The synergy
of archaeology and land-art
was manifested when artists began to work shoulder to shoulder with scientists on archaeological site. Archaeologists were searching for artifacts, and artists were searching for new meanings. This project connects the past with the present, and two countries – Ukraine and Lithuania. That is until February 24, 2022, when Russians launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Archaeological excavations and art residencies in the South of Ukraine became impossible. The land was on fire, and now it is mined. Art became a weapon.
This web-site tells the story of the “Land-art and Archaeology: New Synergy Through the Borders” project as a living organism that was forced to fight for survival together with the country, to adapt, to change – and to became stronger. During the war, we have acquired new experience, and land-art have acquired a powerful voice that it did not have before.
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2016, February. Beryslav district, Kherson region. The Watch Tower dated by 14th–15th century stands on the bank of the Kakhovsky Reservoir. It is the best-preserved original stone building in Southern Ukraine. The surrounding area is ideal for festivals and land-art, however because of plans of expanding of Kakhovska HPP the Tower is under threat of destruction. The NGO "Cultural Center of Ukraine-Lithuania" is starting advocacy campaign to save the Tower, and the NGO "Centre of Cultural Development "Totem" is starting to cultural and artistic activities to draw attention to saving the Tower. Soon for the tower got the name "Vytautas Tower".
Vytautas the Great (1350-1430), Grand Duke of Lithuania.
Vytautas the Great (1350-1430) was a Grand Duke of Lithuania from the dynasty of Gediminids. During his reign, the influence of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania spread to the Northern Black Sea region, where fortresses and customs were built, and trade developed.
Festival of contemporary art
Terra Futura
Landart inside the Vytautas Tower dedicated to the Day of Mourning and
Hope in Lithuania
February 16, 2022. The exhibition "Tyagin Fortress" / "Landart and archeology: new synergy through the borders" was opened in the Archaeological Museum in the heart of Kyiv, Ukraine.
WAR
The first photo after the full-scale invasion beginning
We wanted to support those Ukrainian artists, who stay in Ukraine during the war. We decided to support them with financing of their art-projects on landart and environmental art created during the wartime.
NGO "Laboratory of Actual Creativity" (Vinnytsia) and land-art festival "Mythogenesis", which has been working on the topic of defining, creating, and producing a modern myth since 2008, became the conceptual partners of this initiative.
to be continued
