The Sparrow Made Some Beer
A multi-media project conceived by Jazmina Cininas that offers an autoethnographic exploration of hybrid Australian-Lithuanian cultural identity. The project consists of a solo exhibition of Jazmina's unique lagerphones from used bottle caps and recycled timber that reimagine the quintessential Australian bush-band instruments as Baltic nature motifs. Melbourne-Lithuanian folk ensemble,
The Lost Clog (of which Jazmina is also a member), bring the lagerphones to life through a live performance of archaic
Lithuanian folk songs that form a narrative song cycle. Percussion expert Ben Smart worked with The Lost Clog to
uncover novel possibilities for lagerphonic orchestration. Commissioned video works by filmmaker Mark Bakaitis
augment the exhibition and project, and feature the lagerphones being activated by The Lost Clog in
Australian bushland settings.Filmmaker Oliver Clifton's documentation of The Lost Clog
performing in the gallery also forms part of the project.
Supported by the Australian Lithuanian Foundation and the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
Shortlisted for the 2022 Australian Folk Music Awards
Traditional Folk Music Album of the Year AND Community/Cultural Project of the Year
The Sparrow Made Some Beer culminates in an audio recording and CD launch event of the same name.
Supported by the City of Melbourne Arts Grant
Click here and tune in to the 36:09 mark to listen to an interview about The Sparrow Made Some Beer between Jazmina Cininas and Rosa Ellen for The Art Show, ABC Radio National
Click here to view Jazmina Cininas' floor talk at Counihan Gallery
Click here to view Museums Victoria curator Moya McFadzean talk about the acquisition of the wolf lagerphone to the collection
Click here to view individual lagerphones and studio views of works in progress
Click here to view Jazmina Cininas' floor talk at Counihan Gallery
Click here to view Museums Victoria curator Moya McFadzean talk about the acquisition of the wolf lagerphone to the collection
Click here to view individual lagerphones and studio views of works in progress
The Sparrow Made Some Beer: Jazmina Cininas & The Lost Clog
Counihan Gallery in association with the 2022 Brunswick Music Festival
Live performance: 6 March 2022
A narrative song cycle conceived by visual artist Jazmina Cininas and developed in collaboration with Melbourne-Lithuanian folk ensemble The Lost Clog and percussion expert Ben Smart. Lagerphones by Jazmina Cininas. Performed by The Lost Clog. Wardrobe by Jazmina Cininas & The Lost Clog. Hair and wreathes by Audra Šimkus.
Supported by the Australian Lithuanian Foundation and the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
Click here for The Lost Clog's facebook page
Counihan Gallery in association with the 2022 Brunswick Music Festival
Live performance: 6 March 2022
A narrative song cycle conceived by visual artist Jazmina Cininas and developed in collaboration with Melbourne-Lithuanian folk ensemble The Lost Clog and percussion expert Ben Smart. Lagerphones by Jazmina Cininas. Performed by The Lost Clog. Wardrobe by Jazmina Cininas & The Lost Clog. Hair and wreathes by Audra Šimkus.
Supported by the Australian Lithuanian Foundation and the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
Click here for The Lost Clog's facebook page
As captured on audience smart phone cameras.
Video works commissioned as part of The Sparrow Made Some Beer
Supported by the Australian Lithuanian Foundation and the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria
The Sparrow Made Some Beer CD & translated songbook.
Audio recording of The Sparrow Made Some Beer lagerphonic song cycle by The Lost Clog with Ben Smart on percussion.
Launched at Melbourne Lithuanian Club 29 May 2022. Supported by City of Melbourne Arts Grant.
Artwork and concept by Jazmina Cininas.
Recorded and mixed by Mischa Herman at Rolling Stock Recording Rooms, Collingwood. Mastered by Adam Dempsey.
Pressed by Replicat.
Click here to listen to the album.
Click here to hear a post-CD launch interview between Jazmina Cininas and Terese Virtue for 3CR Music Sans Frontiers.
Audio recording of The Sparrow Made Some Beer lagerphonic song cycle by The Lost Clog with Ben Smart on percussion.
Launched at Melbourne Lithuanian Club 29 May 2022. Supported by City of Melbourne Arts Grant.
Artwork and concept by Jazmina Cininas.
Recorded and mixed by Mischa Herman at Rolling Stock Recording Rooms, Collingwood. Mastered by Adam Dempsey.
Pressed by Replicat.
Click here to listen to the album.
Click here to hear a post-CD launch interview between Jazmina Cininas and Terese Virtue for 3CR Music Sans Frontiers.