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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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Arts-based research and placemaking in Šnipiškės (timeline)
Our placemaking journey in the historic Šnipiškės neighbourhood started in 2012. The arts-based approach is our primary method, which means that we involve residents in cooperative actions during the research stage, seeking to contribute to the local well-being. We foster networks of mutual help by providing and administrating local communication tools, platforms and formats. We…
