This year, Rupert’s Alternative Education Programme, curated by Goda Palekaitė, was a vessel for drifting through archetypes and a toolkit for the under-represented edges of artistic work. By shifting positions and roles we slip, knowingly or not, into and out of our artistic, institutional, and interpersonal lives, which determine our artistic practices and cultural labour. The programme unfolded as a choreography of research, fiction, administration, and care, framed by endless discussions. Here, at the conclusion of our vessel’s journey, we invite you to this two-day public event – a culmination, a continuation, a gathering of roles and rituals.

Participants of the 13th edition of the AEP: Alexandra Bondarev, Anton Karyuk, Charles de Agustin, Charline Gdalia, Chris Tegho, Janina Fritz, Luisa Berghammer, Marta Finkelstein, Oscar Mathieu le Bussy, SUNRS. 

More about the event here.

Director Viktorija Šiaulytė 
Curators of the Residency and Public Programmes Monika Lipšic, JL Murtaugh
Curator Goda Palekaitė
Project Manager Augustė Verikaitė
Graphic Design Jana Sofie Liebe, Augustinas Milkus
Communications Aistė Marija Stankevičiūtė
Coordinators Aistė Frišmantaitė, Ioanna Valavanis
Curatorial Assistants Gustė Kripaitė, Connor Manship
Head of Partnerships Agnė Liukaitytė
Sound Engineer Jokūbas Čižikas
Lighting design Vykintas Šorys
Installation Kazimieras Silžys
Photographer Andrej Vasilenko
Lithuanian language editor Evelina Zenkutė 

Alternative Education Programme and the final event have been financially supported by the Lithuanian Council for Culture, Vilnius City Municipality and Tech Zity.

Parts of the programme were also supported by New Perspectives for Action, a project by Re-Imagine Europe, co-funded by the European Union and Lithuanian Culture Institute.