Photography and montage. Limited edition artist giclée print on archival paper. This photomontage originates from a broader artistic project, which in its original exhibition form also included video and audio elements. About the project The theme of the project (photo montages and a video and audio installation) is the withdrawal from the art scene of the printmaker Alfreda Venslovaitė-Gintalienė, who was active in the 1980s. While arranging objects into collections, I am looking for connections that relate those objects to each other, and “organize” them accordingly. A network of somewhat animistic connections structures the entire microcosm of the art project. Connections are built by reflecting on preconceived stereotypes and systems of knowledge – different imaginations. Scientific, artistic, magical, perceptual, or religion-based imagination builds different connections. Taken out of context and floating in a vacuum, objects begin to pull or push each other, thus creating new connections. In a series of photomontages, garden objects are taken out of context, and in a 20-minute audio and video recording, Alfreda leads a guided tour of her garden, talks about the plants, their uniqueness and beauty; however, on the screen the viewer sees only clouds and fragments of her graphic works. The garden becomes a projection in the viewer’s imagination. Thus, by not showing the actual garden, I am trying to restore my mother’s creative powers. About the author Agne Gintalaite is a contemporary artist, cultural researcher and columnist. www.agnegintalaite.lt

Artist Name

Agnė Gintalaitė

Ships From

Vilnius