Thursday, November 28, at 2.00 pm in Room V16 of the Faculty of Architecture, in via Gramsci 53, architects and diplomats, with the director of the Central Library of Architecture and the president of the Bachelor’s Degree Management of the building process - P. M., They will celebrate the end of the year dedicated to the Lozoraitis family, a family of the Lithuanian cultural diplomacy in Rome.
Villa Lituania is an installation by the artists Nomeda and Gediminas Urbonas, which revolves around the history of the building of the same name, built in 1912 by architects Pio and Marcello Piacentini and still exists at Via Nomentana 116, Rome. This building housed the Lithuanian Embassy for a few years, from 1937 to 1940, and was then confiscated by the Soviet Union.
The villa remained "a container of collective and personal stories and a starting point to analyze, from the perspective of art, a story of liberation from occupation" (Matteo Lucchetti).
Starting from the installation that won the Honorable Mention at the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007 and that was rearranged at the EUR in 2023, the Building Design Laboratory organized a study seminar lasting two days.
The day of 28 November will see the speeches of Ambassador H.E. Dr. Dalia Kreivienė and the Lithuanian scholar Raimonda Norkutė: Introduction about the project and The diplomats Lozoraitis. The value of a personal contribution for the sake of the State; Kristina Stankaitė, Lithuanian diplomats in Italy: Stasys Lozoraitis, Jr. on the path of optimism; Kristina Liepinaitė, The Lozoratis' way of life: to represent the country; Iveta Dabašinskienė, The diplomats Lozoraitis' art collection which they did not accumulate. In addition, there will be greetings from Laura Gabrielaitytė - Kazulėnienė, cultural attaché at the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Italy, Laura Armiero, director of the Central Library of Architecture, and Federico Cinquepalmi, president of the Gpe Course of Study. The conclusion is edited by Donatella Scatena.