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Vilnius Biennial of Performance Art (VB23) is a new and ongoing international event dedicated to contemporary performance art, organised by Vilnius City Gallery Meno Ni拧a as an official part of Vilnius鈥� 700th-anniversary programme. Its director is Diana Stomien臈 and its artistic director is Neringa Bumblien臈.

VB23 consists of works by guest artists, curated by Neringa Bumblien臈, and works by artists selected by an international jury, formed of Maria Arusoo, Neringa Bumblien臈 and Joanna Zieli艅ska, through an open call. The Biennial will showcase 18 performances by both international and Lithuanian artists with nearly half being new works commissioned and produced by VB23.

The main focus of the inaugural Biennial is the city of Vilnius, but also a city per se, as a human-made and human-dominated environment that we share with other life forms, where different histories, myths, activities, interests, desires and visions collide, coexist and overlap. The city as an organism that is born, and thrives, but also dies or is killed, as is presently happening so close to Vilnius, in Ukraine. The city as an artificial but living structure with certain rules, certain trajectories of circulation that some life forms follow and others choose to disregard, creating new ones. The city as a dense network knitted with both visible and invisible threads and charged with various tensions. The city as a platform and a stage.

The opening event of VB23 was held on January 23, 2023 with the performance Aphotia鈥攁 new large-scale work by Emilija 艩karnulyt臈 at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre as part of the curated programme. The Biennial鈥檚 main programme will run from July 23 to August 6, 2023 in public and semi-public spaces across Vilnius.