Moments from the exhibitions and opening events of the 18th international photo art festival KAUNAS PHOTO. To see the Part I of the photo album — click here.
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KAUNAS PHOTO is the longest running annual international photo art festival in Lithuania and the Baltic States. The festival founded by Mindaugas Kavaliauskas in 2004 is organized by the public institution “Šviesos raštas”. KAUNAS PHOTO is funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture as one of the strategic international art events in Lithuania.
On 2 and 3 September 2021, the 18th international photo art festival KAUNAS PHOTO opened exhibitions in nine indoor venues and five open-air public spaces in Kaunas featuring fourteen authors from all over the world: “Do Not Forget, You Are Not In Lithuania” by Martha Thomas (USA) and “Open Wounds” by Younes Mohammad (Iraq) at the Kaunas City Museum Folk Music Branch, in presence of the author Martha Thomas (USA), “Belles Mômes” by Clelia Rochat (Belgium) at the Maironis Lithuanian Literature Museum, “Memories of a man once there…” by Cristian Geelen (The Netherlands) at the Kaunas City Museum Kaunas Castle, “Grandma Divers” by Alain Schroeder (Belgium) at an open-air space near the Kaunas Castle, “On both sides of the border. Why do I fall in love with Lithuania?” by Grzegorz Jarmocewicz (Poland) at the Kaunas Cultural Centre of Various Nations, “±100” by Magdalena Stengel (Germany) at the Kaunas Municipal Vincas Kudirka Public Library – Department of Youth, Art and Music, “RENDEZ-VOUS” by Caroline Minjolle (Switzerland) at the Chechnya Square, “Cut It Short” by Michal Solarski & Tomasz Liboska (United Kingdom / Poland) at the Kaunas Municipal Vincas Kudirka Public Library – Park Branch, “2031” by Uta Genilke (Germany) at the Kalniečiai park, “The Suspended Youth” by Rosa Mariniello (Italy) at the KTU III Chamber, “The third phase (Paola)” by Francesco Amorosino (Italy) at the foot of Žaliakalnis Funicular (this exhibition has been relocated to the Square near A. Juozapavičiaus Ave. 57 due to city’s works), “The Animal Within” by Fábio Cunha (Portugal) at VMU Multifunctional Center for Studies and Research and “Growing Old” by Marna Clarke (USA) at the Vienybės Square.
The evening programme at BLC “Otto” hall on September 2nd featured projections of the series submitted to the festival’s open call on the theme “Age” and a presentation by Chirag Jindal (New Zealand), an artist and topographer working at the intersection of documentary journalism and contemporary cartography. On September 3rd—a screening of the photographs from the series “Do Not Forget, You Are Not In Lithuania” by Martha Thomas (USA), accompanied by the readings of her aunt’s Daina Klimauskaitė’s memoirs of the youth spent in deportation in Siberia. The memoirs were interpreted by the Lithuanian theatre and cinema actress Olita Dautartaitė, in presence of Daina Klimauskaitė herself and the author Martha Thomas, who was currently visiting Lithuania. The evening continued with the screening of the festival’s competition KAUNAS PHOTO STAR Finalists’ series, many of the finalists greeted the audience via video conference call, and the evening culminated with the announcement of the Winner of the KAUNAS PHOTO STAR 2021 Award—Marna Clarke (USA) with her series “Growing Old”.
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KAUNAS PHOTO is the longest running annual international photo art festival in Lithuania and the Baltic States. The festival founded by Mindaugas Kavaliauskas in 2004 is organized by the public institution “Šviesos raštas”. KAUNAS PHOTO is funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture as one of the strategic international art events in Lithuania.
On 1st of September, at 7 pm., at square next to Kaunas castle (Pilies str.), will be the opening of the outdoor exhibition “Mapping Europe” by Katerina Mistal (Sweden). Exhibition on display till 31 of October.
Romualdas Požerskis (Lithuania) “Hot Summer” exhibition opening
On 1st of September, at 4.30 pm., at Kaunas city council Vincas Kudirka public library, department of youth music and art (A. Mapų st. 18), will be the opening of the exhibition “Hot Summer” by Romualdas Požerskis (Lithuania). Exhibition on display till 30 of September.
The opening weekend of KAUNAS PHOTO festival (1-3 September)
The 14th edition of KAUNAS PHOTO festival starts it’s main programme exploring the theme of water and invites to take a walk through exhibition openings and other events during it’s opening weekend 1-3 of September. All events are free of charge!
4pm Exhibition opening. Gallery “Ars et mundus“ (A. Mapų st. 20). Mikolaj Nowacki (Poland) “Odra”. Première. Marcin Lapczynski head of Polish institute in Vilnius present.
4.30pm Exhibition opening. Kaunas city council Vincas Kudirka public library, department of youth music and art (A. Mapų st. 18). Romualdas Požerskis (Lithuania) “Hot Summer”. Première.
5pm “Rivers” exhibition opening. Kaunas city museum, Lithuanian folk music history department (L. Zamenhofo str. 12). Federico Rios Escobar (Columbia) “FARC”, Jan Caga (Czech republic) “Danube- the Blue River”, John Trotter (USA) “No agua, No vida”, Mathieu Nonnenmacher (France) “Light the river”, Yan Wang Preston (UK) “Mother River”. Gabrielius Sužiedėlis head of Kaunas city museum present.
6pm Exhibition opening. Kaunas Photography Gallery (Vilniaus st. 2). Mayumi Suzuki (Japan) “The Restoration Will”. Gintaras Česonis head of Kaunas Photography Gallery present.
6.30pm “(Im)Personal Waters” exhibition opening. “Meno Parkas” gallery (Rotušės square 27). Matthew Moore (USA) “Seascapes”, Päivi Koskinen (Finland) “Monday”, Russ Flatt (New Zealand) “Take me to the river”, Jari Silomäki (Finland) “My weather diary”, Pierfrancesco Celada (Italy) “#Instagrampier, Hong Kong”.
7pm Outdoor exhibition opening. Katerina Mistal (Sweden) “Mapping Europe”. Square next to the Kaunas Castle (Pilies st.).
9pm KAUNAS PHOTO NIGHT – photography projection under the open sky. Amphitheatre of Kaunas Castle (Papilio str.). KAUNAS PHOTO TOP 16, Poland Photography, Gideon Mendel(UK) “Drowning World”, Matjaž Krivic (Slovenia) “Lithium, the driving force of 21st Century”, Christian Åslund (Sweden) “Glacier comparison – Svalbard”, Paolo Woods (Haiti) & Gabriele Galimberti (Italy) “The Heavens”.
September 2, Saturday
Opening events in New Town and KAUNAS PHOTO STAR 2017 winner talk on her family tragedy caused by tsunami.
1pm Exhibition opening. Lithuanian educational museum (Vytauto av. 52). Matjaz Krivic (Slovenia) “Lithium, the driving force of 21st Century”, Christian Åslund (Sweden) “Glacier comparison – Svalbard” , Gideon Mendel (UK) „Drowning World“. Vladas Lašas businessman, public figure present. Partners of the exhibition “EMP Recycling“.
2.30pm Exhibition opening. Vytautas Magnus university Faculty of Humanities (V. Putvinskio str. 23). Alex Boyd (UK) “The Land of Maybe”, Christine Osinski (USA) “New York City’s Archipelago”.
3.30 pm Artist talk. Gallery “Meno parkas” (Rotušės sq. 27). Päivi Koskinen (Finland), Jari Silomäki (Finland).
5pm Artist talk. Kaunas Photography Gallery (Vilniaus str. 2) Mayumi Suzuki (Japan).
3.30 pm Guided tour of the exhibition “Beach season”. M. Žilinskas Art Gallery, M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art (Nepriklausomybės sq. 12).
4pm Closing event of goup exhibition “Beach season” including performance of Aura Dance Theatre. M. Žilinskas Art Gallery, M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art (Nepriklausomybės sq. 12). Massimo Vitali (Italy) beach landscapes, Kirill Golovchenko (Ukraine/Germany) “Out of the Blue”, Tadas Černiauskas (Lithuania) “Comfort Zone”, Turi Calafato (Italy) “A Day at the Beach. Summer in Sicily”, Céline Diais (France) “See the Sea”, Marton Kallai (Hungary) “Solotvyno – A Dream about Salt”, Krzysztof Racoñ (Poland) “Zakrzowek”, Berta Tilmantaitė (Lithuania) “Surfing India”, Emily Wabitsch (Germany- Bangladesh) “From Cox’s with Love”, Jashim Salam (Bangladesh) “Life beyond the Ship Graveyard” and François Marmion (France- UK) “Bloody Holiday”.
