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Exhibition – WoodiSH in Pori, Trondheim and Vilnius
A research exhibition based on the WoodiSH project – ethnographic research on the circular skills connected to the life in the wooden houses and to their natural environment. The exhibition consists of the photo documentation and fragments of the interviews conducted in the wooden neighbourhoods of Viikkari (Pori), Šnipiškės (Vilnius), Svartlamon and Skaunas (Trondheim). •…
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Street Mosaic Workshop
Street Mosaic workshop is one of the participatory art initiatives developed and launched by Laimikis.lt in the wooden neighbourhood of Šnipiškės (Vilnius) in May 2013. It’s an open initiative supported by residents of the neighbourhood, who donate ceramic tiles and participate in creating mosaic artworks. In just a month, two streets of Šnipiškės were touched…
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Urban villages at Bi-city biennale of urbanism / architecture
The Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture curators have invited the Laimikis team to contribute to this massive event with the artworks and research dedicated to the wooden Šnipiškės. The Biennale takes place in Shenzhen and Hong Kong, and this year, the topic is “Cities Grow in Difference”. The Shenzhen part of the Biennale focuses…
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Urbingo – urban game
URBINGO is an urban orientation game and alternative guide to the changing neighbourhoods. It consists of: • illustrated map • visual cards with the neighbourhood’s elements • text cards with the historical facts and notes. This game was developed as a matrix for collecting and arranging neighbourhood stories and changing material culture, turning it into…
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Action research and placemaking in Šnipiškės (timeline)
Our placemaking journey and action-based research in the historic Šnipiškės neighbourhood started in 2012 and has already spanned a decade. The process embraces the following stages: Desk-research & field research » Creative communication and placemaking tools » Participatory design-based research and arts-based research » Cooperatively developed cultural routes, developed public space (Dragon’s field), adjusted image…
