Gintas K’s best of 2008

Wrapping up 2008 and opening 2009, we compiled the year’s highlights from Crónica’s artists and friends. First of the lot, Gintas Kraptavičius!

Releases: @c & Vitor Joaquim “De-tour” (Feld); @c “Study” (Grain of Sound); Ben Frost “Theory of Machines” (Bedroom Community); Anthony Pateras “Chasms” (Sirr); Snd “4_5_6” (Snd); Haswell & Hecker “Blackest ever black” [electroacoustic UPIC recordings]; Robbie Avenaim “Rhythmic Movement Disorder” (ROOM40); Pedro Tudela & Pedro Almeida “Cronicaster 028”. Performances: Frank Bretschneider at festival Jauna Muzika (Vilnius, CAC), Ambar (Paulo Raposo, John Grzinich, Maksim Shenteliev) at event VYgyvai7 (Vilnius, CAC). Exhibitions: “The Owl Project” at Lydgalleriet (Bergen). Festivals: “THE WHITE NIGHT” Contemporary Art Forum 2008 Riga, Garso Zona 2008 festival Vilnius. Movies: “My Blueberry Nights” directed by Kar Wai Wong; “Opium: Diary of a Madwoman”, directed by Janos Szasz; “4”, directed by Ilya Khrzhanovsky; “Dust”, directed by Sergej Loban. Book: “The Witch of Portobello” by Paulo Coelho.