V18 ATVIRA ERDVĖ’24 | Eglė Nešukaitytė | bardo

LT:

I'm going to laugh so hard

I'm going to cry,

because I'm so happy

this a moment that even

tears come because

that moment is already over and

it always ends and I

was so happy that moment and

I feel tears flowing in streams, because

I am no longer in that moment and I

will laugh at the same time, because that moment was

just a few seconds ago and everything

is so absurd that I want to cry,

because the moment is gone and

I don't know why I'm mourning

of a moment that was just

a few seconds ago and I'm laughing at the same time

because I was so happy

that moment a few seconds ago,

or maybe it was a few decades ago?

Beginning my research with the fear of death, which has plagued me personally for many years, in the process I came closer to collective loneliness, the unity of invisible lives, aging as a transition in time and death as themes of not being in the present moment and not being connected to others.

However, I sincerely hope that many will not read this description and will have the opportunity to experience their own personal bardo*. As in life - at the same time with others, but one at a time. Or has the play already started as you read this description? If it was read by at least a few people at the same time, chances are it was. It is possible that everything has already begun, and it may end many times before it begins. But don't worry - eating candy also has a beginning and an end.

* “In Tibetan Buddhism, the term 'bardo' is usually associated with an intermediate state between lives, but the broader translation of the word is simply 'transition' or 'gap'. The journey after our death is one such transition, but a closer look at our experiences reveals that we are always in transition. Every moment of our life something ends and something else begins. This is not an esoteric concept. When we pay attention, it becomes our undoubted experience." ("How We Live Is How We Die", Pema Chödrön)

About Eglė:

Eglė Nešukaitytė is a Lithuanian interdisciplinary and performative artist. creator. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in Lithuanian philology, she started attending modern dance classes quite by chance - after 10 years, this chance developed into a slow and uncertain creative path, where movement, visuality and space intertwine. Creative themes of interest to the artist: loneliness, death, routine, flow, chance, presence, people we don't notice, play, absurdity, social norms, (un)reality. Her practice is often associated with embedded presence, exploring everyday life and the movements of its objects, and searching for artificial randomness. Parallel to these practices, Eglė keeps returning to long-standing practices: analog photography, field recordings, writing and singing.

Idea and performance: Eglė Nešukaitytė

Music: The Caretaker

Duration: 45 min.

Ticket price: 10 Eur

The process of creating the performance was partially financed by the Kaunas Artists' House, the Lithuanian Dance Information Center and the K3 Choreography Center.

The OPEN ERDVĖ'24 project is partially financed by the Lithuanian Culture Council.

ENG:

I am laughing so hard

that I am starting to cry

because I am so happy

in this moment that I

want to cry because it is

already over that moment and

it is always over because I
was so happy at that moment and I

feel tears coming up because I am

not at that moment anymore and I am

laughing because that moment was

just a few seconds ago and it's

so absurd that I want to cry out

loud because the moment is gone and

I don't know why I grieve over

the moment that was just a few

seconds ago and laugh at the same

time because I was happy at

that moment a few seconds ago

or was it a few decades ago?

Having started my research with the fear of death, which has personally plagued me for many years, in the process I approached the themes of collective loneliness, the unity of invisible lives, aging as a transition in time and death as not being in the present moment and not being in connection with others.

However, I sincerely hope that many will not read this description and will have the opportunity to experience their own personal bardos*. As in life - at the same time with others, but separately. Or has the performance already started as you read this description? If it was read by at least a few people at the same time, chances are it has already started. It is possible that everything has already begun, and it may end many times before it begins. However, you should not worry – eating candy also has a beginning and an end.

* "In Tibetan Buddhism, the term bardo is usually associated with the intermediate state between lives, but a broader translation of the word is simply "transition" or "gap". The journey takes place after our death is one such transition, but when we examine our experience closely, we will find that we are always in transition. During every moment of our lives, something is ending and something else is beginning. This is not an esoteric concept. When we pay attention, it becomes our unmistakable experience.” ("How We Live Is How We Die", Pema Chödrön)

About Eglė:

Eglė Nešukaitytė is a Lithuanian interdisciplinary and performative arts creator. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in Lithuanian philology, she started attending contemporary dance classes quite by coincidence – after 10 years, this coincidence developed into a slow and undefined creative path, where movement, visuality, and space intertwine. Artists' creative endeavor revolves around loneliness, death, routine, flow, synchronicity, presence, people we don't notice, game, absurdity, social norms, and (un)reality. Her practice is often associated with site-specific presence, exploring the movements of everyday life and its objects, and searching for artificial synchronicity. Parallel to these practices, Eglė keeps coming back to her long-standing practices: analog photography, field recordings, writing, and singing.

Idea and performance: Eglė Nešukaitytė

Music: The Caretaker

Duration: 45 minutes.

Ticket: 10 Eur.

The performance creation process was partially supported by Kaunas Artists' House, Lithuanian Dance Information Center and K3 - Center for Choreography.

The project ATVIRA ERDVĖ'24 is partially funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture.

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