, Alfredas Pliadis, Mindaugas Kulbis, Rokas Darulis; basketball agent Tadas Bulotas; basketball commentator Linas Kunigėlis; LRT.lt sports editor Paulius Cubera; Prezident of the Lithuanian Skating Federation Lilija Vanagienė; Julija Čistiakova; Žilvinas Grigaitis; Captain Maurizio Loi; Ramutė Rachlevičiūtė; Rima Rimšaitė; Giedrė Selenytė; Ieva Skauronė; Rima Taločkaitė; Ūla Tornau; Colonel Antonio Zuliani; Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre; Vilnius Gediminas Technical University; Kaunas University of Technology; Vytautas Magnus University