Until now, every year the festival also featured a separate “Art Stage” dedicated to the art program. This year, this format is being discontinued – performances are moving to the main festival stages.
This year we wanted to fundamentally change how art is presented at “Loftas Fest.” We are moving art throughout the entire festival area – performances and artistic interventions will appear on music stages between performers’ sets, so visitors can encounter art unexpectedly, regardless of which stage they come to.
We want to show the widest possible spectrum of contemporary art – this year’s program will feature performance, dance, drag culture, fashion, theater, digital art, and interactive installations,” says the festival’s art curator Deividas Valenta.
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During both festival nights, performer Seva Raido will appear on the “LRT Opus,” “Tuborg Zero,” and “Novus” stages – an artist combining makeup, performance, collage, and “trash art,” who has been encountered by festival visitors multiple times in different forms.
Also coming to the festival from Berlin is Reverso, who transforms club walls into a space for physical performance with his dark, ritual character, as well as choreographer and comedian Harpy, who combines dance, comedy, and vivid visual theater in her performances. At night, you will also meet Vilnius cabaret star Luka Mokka with bold, theatrical performances on the stages.
On Saturday, the “Tuborg Zero” stage will present a new collection by designer Karina Panina in the form of a performance titled “What would I be if I were not a designer?” This is a work continuing the story of last year’s performance “I have no inspiration anymore.”
On the festival grounds, you can also find an interactive video installation “Synthetic Gesture” by Ričardas Žigis and Gintarė Martinionytė, exploring the boundaries between the human body and digital matter.
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On the “LRT Opus” stage on Friday, September 11, the evening will open with “Garbanotas,” followed by British artist FINK, and the evening will be crowned by “Baltic Balkan.” On Saturday, September 12, the day will start with Sipas, followed by “Katarsis,” and the evening will end with “Ba.” Among them, the legendary “Freaks On Floor” will return for a special performance.
The “Tuborg Zero” stage will open Friday’s program with “Intelligency,” followed by “Arklio Galia,” Italian “Joycut,” and “Studio Maruko,” and the night will end with “Mums pora šampano” and StepSys b2b Probl3ma. On Saturday, a special guest will be the rock band of the Vilnius day center “Šviesa” wards.
The stage will also feature “Kyla Vėjas!,” French “Max Castle,” “Despotin’ Fam,” “Dans Turbulans,” and French “Par.Sek,” and the night will end with “Nina Elektrichka,” “Black Feeling,” and DJ Saga.
The new festival space “Novus” will present many new names and invite you to remember some already well-known: “10g_mps,” “Sibilance,” “Grauden (Freudenfreude),” “Misinformacija,” “Soft Corps,” “Under Black Helmet,” and “Trippsy.” On Saturday, the stage will open with Nėrius Pečiūra, followed by “Defektas,” “Diarchija,” “Aleja,” “Opera,” “Matai,” “Vusne,” “Kmita,” and “Retro Electro.”
The “Elfa” stage will feature a whole group of DJs from different genres, and the “Red Cat” stage will host “Hate Function,” “Kodama,” “Lik,” “Problema,” “Zittmarpha,” and many others.
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“LOFTAS Fest” will take place on September 11-12 in Vilnius, at the arts factory “Loftas.”
