Vilnius Talking Sculptures: The Story of Literatų street Wall

20. Literatų street Wall
More than 200 artistic tribute pieces dedidated to writers and poets, who had lived and worked in Vilnius
Literatų str. 8, 2009
Curator: Eglė Vertelkaitė / Text by Vaiva Grainytė / Recorded by Rimantė Valiukaitė

Conference/Performative Monologue

“Can I call myself an activist if I’ve written a piece on climate change? Is passivity more profound (and effective?) than loud virtue signaling in the era of apocalypse?” 
Vaiva Grainytė addressed these questions in her presentation Hypocrisy of a Jellyfish at Jerusalem’s Manofim contemporary art festival, sharing her personal approach to ecology, consumption, poetry, and dairy products.

The Unification of the World or how the Whisker has freed the Nightingale’s Meadows and the Bear’s Heart, 2022 (in LT)

Radio story for children, interweaving the genres of allegory and utopia, reflecting upon the ongoing Russia’s genocide in Ukraine. See:  https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000216174/vakaro-pasaka-rasytoju-issukis-vaiva-grainyte-pasaulio-susivienijimas-arba-kaip-usas-lakstingalos-pievas-ir-meskos-sirdi-isvadavo

The Lyrical Evenings (in LT)

Vaiva reads her poetry at LRT radio: https://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/2000130997/vakaro-lyrika-vaiva-grainyte-skaito-savo-eiles

Story of The Heart Donor (EN subtitles)

Project initiated by the Lithuanian National Art Museum “30 Art Works, 30 creatros, 30 Weeks”, stories by 30 renowned Lithuanian artists. Vaiva Grainytė shares her thoughts on the sculpture Heart Donor by Stanislovas Kuzma (1987) exhibited at the National Gallery of Art.