An indoor beach won Lithuania the top prize at the Venice Biennale. Continuing our tour of Europe, we visit the capital Vilnius to gauge the scene it sprang from • Poland’s world-beating new film-makers • How Greece’s theatre staged triumph from tragedy • Last dance for Berlin’s 56-hour party people? Holidaymakers lounge on an indoor beach, stretching out on towels and slathering one another in suncream. They play sudoku, fret and sing, while around them kids run among the supine pale bodies. There are ice creams, there is lassitude and threat. We catch the sunbathers’ thoughts and anxieties in song, as the imminence of ecological doom grows ever closer. This was Sun and Sea (Marina) at last year’s Venice Biennale, which won Lithuania the international art show’s prestigious Golden Lion. The audience looked down on the work from above and even more people queued outside, as word got round that this was the one thing in the biennale not to be missed. Continue reading...
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