OPEN CALL FOR THE SECOND VILNIUS BIENNIAL OF PERFORMANCE ART
The Open Call for the Vilnius Biennial of Performance Art 2025 edition is closed.
The only performance art festival in the Lithuanian capital will take place in public and semi-public spaces in Vilnius at the end of June 2025.
As with the previous edition, the VB25 programme will consist of two parts: one curated by the Biennial’s Artistic Director Neringa Bumblienė, and another dedicated to the presentation of works selected by an international jury from submissions received during the open call.
VB25 THEME
The theme of the upcoming Biennial is ‘Ruins’. As Bumblienė elaborates: ‘This time, I’m contemplating ruins – a state we’ve all been immersed in for some time now. We are beyond the initial shock waves; what we see now is what remains after the blasts and dust clouds have settled. A chill permeates every crevice, slowly engulfing the city and us, until nothing is left but the vast and all-encompassing horizon of its impact. The ruins, overt and still, invite us to dive deep much like large animals in the vast ocean. Within them also lies a promise. I think it is important to consciously stay there, to seek out and learn from what we find, and to change before moving forward.’
THE JURY:
Submissions for the Biennial programme will be evaluated by an international jury consisting of:
- Charles Aubin, Co-Director of the Centre Pompidou x Jersey City (US), previously Senior Curator of Performa Biennial in New York.
- João Laia, Artistic Director of the Department of Contemporary Art in Porto, formerly Chief Curator of Exhibitions at the Finnish National Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma in Helsinki.
- Neringa Bumblienė, Artistic Director of the Vilnius Biennial and Curator of the Lithuanian National Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale and the Centre for Contemporary Art in Vilnius.
The project is financed by the Lithuanian Council for Culture and Vilnius City Municipality
Previous VB23 edition participants list.