The film director Kristina Buo\u017eyt\u0117’s film \u2018Trail of Angels\u2019 is a virtual reality (VR) animation. According to its author, it is a tribute to Mikalojus Konstantinas \u010ciurlionis, the forerunner of multimedia art and one of the pioneers of abstract art in Europe.<\/p>\n
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With the music of Mindaugas Urbaitis and \u010ciurlionis himself playing in the three-dimensional space, the viewer’s acquaintance with 60 paintings by the famous Lithuanian artists \u2013 one well-known and the other less so \u2013 begins. The plot, which combines \u010ciurlionis\u2019 works and the beings of his works, invites the viewer to travel around the magical world Buo\u017eyt\u0117 has created and to meet the characters of the paintings and their environments. Having embarked on a journey as a human being, the viewers will soon realise that they are not so far away from an angel, exploring the states of life and death and merging with the universe. Some of \u010ciurlionis\u2019 paintings are currently exhibited in the international exhibition \u2018Wild Souls; Symbolism in the Art of the Baltic States\u2019 at the National Gallery of Art. The installation \u2018Trail of Angels’ can be seen as an interactive interpretation of these works.<\/p>\n
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Mikalojus Konstantinas \u010ciurlionis (1875\u20131911) was a composer, artist and cultural figure who occupies a special place in the history of Lithuanian art. His oeuvre demonstrates the blurring of the boundaries between different art forms in order to create a new, unique world based on cosmology.<\/p>\n
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The short animated 360-degree VR film \u2018Trail of Angels\u2019 was presented in the competition programme of the 75th Venice Film Festival \u2018Biennale college cinema – Virtual Reality\u2019 in 2018. The project won the Lumen Prize for Art and Technology in 2019.<\/p>\n
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Duration: 20 min. Installation consist of 4 VR stations. One station can be used by one person at a time.<\/p>\n
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Director: Kristina Buo\u017eyt\u0117
\nCreative producer: Vitalijus \u017dukas
\nProduction: OKTA, \u2018Natrix Natrix\u2019 and \u2018Asterman\u2019
\nArchitecture: Mindaugas Reklaitis
\nGraphic design: Laura Grigali\u016bnait\u0117
\nOrganised by The Lithuanian National Museum of Art; National Gallery of Art; OKTA
\nThe project is funded by the Lithuanian Council of Culture; Lithuanian Film Centre; Telesoft, Nebula<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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