Lithuanian Art: Theatre, Cinema, Fine Art, Photography (for Foreigners)

The course provides an interdisciplinary overview of the developments of contemporary art in Lithuania. It introduces the basic tendencies of theatre, cinema, fine art and photography as well as social and cultural factors that condition them. The lectures will include the presentation and discussion of the most important developments in the contemporary performing and visual arts in Lithuania. After a successful completion of the course, the students should be able to define the basic features of Lithuanian contemporary art as well as to discuss the contemporary tendencies of Lithuanian art within broad historical and cultural contexts of the Baltic region.

The aim of the course is to help the students gain general knowledge about contemporary Lithuanian art and its historical and cultural contexts.

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1. Lithuanian Theatre in the First Years of Independence: Change of Aesthetic Forms and Content. 2. Contemporary Lithuanian Theatre and the main Creators: Directing, Dramaturgy, Scenography and Non-traditional Space. 3.Lithuanian Cinema: Basic historical aspects, Directors, Genres and Themes. 4. Lithuanian National Cinema: a Reflection of the History and the Present. 5. Contemporary Lithuanian Cinema: Animation; Interactive and Interdisciplinary Projects. 6. Lithuanian fine art: basic historical aspects and transformations. I. 7. Lithuanian fine art: basic historical aspects and transformations. II. 8. Contemporary Lithuanian art: the context and impact of social transformations. 9. The most famous artists of contemporary Lithuanian art. 10. Contemporary Lithuanian art in museums and galleries: a field study. 11. Lithuanian School of Photography in The Context of Soviet Ideology 12. “Easthetics of Boredom” as the Passive Resistance to Soviet Regime 13. Contemporary Lithuanian Photography as The Research of Post-Soviet Reality 14. Photography in Contemporary Lithuanian Art: Interdisciplinary Approach 15. Lithuanian School of Photography Today: The Search for Identity in the Global Context

Requirements for the minimal positive evaluation of the course: 1. Clearly defines the basic features of Lithuanian art; 2. Correctly relates the tendencies of Lithuanian art to the historical and cultural contexts; 3. Names most important authors in the different fields of the Lithuanian art.