A Perfect Instrument (Kristina) follows the well-known Lithuanian actress Kristina Savickytė over a day of teaching and learning in performance-led workshops and rehearsals. Filmed in various locations in Vilnius, the historic city sandwiched between East and West, the video explores the extent to which both an individual and a place must bend and perform for shifting contexts. This work is the fourth of a series of ongoing video portraits, in which individuals are selected for their proximity to global dilemmas, and for their capacity to articulate human anxieties.
A Perfect Instrument (Kristina) was made with support from Arts Council England whilst on residency at RUPERT Centre for Art and Education.
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So Mayer: Towards You, Like Always: JJ Johnson A Perfect Instrument (Kristina)
This screening coincides with JJ Johnson’s Project Space commission, Upright,which runs until 10 December 2016.
UK premiere screening of A Perfect Instrument (Kristina), Genesis Cinema, Whitechapel, 2016
European premiere: JJ Johnson and Emanuel Almborg film screening and artists’ talk CAC Cinema, Vilnuis, 2018