According to the festival producer Monika Citvaraitė-Lansbergienė, this year’s theme is related to the ideas of the fluxus movement – accessibility of art, its connection with everyday life, play, randomness, and creative freedom.
“The Big Bang is the moment from which everything starts anew. We want to imagine fluxus, where there is no single star, no most important work, or only one way to participate. The festival artists and their works will become like separate planets – different and unique, yet together forming one universe. We invite every festival visitor into it,” she said.
The festival will traditionally start at 9 p.m. at Jurgis Mačiūnas Square, from where participants dressed in costumes will move towards Parodos Hill. The climb itself has been one of the most important parts of the “Fluxus” festival for several years.
“We want people to come to the festival not as spectators, but as part of this new cosmos. Therefore, we encourage everyone to imagine themselves as a separate planet: what would it be like, how would it look, what characteristics would it have? A complicated costume is not necessary for this. As in fluxus itself, imagination and play, the liberation of one’s creativity, are the most important,” says M. Citvaraitė-Lansbergienė.
During the festival, LRT Opus will present the “Ritmogandos ring,” the Vilnius JJazz Ensemble led by Jievaras Jasinskis will perform, and percussion workshops will take place. Visitors will also be able to see performances by acting students from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, creations from the Kaunas slam community, street art workshops, and visual installations.
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The program also includes a tribute by Jonas Mekas to Jurgis Mačiūnas – a screening of the film “Zefiro Torna.”
“Fluxus” is an international artists’ movement formed in the 1960s, which questioned traditional values, sought to eliminate the boundary between art and life, based creativity on randomness, irony, play, experimented, and sought ways to combine various artistic techniques and disciplines.
The “Fluxus” group was founded in 1962 by the Lithuanian-born artist Jurgis Mačiūnas. The festival has been held in Kaunas since 2018.
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