‘Odysseus Atlas’ is creative initiative by artists Kęstutis Montvidas and Jūra Bardauskaitė and shares the generic theme with the Odyssey. Quest is to discover the allure of islands and depict it through its unique perspective. The course is set in a tune with nature. Project’s range focuses on marginal concerns, in purpose to reveal its significance through aesthetic contemplation. Inspired by Homer's poem we evoke Odysseus as a wandering figure to embody our creative intentions.
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OVER THERE 60° 9′ 58″ N, 21° 41′ 18″ E
Open-air by Odysseus Atlas
It was early spring we landed on Korpo Island in Archipelago Sea. At that time ice was leaving its’ shores and snow melting away, unveiling granite terrain softened by rich mosses and lush forests. As residents of AARK (Archipelago Art Residency in Korpo) we spend much of our time watching passing ships and exploring surroundings, searching for an evidence of an islandness. We found it, by surprise, in a dens forest, which seemed to us as a gallery without borders – inspiring with capacious for diverse ideas: insularity and connectedness, constancy and movement, self-sufficient and dependent.
Lucky chance induced us to work in a little forest area alongside the harbor there was no man’s garden. We rendered it with a sense of a gallery, were objects emanates from the background, but appears in the foreground, distinguishing here and there. After cleaning an area we piled up bunch of material to work with: cut trees and twigs, coal, soil and some clay. Intimate touch with environment, exposed vague boundary between nature and culture. Objects, we installed in the area are meant to be a guide to their environment. I am he as you are he as you are meand we are all together...*
BARE AS A BONE
WAVE TO THE ROCK
IN MY NATURE
OVER HERE
* The Beatles, I Am the Walrus, Yellow Submarine (1969)
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