Same Day includes contributions by Rey Akdogan, Nick Bastis, Kazimierz Bendkowski, Geta Brătescu, Matt Browning, Tom Burr, Elene Chantladze, Josef Dabernig, Aria Dean & Laszlo Horvath, Gintaras Didžiapetris, Jason Dodge, Kevin Jerome Everson, Simone Forti, Michèle Graf & Selina Grüter, Villu Jõgeva, Tarik Kiswanson, Michael Kleine, Běla Kolářová, Jiří Kovanda, Kitty Kraus, Bradley Kronz, Kaarel Kurismaa, Simon Lässig, Ian Law, Klara Lidén, Ugnė Nakaitė with Urtė Jarmuškaitė & Pranas Gustainis, Elena Narbutaitė, Ewa Partum, Matthew Langan-Peck, Julie Peeters & BILL, Cameron Rowland, Margaret Salmon, Stephen Sutcliffe, Tanya Syed, Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet, Raša Todosijević, Thanasis Totsikas, Maria Toumazou, Rosemarie Trockel, Christos Tzivelos, Mare Vint, Tanja Widmann, Marina Xenofontos, and Eiko Yamazawa. The exhibition is curated by Tom Engels and Maya Tounta.
On September 6 and 7, the opening weekend of Same Day will present a live programme of contributions by Andrius Arutiunian, Mette Edvardsen & Iben Edvardsen, Toine Horvers, Dana Michel, and Eszter Salamon.
The exhibition takes its title from a poem of the same name, written by the Greek poet Emerson in New York City in 1984. The poem is part of Songs Without Music, a typewritten, and previously unpublished manuscript of poems and lyrics found in the archives of Greek photographer George Tourkovasilis.
Same Day was preceded in 2023 by an introductory event held at the National Lithuanian Drama Theatre in Vilnius as a prologue to the main exhibition. Its title, Remain in Zero, was also borrowed from Emerson’s manuscript and it included contributions by Betzy Bromberg, Draugų Vardai, Emerson, Mette Edvardsen, Han-Gyeol Lie, Honour, Julie Peeters, James Richards, Koenraad Dedobbeleer, Margaret Raspé, Remigijus Pačėsa, Seiko & Casio, and Ugnė Nakaitė.
The final chapter of the 15th Baltic Triennial will take shape in a publication developed by Tom Engels and Maya Tounta, and designed by Julie Peeters, to be published in mid-2025.
The Baltic Triennial was first held in Vilnius in 1979 as an exhibition showcasing young Baltic artists working in a non-conformist spirit. Since then it has grown into a major international exhibition in Northern Europe. The upcoming edition is the first international exhibition to be held at the Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) since its reopening after 3 years of renovation. It also opens alongside the contemporary art festival Survival Kit 15 (Riga), encouraging visitors to explore what the wider region has to offer this autumn.
