Art-o-thlon is the first International Championship of Arts, broadcasted on Lithuanian national TV.



Tadas was a participant of the Art-o-thlon, a reality TV show broadcast on Lithuanian national TV. The show had 22 participants from different countries, divided into seven teams. After eight weeks of non-stop live broadcast work, and seven weekly shows, Tadas’ team were crowned winners of the Art-o-thlon.


EPISODE 1. Introducing the Participants

Every participant is introduced to the audience. After dividing everyone into teams the first brief given is to decorate the TV studio.


EPISODE 2. Inspired by POP

To introduce the team, Die Kitsch'en tattoos the face of famous Lithuanian producer, Egmontas Bzeskas, onto a piece of meat, and then invites him to have a taste of himself. Die Kitsch'en then covers Embankment Arch (the most hated sculpture in Lithuania) with famous Lithuanian newspapers.


EPISODE 3. The History of Vilnius

Die Kitsch'en projects old propaganda movies from the Soviet era inside the rebuilt Palace of the Grand Dukes.


EPISODE 4. The Art of 100 Litas

Die Kitsch'en exchanges 100 Litas to Euro, then back to Litas, and then back to Euro. After 96 exchanges the team is left with a single Euro cent.


EPISODE 5. Untitled

All teams are allowed to create anything with no particular brief outlined. Die Kitsch'en recreates the statue of Lenin in Lukiskes Square but replaces Lenin with themselves. The performance lasts for 6 hours.


EPISODE 6. Food as Art



EPISODE 7. The Death of The Artist



The Award

The winning team is funded to build any sculpture at Park of Europe. Die Kitsch'en team proposes to build a proportional carcass of the demolished Twin Towers and cover it with the skin of an old soviet bus called Ikarus. The title of the finished sculpture is Drink Before & Smoke After.


Drink Before and Smoke After, Die Kitsch'en team.

Drink Before and Smoke After, Die Kitsch'en team.


Kind Words


