Contemporary musical theater work, winner of the Golden Lion of Venice (2019). From filmmaker and director Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė, writer Vaiva Grainytė and artist composer Lina Lapelytė.
sun and seais an installation/opera/performance created by Lithuanian artists Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė (film and theater director), Vaiva Grainyté (writer) and Lina Lapelité (composer). Winner of the Golden Lion at the 2019 Venice Biennale, it has already been presented in venues such as the Teatro Lliure in Barcelona, at the Serpentine Gallery in London, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in New York, at the Sidney Festival of Sydney, Australia, at the MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art) in Los Angeles, at the Culturgest in Lisbon and at the Kiasma Museum in Helsinky. On a sandy beach illuminated by an artificial sun, people in bathing suits enjoy a typical day of rest. They sunbathe, read, play and chat while the public walks along a walkway and watches them from above. This totally banal and everyday situation is transformed when music breaks in. The vacationers are excellent singers. The songs then bring to the scene a series of concerns, both individual and collective, which can be as mundane as sinister or surreal, but in all cases convey humanity, concern and hope for the future.
