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Contemporary artworks speak: The traumatic transgenerational memory. (2025)

Marija Griniuk
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This research investigates the visual narrative built within artworks that deal with colonial memory in Sapmi, and the heavy layers of history in the Baltics, particularly Lithuania during the Soviet era. The research question is: How can themes of Gulag, colonial history and traumatic transgenerational memory be addressed by the artists and by curators in large-scale exhibitions and art venues? The aim of this study is to examine how visual expression is aesthetically communicated by the artists, how their artworks are presented in exhibitions and media channels, and how they are received by audiences. The study examines four cases: artworks and projects by two Sami artists and two Lithuanian artists. The research is conducted as artistic research, where the author acts as the artist, curator, and spectator of the artworks being analyzed. The author has been actively involved in the creative curatorial processes, including designing the curatorial setup of the Sami artists' artworks for their audience. The comparative analysis of the visual expression is done through the reflexive tools of the author. The study's findings provide an outline of the tools that artists use within their artworks, as well as the curatorial strategies applied when presenting those artworks to audiences.
typeresearch exposition
keywordsSami, colonialism, Gulag, artistic research
date28/10/2023
published13/06/2025
last modified13/06/2025
statuspublished
share statusprivate
copyrightMarija Griniuk
licenseCC BY-NC-ND
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/2356975/2356976
doihttps://doi.org/10.22501/hub.2356975
published inHUB - Journal of Research in Art, Design and Society
portal issue4. HUB Issue #4 / Spring 2025 / Varia


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