Object-Led-Research (OLR)
By Zilvinas Lilas
Mon – Thu (March 27 – 30)
Every day from 11 AM – 3 PM
At MPLab (Kurmajas pr. 13)
Object-Led-Research or OLR will attempt to juxtapose something placed in front of an eye-factual/forensic and something which lies there by-itself and in-itself, impenetrable, and existing without any regard to our presence. The path of flight during the workshop will be in attempting to escape human eye (or mind) by calling in a support by the super-eye, namely the Artec Eva laser scanner, prized for a sub-millimetre accuracy of reconstruction. With an object picked form an environment as something which is there present-at-hand (vorhandet) and presented to the all-seeing eye of the hand-held-scanner as something ready-to-hand (zuhandet), we will attempt to falsify the alleged falsity of mediated being, or reality of the screen. Remembering what Charles Baudelaire said about then new photographic media: “Each day art further diminishes its self-respect by bowing down before external reality; each day the painter becomes more and more given to painting not what he dreams but what he sees.”, we will dive further into what he called “disease of imbeciles”, leaving behind the real-istic (photography) representation, passing by Baudrillardian Simulacra, and hopefully reaching some, perhaps postmordial forms of being by finally seeing Benjaminian aura from the opposite direction.
Sounding Cinema
by Shawn Pinchbeck
Mon – Thu (March 27 – 30)
Every day from 11 AM – 3 PM
At MPLab (Kurmajas pr. 13)
This workshop will introduce the elements of producing sound for moving picture. Through discussion and practical lessons, students will learn to build a soundtrack for their film, video, or other related project. Elements such as dialogue, sound effects, music and ambiences will be taught and their use for evoking mood, emotion and storytelling will be unleashed.
Performing Mediality
by Dani Ploeger
Wed – Thu (March 29 – 30)
Every day from 11 AM – 3 PM
At MPLab (Kurmajas pr. 13)
This workshop examines the role of media technology in the conceptualization and aesthetics of video artwork and experimental cinema. It will include practical and theoretical explorations of historical and current video recording techniques, ranging from video tape cameras and old mobile phones to state-of-the-art smartphones and a digital cinema camera. Drawing from discussions of existing work in contemporary art and cinema, you will do several hands-on exercises with above-mentioned devices focused on documentation of everyday life situations and the realization of short performative actions or scenarios.
Building Narratives and Telling Stories
by Raimondas Paškevičius
Tue – Thu (March 28 – 30)
Every day from 11 AM – 3 PM
At MPLab (Kurmajas pr. 13)
The workshop will focus on narrative and storytelling – researching time management – the main power of the storyteller. The workshop participants will discuss and discover how to use contrasts to create atmosphere, emotions. Participants will learn different approaches to storytelling – from where to start the story and how to compose, the best examples of dramatic tension, how to create a complicated, finished, 3-dimensional character: physics, psychology, sociology.
Green Screen for Livestream and Special Effects
by Nidas Kaniušas
Wed – Thu (March 29 – 30)
Every day from 11 AM – 3 PM
At MPLab (Kurmajas pr. 13)
The workshop participants will learn to set-up a green screen studio for livestreaming events, performances, as well as to us a green screen to create visual-effects. Workshop participants will also be introduced to post-production techniques and software used in the field.
