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Arturas Bumsteinas

making mistakes since 1982

About Me

Works as sound and visual artist. In sound field Bumšteinas has completed number of musical scores for different instrumental ensembles and orchestras, released 6 albums of electroacoustic music (in Lithuania, USA, Denmark, Ukraine, Spain, Neatherlands), directed multicollaborative project Antiradical Opera with writer Jesse Glass and more than 20 persons from all over the world, curated collective mix event titled Mixthemixthemix, founded laptop quartet 20/21 which is devoted to performances of graphical notation scores and many more activities... Bumšteinas appears in festivals and concerts of experimental music all over the Europe where he performs his sound works via the electronic sound medias. As visual artist Bumšteinas did his most important works together with artist Laura Garbštiene. In the fall of 2002, during the exhibition Parallel Progressions 3 in Vilnius‘ Contemporary Art Center they founded G-Lab duo, which is devoted to video art, audiovisual installations and performances. From the year 2002 Bumšteinas participated in a number of exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad, represented Lithuanian contemporary art together with other active artists from several generations. Besides of continuous artistic work in G-Lab, Bumšteinas also did collaborations with such artists as Simon Wickham-Smith, Borut Savski, Jesse Glass, Max Reinhardt, Rytis Mažulis, Antanas Jasenka, Antanas Kucinskas. Bumšteinas is an organizer of the first-ever serie of experimental music events in Lithuania based on the concept of open mixer and simultaneous participation. Lives and works in Vilnius and Warsaw.
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Member Since: 10/6/2006
Band Website: bumstein.com/art
Band Members: Arturas Bumsteinas. also performing with Antanas Dombrovsky, Lina Lapelyte and Lys as TWENTYTWENTYONE laptop quartet.
Influences: Vilnius, SMC/CAC, Edukas, G-Lab, Fluxus, Minimalism, Classic Conceptual Art, Libraries, Berlin, Avanto Festival, La Biennale di Venezia, ubu.com, Birkenau, Charles Amirkhanian, Morton Feldman, John Cage, Robert Ashley, Alvin Lucier, Phill Niblock, Fausto Romitelli, Claude Vivier, Antanas Jasenka, Osvaldas Balakauskas, Darius Ciuta, Rytis Mazulis, Andrius Mamontovas, Ignas Krunglevicius, Bernhardt Lang, Peter Ablinger, Angelo Badalamenti, Richard Wagner, Sviatoslav Richter, Salvatore Sciarrino, Tony Conrad, Hafler Trio, CM von Hauswolff, Pan Sonic, Gregory Whitehead, text-sound composition and other Swedish music, Supersilent, Ensemble Modern, Harry Partch, Arvo Part, Chain Reaction, Thomas Koner, Pure, Pink Twins, Simon Wickham-Smith, Farmersmanual, Oren Ambarchi, Kevin Drumm, Microstoria, Oval, Bjork, John Baldessari, Joseph Beuys, Aernout Mik, Joao Penalva, Piere Huyge, Manfred Pernice, Tellervo Kallainen, Chris Burden, Wilhelm Sasnal, Harun Farocki, Vincent Gallo, Werner Herzog, David Cronenberg, Gus van Sant, Claude Lanzmann, Woody Allen, Krzystof Kieslowski, Audrius Stonys, Jonas Mekas, Salman Rushdie, Umberto Eco, Victor Hugo...
Sounds Like: Arturas Bumsteinas' "Xennedy Piece" @ The Kennedy Center, Sonic Circuits DC 2007. Performed by Janel Leppin, Doug Poplin and author. Laptop Quartet Twentytwentyone @ Jauna Muzika Festival, SMC/CAC, 2008/04/24 "Bumsteinas plays Baldessari sings Lewitt" video, 2005 WEIGHTSHIFT - video performance with synthesizers and metal weights, 2007 CHAOS? - Bumsteinas/Jasenka/Atrac perform live soundtrack for Faites Vos Jeaux by Filmgruppechaos. Club:Intro, Vilnius, 2004. INVAZIJA - Video piece by G-Lab (Bumsteinas & Garbstiene), sound by Antanas Jasenka, 2004 BLUR. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991) - second piece from the series of 5 audiovisual works produced by blurring credit rolls and its' original sountracks from the Hannibal Lecter movie sequel, 2008 BLUR AND OTHER WORKS exhibition view @ Galerie Antjewachs, Berlin, 2008/06/13 it was night, i was drunk, i wanted to take a piss, i had to wait
Record Label: www.antjewachs.de
Type of Label: Major

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BLUR cd is out!

New audio cd titled BLUR is officially out since the date of opening of the exhibition in ANTJEWACHS Galerie, 2008/06/13. if you would like to get a cd please contact the gallery headquarters ....
Posted by Arturas Bumsteinas on Sun, 25 May 2008 12:26:00 PST