Jazmina Cininas: The Phoenix and the Iron Wolf
Australian Galleries Melbourne, Tuesday 2 May - Saturday 20 May
Opening Night 6-8pm, Tuesday 2 May
Artist Talk with performance by The Lost Clog
3pm Saturday 13 May
If you happen to be passing through Collingwood, be sure to pop into 'The Phoenix and the Iron Wolf', hosted by the lovely folk at Australian Galleries. The solo exhibition features a shimmering forest of my quintessentially 'Aussie bush band' lagerphones reimagined as Baltic nature motifs, alongside some especially made new frottage work. Yep. Rubbings.
The frottage works were born of the 2020 lockdown, when I was suddenly in need of a medium that my printmaking students could utilise from their homes without specialist equipment and I began making rubbings of the items around my in my home. Like a phoenix, the frottage images arise anew from the everyday and the overlooked.
Australian Galleries Melbourne, Tuesday 2 May - Saturday 20 May
Opening Night 6-8pm, Tuesday 2 May
Artist Talk with performance by The Lost Clog
3pm Saturday 13 May
If you happen to be passing through Collingwood, be sure to pop into 'The Phoenix and the Iron Wolf', hosted by the lovely folk at Australian Galleries. The solo exhibition features a shimmering forest of my quintessentially 'Aussie bush band' lagerphones reimagined as Baltic nature motifs, alongside some especially made new frottage work. Yep. Rubbings.
The frottage works were born of the 2020 lockdown, when I was suddenly in need of a medium that my printmaking students could utilise from their homes without specialist equipment and I began making rubbings of the items around my in my home. Like a phoenix, the frottage images arise anew from the everyday and the overlooked.
Erin Irwin, 'Best of Sustainability: Jazmina Cininas', Art Edit #35, 2023, pp. 46-47
I'm honoured to have my lagerphones and artist books from recycled materials showcased in the 'Best of Sustainability' feature in the latest issue of Art Edit.
You can read Erin Irwin's article, and access the full issue, here.
I'm honoured to have my lagerphones and artist books from recycled materials showcased in the 'Best of Sustainability' feature in the latest issue of Art Edit.
You can read Erin Irwin's article, and access the full issue, here.
Jazmina Cininas: The Sparrow and the Iron Wolf
Albury Library Museum, Saturday 19 November 2022 - Sunday 19 February 2023
If you happen to be heading for the Victorian-NSW border this summer, be sure to make a pit stop at the Albury Library Museum, where The Sparrow and the Iron Wolf will be on show in the Laneway Gallery. This exhibition spans two decades of exploration of my Lithuanian-Australian identity and a more recent focus of sustainable art practices, from an early photographic portraits of Iron She-Wolves featuring Lithuanian-Australian women of my acquaintance, through handbound books from print ephemera that explore Baltic mythology, migration and the natural world, to lagerphones from recycled timber and bottle caps in the form of Baltic nature motifs. A mere stone's throw from the Bonegilla Migrant Camp, where many Lithuanian refugees began their lives in Australia, The Sparrow and the Iron Wolf offers a celebration of a minority culture that spearheaded the first wave of post-war immigration and showcases the contribution of immigrant and refugee populations to Australia’s cultural fabric.
Photo: Andrius Lipšys
Link to Albury Library Museum exhibition listing here.
Albury Library Museum, Saturday 19 November 2022 - Sunday 19 February 2023
If you happen to be heading for the Victorian-NSW border this summer, be sure to make a pit stop at the Albury Library Museum, where The Sparrow and the Iron Wolf will be on show in the Laneway Gallery. This exhibition spans two decades of exploration of my Lithuanian-Australian identity and a more recent focus of sustainable art practices, from an early photographic portraits of Iron She-Wolves featuring Lithuanian-Australian women of my acquaintance, through handbound books from print ephemera that explore Baltic mythology, migration and the natural world, to lagerphones from recycled timber and bottle caps in the form of Baltic nature motifs. A mere stone's throw from the Bonegilla Migrant Camp, where many Lithuanian refugees began their lives in Australia, The Sparrow and the Iron Wolf offers a celebration of a minority culture that spearheaded the first wave of post-war immigration and showcases the contribution of immigrant and refugee populations to Australia’s cultural fabric.
Photo: Andrius Lipšys
Link to Albury Library Museum exhibition listing here.
And the winner of the 2022 Australian Folk Music Awards for Community/Cultural Project of the Year is ... The Sparrow Made Some Beer!
I am absolutely over the moon! Thank you to the Folk Alliance of Australia! And The Lost Clog!
Click here to view the awards presentation and live performance.
Documentation of the full The Sparrow Made Some Beer project available here.
I am absolutely over the moon! Thank you to the Folk Alliance of Australia! And The Lost Clog!
Click here to view the awards presentation and live performance.
Documentation of the full The Sparrow Made Some Beer project available here.
The Sparrow Made Some Beer shortlisted for two Australian Folk Music Awards!
I am declaring 2022 the Year of the Sparrow!! I am over the moon that my collaborative project with The Lost Clog is a finalist for both the Traditional Folk Music Album of the Year AND Community/Cultural Project of the Year!!!! Award winners will be announced at the Brunswick Ballroom on Wednesday 26 October. Full details of the awards available at the Folk Alliance Australia website, or click here.
Full documentation of The Sparrow Made Some Beer project available here.
I am declaring 2022 the Year of the Sparrow!! I am over the moon that my collaborative project with The Lost Clog is a finalist for both the Traditional Folk Music Album of the Year AND Community/Cultural Project of the Year!!!! Award winners will be announced at the Brunswick Ballroom on Wednesday 26 October. Full details of the awards available at the Folk Alliance Australia website, or click here.
Full documentation of The Sparrow Made Some Beer project available here.
Lupine Lagerphone Let Loose in the Museum!
I am delighted and honoured to announce that my grey wolf lagerphone has taken up permanent residence in the Museums Victoria collection! A huge thank you to curator Moya McFadzean for coming along to The Sparrow Made Some Beer and setting the wheels in motion to preserve this jingling canine for posterity. Long live the lupine Lithuanian-Australian lagerphone!
Photo by Andrius Lipšys
Click here to view Museum Victoria's Instagram post featuring Moya McFadzean talk about the acquisition of the wolf lagerphone to the collection
or here for the extended YouTube version featuring behind-the-scenes interview with Jazmina Cininas and cameo appearances by The Lost Clog.
The Sparrow Made Some Beer, CD and online album
It's been a monumental undertaking, but the final stage of The Sparrow Made Some Beer is now complete with the release of the CD and online album. Featuring the songs from the live performance, recorded by the magician of the mixing desk, Mischa Herman, with Ben Smart guest starring on percussion. The artwork is a celebration of the lagerphones, with English translations of the songs in accompanying booklets.
CDs are available from Lost Clog gigs and Ragainė in Vilnius, Lithuania, or stream online via Spotify, Apple music, YouTube, Amazon music and Pakartot.lt.
Many thanks to the City of Melbourne Arts Grants for their support for the recording and the launch event at the Melbourne Lithuanian Club on 29 May.