Initially these workshops were aimed at young people experiencing social exclusion or youth in the regions. But recently Vilma understood that “we are all rebellious youth, just the grown-ups are too tired for that” (citation from one participant of the workshop). So the workshops are now aimed at young people and those who don’t grow up. Using concepts of storytelling, concepts and material ( inspired by street dance and more recently krump) Vilma creates with the participants a kingdom that only belongs to them.
Why? (motivation) – through the practice of dance, reflect critically on the roles and opportunities of young people in society, and first of all in a small and safe community
How? (tools) – use of dance practices to cognition, perception and change of the body and environment.
What’s the point? (for a young or not such a young person) – to discover powers and possibilities of one’s body, the forms of art and non-art (what is not considered art) for visualizing and sounding “difficult” issues. To move these young people through the attractive street dance style, but also to use movement situations to share issues that concern them and Vilma herself.
Future projection – there should be serious political institution that questions everything, a social rebellion institute
Motto – each of us can have our own place of a rebel in the society and it is a normal … no, a prestigious place
“EVERYONE WANTS TO BE LIKE US” / Workshops organized within the framework of KAUNAS ARTISTS HOUSE RESIDENTIAL FORMAT LABORATORY (more about it below). Due to the pandemic situation, the workshop took place on the facebook platform and through the zoom sessions:
The initial question of the workshop was how to present contemporary dance for 14-19 years age youth differently – through experiment, immediate involvement, action without preconceptions. The initial desire of Vilma – to explore together with the youth the forms of dance and music creation, in a conscious dialogue with a figure of a rebel and underground mouvements; to create together with the group of youth a performative thing, while raising the question of “norm” and “normality”. Vilma used engaging movement sessions, in which, intuitively, moving, communicating with young people, they exchanged information about what one or another movement situation says about the broader issues that concern young people and … herself too. These workshops aimed to “embody” young people’s concept of life, to awaken young people’s perception of themselves as our future and those who can make a change happen
Vilma’s strong point – personal interest in trying to approach, feel the youth, a constant creative search open to impulses coming from the environment, in this case – the youth. An ability to modify according to what she feels and sees coming from them. She supervises the material she receives from young people and magnifies it, then sends it back, so the young people can own it. She creates together, deconstructs and let the youngsters to create something else out of it, fill in the gaps. It’s a contant flow and exchange.
“What rules do you follow in your environment? “
“What is a hierarchy to you?”
“What is a utopia for you?”
“What is cool?”
“What do you want to tell me about it? Can you say more ? How can you say more ? ”
RESIDENTIAL FORMAT LABORATORIES (Models of working with the community: touch, community, and quarantine, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPAAqS9ki8U). In the autumn of 2020, Kaunas Artists’ House carried out LABORATORIES IN THE RESIDENTIAL FORMAT in order to solve: the problems of cultural exclusion and accessibility, the relationship of cultural creators and operators with the consumer, and the digitization of quality culture. We invite you to get acquainted with the project, its results and guidelines, which offer different models of working with communities. At the same time, we present examples of co-creation and networking in cyberspace. Three creators selected by open call took part in the residencies: Marija Nemčenko, Indrė Puišytė-Šidlauskienė and Vilma Pitrinaitė. In response to the project’s goals, all the artists worked with new audiences for them at risk of social exclusion, exacerbated by quarantine restrictions. 02:28 link to Vilma Pitrinaitė’s project – https://cutt.ly/2zzVr7B 45:16 link to PDA methodology visualization – https://cutt.ly/lzzMTyc/