Films at the Villa Lituania Pavilion:

AMBASSADOR IN EXILE / 2007
DVD / SINGLE-CHANNEL PROJECTION / 11:26 min.
Kazys Lozoraitis recounts his experience of time growing up in Villa Lituania as the son of a renowned Lithuanian diplomat. Lozoraitis also distinguished himself as an Ambassador in exile (during the Soviet annexation of Lithuania). After Lithuania's idependence (1991) Lozoraitis served as Ambassador of the Lithuanian Republic to the Holy See.


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DEFENDING THE LOFT / 2007
DVD / SINGLE-CHANNEL PROJECTION / 7:48 min
The video narrates a story about a well-known pigeon loft in Vilnius.
Located at the foot of the Vilnius TV and Radio Tower the loft was caught in the Soviet military blocade of the communication tower in 1990 (when the Gorbachev government made the decision to try and get the break-away state back), and the loft's owner broke the lines daily to look after his birds.


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REHEARSAL AT THE PALACE OF CULTURE AND SPORTS / 2007
DVD / SINGLE-CHANNEL PROJECTION / 7:31 min.
The Vilnius Palace of Culture and Sports is a landmark building in the Lithuanian capital. Like many soviet-era buildings, however, its fate is uncertain.
The wast open space in front of the building is used by the pigeons fanciers for training.


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DEFENDING THE VILLA. GRAFFITI / 2007
DVD / SINGLE-CHANNEL MONITOR / 5:48 min.
DEFENDING THE VILLA. THE LATVIANS / 2007
DVD / SINGLE-CHANNEL MONITOR / 1:58 min.
Well known Lithuanian broadcaster who works for the Vatican radio, Saulius Kubilius, walks through Rome documenting sites associated with 30 years of pro-Lithuanian and pro-Villa Lituania graffiti. He also recounts an episode in which a group of Latvian emigre's seized upon the symbolic potential of Villa Lituania as a protest-site (moreover, there are no important Latvian buildings in Rome).


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ARCHITECTURE WORKSHOP (HEART & HEARTH)
DVD / SINGLE-CHANNEL MONITOR / 1:18 min.
The artists have re-animated a popular 1960s Lithuanian television song-clip "Heart and Hearth" to become an anthem to Villa Lituania. The tune is about some sort of 'domestic bliss' or 'cottage in the country' that starkly contrasts soviet-era popular culture with that produced in the west at a similar time.


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CALLING THE RUSSIANS / 2007
DVD / SINGLE-CHANNEL MONITOR / 1:37 min.
The artists' documented on video (and in copied written correspondence) communication with the Russian Department of Foreign Affairs seeking permission to build a pigeon loft in the grounds of Villa Lituania in Rome (where the Russian Consulate in Rome operates).


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AMBASSADOR'S SONG / 2007
DVD / SINGLE-CHANNEL MONITOR / 3:32 min.
A group of supporters of the Villa Lituania project (associated with the Pro-Test Lab) stand in front of the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Vilnius and sing a gentle protest song in the form of the popular folk hit "Una Paloma Blanca". The song, about a peace dove, calls attention to the 'official ambivalence' shown towards the artists' project.


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