Francesco Urbano Ragazzi
Gabija Grušaitė.
Ferma.
Sariai, Lithuania.
7 August, 2025.
Curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi.
7 August, 2025.
FERMA
A project by Gabija Grušaitė
curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi
Reception: August 7, 2025, from 4:00 PM
Location: Sariai, Lithuania
Shuttles to the location will depart at 4:00 PM, 4:30 PM, and 5:00 PM from the Contemporary Art Centre (Vokiečių g. 2), Vilnius.
RSVP is required: please respond to kamila@thinktwiceagency.com
On August 7, 2025, at 4:00 PM, Ferma—an environmental installation by Gabija Grušaitė—will open to the public. Curated by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi, the exhibition features a two-channel video installation and a series of site-specific drawings created especially for the occasion.
The project unfolds in a place that is foundational to the artist’s childhood: a former industrial building in the eldership of Sariai, which is the home and studio of her father, Marius Grušas, an artist himself.
Embracing the Fluxus spirit rooted in the Lithuanian art scene, the exhibition will be open to visitors for one day only, through a collective journey into the landscape of Eastern border of Lithuania. Conceived as a ritual of initiation, Ferma confronts traumas that are both personal and historical, weaving together memory, landscape, and legacy.
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