The North has long been imagined as both a geographical and symbolic frontier. Behind this illusion lie colonial ambitions \u2013 often invisible, yet persistently present. Today, the North is increasingly linked to planetary decline and geopolitical tension: the destruction of local cultures, the intensification of resource extraction, and the looming ecological and military threats.<\/p>\n
The culture of Lithuania and the wider Baltic region bears a distinct imprint of the North. Artists, travellers, naturalists, and thinkers have journeyed to the Arctic, driven by curiosity and a search for identity. At the same time, centuries of Russian imperialist policy involved the inhabitants of our region into the colonization of the North. Particularly painful are the testimonies of Soviet repression \u2013 deportations, imprisonments, forced labour, and military service in the Far North.<\/p>\n
The exhibition brings together these experiences and stories from the early twentieth century to the present day. Through artworks, archival and documentary materials from Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, it reflects not only the history of our region but also that of the North itself. For the first time, this material is presented alongside works by Finnish and Norwegian artists, in which the North emerges not as a symbolic or abstract space, but as a site of belonging, cultural tension, and the preservation of identity.<\/p>\n
The connections between the Baltic and Northern regions explored in the exhibition invite reflection on embodied environmental experience, imagination, trauma, and (post)memory, viewed through the lens of the Northern \u2013 primarily Arctic \u2013 landscape. Drawing on the idea of anthropologist Tim Ingold, we propose to see the landscape not as something in front of us or opposed to us, but as something with us. The landscape is not a static image or passive backdrop, but an accumulation of past and present processes \u2013 traces of both presence and absence. At the same time, it reminds us that humans are part of a broader biological and cultural fabric.<\/p>\n
Curators: Kotryna Markevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117, Gabriel\u0117 Radzevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117<\/p>\n
Architect Povilas Marozas<\/p>\n
Graphic designer Ugn\u0117 Bal\u010di\u016bnait\u0117<\/p>\n
Coordinator Giedrius Gulbinas<\/p>\n
Producing architect Mindaugas Reklaitis<\/p>\n
Audiovisual technician Vytas Narbutas<\/p>\n
Copyeditor Audra Kairien\u0117<\/p>\n
Translators: Au\u0161ra Simanavi\u010di\u016bt\u0117, Emilija Ferdmanait\u0117<\/p>\n
Authors and expedition participants presented in the exhibition: Vello Agori (Gori), Jurijus Baltr\u016bnas, Juozapas Berkmanas, Daumants Birznieks, J\u016brat\u0117 Bi\u010di\u016bnait\u0117-Masiulien\u0117, Izabel\u0117 Bindler-Danilova, Gra\u017eina \u010ci\u017eauskait\u0117-Jucien\u0117, Viktorija Daniliauskait\u0117, A K Dolven, Adomas Galdikas, Elena Gaputyt\u0117, Marja Halonen, Marja Helander, Tadas Ivanauskas, Einari Junttila, Stasys Jusionis, Valentina Karataj\u016bt\u0117-Talimaa, Juozas Kazlauskas, Leonardas Kazokas, Maija Kellokumpu, Aleksandras Kostkus-Kostkevi\u010dius, Ignas Krunglevi\u010dius, Silvi Liiva, Johan L\u00f6vholt, Nota Liubo\u0161icas, Ruth Maclennan, Gintautas Martynaitis, Edmundas Mulokas, Kazys Pak\u0161tas, Kalervo Palsa, Outi Pieski, Pranci\u0161kus Porutis, Kaljo P\u00f5llu, Vilhelms Purv\u012btis, Jorma Puranen, Kristjan Raud, Petras Rep\u0161ys, Kaj\u0117tonas Skl\u0117rius, Alexander Ivanovich Snegirev, Julijonas Algimantas Stankevi\u010dius-Stankus, Vitalis Staugaitis, Lina Straigyt\u0117, Vladimir Fedorovich Stranich, R\u016bta Spelskyt\u0117, Suohpanterror, Romualdas Svidinskas, Juozas \u017dagelis, Edvardas \u017di\u017eys, Antanas \u017dmuidzinavi\u010dius.<\/p>\n
Exhibits were loaned by: Vilnius University Geology Museum, National Museum of Lithuania, M. K. \u010ciurlionis National Museum of Art, Lithuanian Photographers Association, Lithuanian Central State Archives, Art Museum of Estonia, The Estonian Academy of Arts Museum, Finnish National Gallery Collection \/ Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Tukums Museum, Rovaniemi Art Museum, Latvian National Museum of Art, Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights, Lithuanian National Museum of Art, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Gra\u017eina \u010ci\u017eauskait\u0117-Jucien\u0117, Viktorija Daniliauskait\u0117, Dalia Kazlauskien\u0117, Ignas Krunglevi\u010dius, Ruth Maclennan, Edmundas Mulokas, Laimut\u0117 Nagelien\u0117, Edmundas Salad\u017eius, R\u016bta Spelskyt\u0117, Vitalis Staugaitis, Romualdas Svidinskas, Algirdas \u0160imulynas, Edvardas \u017di\u017eys.<\/p>\n
Acknowledgements: Laptev\u0173 j\u016bros tremtini\u0173 brolija (The Brotherhood of deportees from the Laptev Sea), communities of polar expedition travellers and naturalists, Kazys ir Saulius Damulevi\u010diai, Aira Huovinen, Eglei Ivanauskait\u0117-Puod\u017ei\u016bn\u0117, Aivaras Jefanovas, Dalia Kazlauskien\u0117, K\u0119stutis Kilinskas, Virginija Li\u016bgien\u0117, Gintar\u0117 Luko\u0161evi\u010di\u016bt\u0117, Jonas Markauskas, Aldona Markevi\u010dien\u0117, Laimut\u0117 Nagelien\u0117, Satu Oksanen, Agrita Ozola, Cecilie Vindal \u00d8degaard, Laurynas Peluritis, Alfredas Radzevi\u010dius, Eugenija Rudnickait\u0117, Irmant\u0117 \u0160arakauskien\u0117, Elnara Taidre, Vilja Talimaa, Antanas Terleckas, Rita Vipartien\u0117.<\/p>\n
Organiser: National Gallery of Art \/ Lithuanian National Museum of Art<\/p>\n
Project funded by: Culture Ministry of the Republic of Lithuania<\/p>\n
Sponsors: UAB Propeller, Exterus.Fundermax, OCA, Embassy of Finland in Lithuania, Royal Norwegian Embassy<\/p>\n
Media partners: LRT, JCDecaux Lietuva<\/p>\n
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