The Equator Memorial Project is a group of international artists who are creating art pieces and functional objects by recycling historical materials of ruins from world heritage sites. The mission is to hold a series of exhibitions in galleries or museums worldwide in support of a sustainable environment, justice, freedom and peace. At each exhibition approximately 50 – 60 art pieces will be presented created by selection of international artists. A part of the income for each sold or rented piece will be allocated to a charity fund for humanitarian and community projects. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n STUDIO VILNIUS \/<\/strong><\/span> co-partner is in charge for the Lithuanian operation in collaboration with the team of The Equator Memorial Project. The company will be in control of building, establishing and coordinating the art studio in Vilnius as well as being responsible for deliver assistance and services to the artists, art pieces and its exhibitions. <\/span><\/span>All the project historical material and the creation of the art pieces will be scheduled and worked in the art studio, accommodation for guest international artists and crew, film studio and the main operation of the project will be situated there for its headquarters etc.<\/span><\/p>\n .<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n VILNIUS \u2013 THE BAROQUE CITY \/<\/strong><\/span> The intention is to establish a fully equipped art studio with accommodation in Vilnius for the international artists and the team. The artists will be creating the art pieces \/ the functional objects there and prepare the international exhibitions in collaboration with the team.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The whole project is considered very special and new ideas are created relating the environment, such as recycling ruins from historical sites which are transformed as a new story in the form of design and arts. We believe<\/span> that the project will affect all participants as well as the public, various companies and governments for the importance of environment, justice, freedom and peace. We choose historical ruins because it has very powerful story to tell and has affected life in all emotions, good or in bad way, or has defect justice and freedom in the past, where innocent people had difficult experiences, sicknesses or even causing their dead. We wish to turn these ruins into something remarkable through arts and media as well as create good images in the minds of the public for the better course. The exhibitions will contain, sculptures, functional objects, design, architectures, photographs, history and visual arts. Here is a project that connects four continents <\/span>together with a historical and cultural value. The Equator Memorial Project is supported internationally by UNESCO which hold the list and monitor World Heritage sites for preservation.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Plans have been drawn up to obtain materials from;<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n the French village of Oradour-sur-Glane, which has been preserved untouched since almost all its inhabitants were massacred on June 10, 1944, the Czech village of Lidice, 9\/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, former Soviet Union – GULAG, Colosseum, ruins of the Buddhas of Bamiyan which was destroyed in Afghanistan by Taliban in 2001 to demolish holy icons and disrespect ideologic of the religion, the Basque town of Guernica, Liverpool and the slave trade, Graveyard of Lenin monuments and Stalin statues. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Confirmed materials:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n the Reykjav\u00edk Harbour, the Hamburg Port, the Berlin Wall, Hiroshima (A bomb) and two broken windows from office of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg in the Norwegian government’s headquarters in Central Oslo after it was damaged from terrorist attack by Anders Behring Breivik. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cReworking the past for a just and sustainable future for all\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1837","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8iiZO-tD","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiovilnius.lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiovilnius.lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiovilnius.lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studiovilnius.lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studiovilnius.lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1837"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/studiovilnius.lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2238,"href":"https:\/\/studiovilnius.lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1837\/revisions\/2238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiovilnius.lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}