Image: Triennale di Milano
FOG Performing Arts 2026 will open on September 19 with 'Mud Works', a long-duration performance by Lithuanian artist and composer Lina Lapelytė. Triennale di Milano announced the event as part of the festival’s 2026 edition, with the performance scheduled for 3 pm in the Triennale garden in Milan. Registration is open and the event is free and open to all.
According to the announcement, the performance centers on performers shaping clay into cubic forms while carrying out a continuous vocal score. Visitors are invited to take part in the manual handling of the raw material, turning the work into a shared process that combines singing and sculptural action. The description presents the piece as a collective performance rather than a fixed-format stage event.
Lapelytė has built an international profile across music and performance, and 'Mud Works' continues that practice by bringing voice, material and audience participation into the same space. The project is being realized in collaboration with Fondazione Officine Saffi, a Milan-based institution focused on ceramics, underscoring the material emphasis at the heart of the work.
The project is commissioned by Triennale Milano and the Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) in Vilnius. It is presented within 'PIT Perform Transform Inform: Participatory Performance in Art Museums', a project co-financed by the European Union. The collaboration links the Milan venue with a parallel institutional context in Vilnius, framing the performance within a broader European network of participatory art research and presentation.
Triennale’s announcement positions 'Mud Works' as the opening event for FOG Performing Arts 2026, making it a seasonal launch point for the festival rather than a stand-alone presentation. The choice of a durational, participatory piece suggests an opening that emphasizes process, material exchange and audience involvement from the outset.
The registration notice says the event is free and open to all, with attendees welcomed in the Triennale garden from 3 pm on September 19, 2026. The announcement also identifies the work’s partners and institutional framework, including Fondazione Officine Saffi, CAC Vilnius and the European Union-funded PIT project.
