Cēsis Art Festival announces the full program / Article / LSM.LV

27. July at The opening ceremony of the Cēsu Alus Brusīte is scheduled for the ambitious artistic program of the Cēsis Art Festival. The curator of the exhibition is Žaneta Skarule. The show, which will be displayed until the end of the festival, is given to James Benning. Cesis will see his installation titled "Two Cabins", a controversial American writer Henry David Thoreau, and a replica of the home of terrorist Ted Kaczynski, who called himself Unbombber. It will be complemented by a large scale video work "Scorched Earth". In this work, there is the mountain forest of Sierra Nevada, where the fire is held at the threshold of Bening's house, until the wind pushes it further.

Parallel to the cinematic experiences, Benings has long been interested in American foreigners of the 19th and 20th centuries. In homage to the work of these artists, Benings created in 2005 a series of painted "After Paintings" reproductions dedicated to the dodgers of cars such as Black Waggle, Bill Traylor, Henry Martin, Henry. Darger, Jesse Howard, Joseph Yoakum, William Hawkins and Moses Tolliver. At the beginning of the drink, there will be the opportunity to see 15 Bening paintings from the series "After Paintings".

Takashi Makino, one of the world's most active and creative young experimental media artists, will perform at the opening ceremony of the Cēsis Art Festival. Its 16mm "Space Noise 3D" is a three-dimensional image with live sound of several projectors.

As part of the visual program of the Cēsis Art Festival within the art gallery INSIGNIA in the concert hall "Cēsis" until August 26, exhibition of the diplomas of bachelor's and master's degree programs from the Latvian Art Academy "Offered by the festival's patron, SEB banka. At the show, young talents prove once again that the territory of the art world is inexhaustible, creating an ever stronger desire to discover and discover it.

In the continuity of the evening of July 27, on the territory of Lenču Street, from 19:00, visitors are invited to visit This year's unique event: "The Unexpected Sources" of "Liveliness" produced by LR3 "Klasika" "Tīrkultūra" The program will feature more than 10 internationally renowned artists – John Mauss (United States), Visible Cloaks (USA) United States), Motion Graphics (USA), Andrea Belfi (Italy), James Bening, Chief Operating Officer American avant-garde, Colin Johnson (The Gents Group (Denmark), DJ Manfredas (Lithuania), as well as a series of outstanding talents from Latvia – the genius of the guitar Edgars Rubenis, the mysterious duo avant-garde Domanique Dumont, artists Krista and Reinis Dzudzilo, Atis Jākobsons and many others.

As part of the festival all six In the castle of Cēsis, a selection of animation films and specially designed Latvian puppets by Roze Stieb, which includes memorable films like "Fantadroms", "Emergency Brigade", "Golden Sieve", "Dog Funs and Wind", "Bimini", "Rabbit Bath" and well others. Director, screenwriter and producer Roze Stiebra and her husband Ansis Bērziņš are pioneers of Latvian animation. In the autumn of 2017, the two artists received the Latvian National Film Award "The Great Kristaps" for a lifetime contribution, and this program was realized by marking this fact and the works of the directors. lsm.lv, Latvian television and Latvian radio for the annual cultural award "Kilogram Cultures" in the category "Surprise". Continuing with its visitors to offer interesting events in unusual places, the film program of Janis Putniņš will be presented at the Mirrored Lanes, on the nature trails of the Cirulites, and the name "Forest" is given. last year's "Upe" outdoor cinema screening program, which has attracted a lot of interest from viewers. This time, the program consists of a respective exhibition field – this time for the forest – thematic films. The program includes four very different works, but they are united by the motif of the forest – both as a visual background and in a meaningful and badociative sense.

The forest is mysterious, as are the people who take refuge there. The forest can make houses and hide from the persecutors, but it can also make you lose and prevent them from escaping. Four films will be on the agenda, hidden in the woods or, on the contrary, lost sight of because they did not show often enough, "reveals the director of the show Janis Putnins [19659004] The film will open on July 28 th the trio "Tresence" which combines three young creative and talented – the cricket liga Griķe, the saxophonist Aigars Raumanis and the manager of percussion instruments Uģis Upenieks.Kokle, saxophone and percussion – three distinctive and brilliant instruments that will be revealed in the musical program of the Cēsis Art Festival in a new sound world of Latvian music.

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The unparalleled C-frame art festival will also feature the public's favorite theatrical performances, the Grand Prix, which, as every year, is formed by the experienced theater critic Silvija Radzobe. On August 4th, the representation of the Dailes Theater "Art" will be presented on August 11th, the New Riga Theater "The Last Lenin's Christmas Tree", August 16th, the Dearty Deal Theater "Soul Utenis" and the 18th August the Latvian National Drama Theater "Dūja"

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