In this episode of Icelandic Art Center’s podcast “Out There” Lukas Strolia (LT), who was assisting the Icelandic Art Center as a part of the Borderland Poetics exchange project between Rupert (LT) and CCA (EE), talks to his colleagues J.L. Murtaugh (US) and Erik Vojevodin (LT) about the artist-run space Autarkia, Vilnius.

Autarkia is located in the former workers’ canteen at the long-gone secret Soviet military factory in Vilnius, Lithuania. The group discusses what it takes to run a self-proclaimed Artist daycare centre, which is liquid enough to act as an artwork and the creative entity providing artistic services. They talk about its natural resistance to formality, its ambiguity, functionality, successes and struggles.

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J.L. Murtaugh

Liam is an artist, curator, writer, and consultant organizing projects under the alias of Syndicate since 2014. Currently, he is the artistic director of Autarkia, Vilnius, and was previously the director of Tenderpixel in London.

Erik Vojevodin

Erik is an artist and curator born and raised in Vilnius, Lithuania. He graduated in philosophy and art history at the University of Glasgow (dissertation on John Cage, George Maciunas, and Pure Being). Erik is interested in spaces and participatory formats with the potential for a living pure being.

Lukas Strolia

Lukas is an artist, curator, project/production manager, researcher, and art handler. He was co-running an artist-run space Autarkia, producing Gut Feeling, Lithuanian Pavilion at Venice Art Biennale 22’. Currently, he works in the commercial gallery Vartai.

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Thanks to RadioVilnius for providing their infrastructure and Lubomir Grzelak, aka Lutto Lento, for letting to stream his sound piece.

Created and produced by the Icelandic Art Center, Out There brings co-hosts Becky Forsythe and Þórhildur Tinna Sigurðardóttir in conversation with artists, curators and art professionals at the 101 radio studio.​​​​​​​​