{"id":24386,"date":"2025-10-20T09:26:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T06:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/prano-domsaicio-galerija\/renginiai\/even-if-its-the-end-of-the-world-at-the-pranas-domsaitis-gallery\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T09:26:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T06:26:35","slug":"even-if-its-the-end-of-the-world-at-the-pranas-domsaitis-gallery","status":"publish","type":"renginys","link":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/en\/pranas-domsaitis-gallery\/events\/even-if-its-the-end-of-the-world-at-the-pranas-domsaitis-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Even if it\u2019s the End of the World at the Pranas Dom\u0161aitis Gallery\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>October 24, at 6 pm, the Pranas Dom\u0161aitis Gallery of the LNMA (Liep\u0173 St 33, Klaip\u0117da) opens Even if it\u2019s the End of the World: The Landscape in Lithuanian Photography,<\/i> the first exhibition of the scale in the country featuring landscape photography from the 2nd <\/strong>half of the 20th century through the 21st century.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Through the lens of 33 photographers, the exhibition evokes the landscape of the country perceived not only as recognizable locations of our life evolving in the flux of geological, mythological, historical and physical time, but also as a space of an unfolding multifaceted world outlook.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Landscape in photography as a reflection of world outlooks\u00a0\u00a0<\/h6>\n

\u201cEach generation creates its own landscape as the values from the previous political, economic, social, cultural, ecological development become overshadowed or even erased, and are replaced by new ones of relevance to present-day society. This exhibition introduces the viewer into the phenomenon of landscape by presenting a rich diversity of artistic imagery and the shifting nature of symbolical values attached to it,\u201d Skaist\u0117 Mar\u010dien\u0117, director of the <\/span>Pranas Dom\u0161aitis Gallery of the LNMA, shares her thoughts of the exhibition.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Curator of the exhibition, Dr Margarita Matulyt\u0117 proposes to observe the human-landscape relationship emerging in the Lithuanian photography and encourages to contemplate its character as it may help to overcome the anxiety caused by the divergence of the rapidly changing world and the largely unpredictable future: \u201cEven if it\u2019s the end of the world, to the very last moment, the man will refuse to believe in the imminent apocalypse and will attempt to calm the fear of critical destruction by directing his glance to the distant expanses where the tangible reality encounters and gives in to the world imaginary, there the existential anxiety is overcome by the magic of eternal nature.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the photographic landscape images, this relationship manifests itself as an opening, an aperture between the real and imaginary worlds through which the man attempts to establish his place in the stream of nature. These images are proposed for contemplation as multilayered spaces of imagination, beyond the reality of places shaping the terrain and the skyline.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The programme of the opening of the exhibition and the accompanying events\u00a0\u00a0<\/h6>\n

On the opening night, at 6.30 pm, the gallery hosts a musical performance by <\/span>Donatas Bielkauskas <\/span>The Dying One. The Town. For Life <\/span><\/i>\u2013 a soundscape of Klaip\u0117da composed of the seaport\u2019s vigorous rhythms, the inspiring flux of its waters with ships moving on the Curonian Lagoon and the sea, winds and the hum of the multitude of logistic operations connecting Klaip\u0117da to other seaports of the world.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The exhibition will be accompanied by tours, educational and other events, such as the discussions on nature and the changes of climate with Marius \u010cepulis and the representatives of the Ancient Woods Foundation, the screenings of the <\/span>Acid Forest<\/span><\/i> by Rugil\u0117 <\/span>Barzd\u017eiukait\u0117 and of Darius \u017di\u016bra\u2019s film, a photography workshop led by <\/span>Remigijus Treigys. All of these evolutions will invite to take a closer look at the landscape around us and our footprint on it.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The display will be accompanied by an academic conference <\/span>At the Crossroads of Nature and the World Outlook<\/span><\/i>, organized, on November 19-20, held jointly by the LNMA, Klaip\u0117da University, and the Lithuanian Culture Research Institute. It will offer an opportunity of a deeper reflection on the nature-man relationship in the contemporary world. The depth of the concept of the exhibition will fully emerge in a scientific study <\/span>Kra\u0161tovaizd\u017eio semioz\u0117 Lietuvos fotografijoje<\/span><\/i> (<\/span>The Semiosis of Landscape in Lithuanian Photography)<\/span><\/i> to be published early next year by the exhibition curator <\/span>Margarita Matulyt\u0117.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The exhibition will be on through 1 March, 2026. For information on events and education activities please follow the LNMA website and social media.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Exhibition authors:\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Vytautas Bal\u010dytis (b. 1955)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Marijonas Baranauskas (1931\u20131995)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Algimantas Barzd\u017eius (b. 1960)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Juozas Budraitis (b. 1940)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Alfonsas Budvytis (1949\u20132003)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Zenonas Bulgakovas (1939\u20132023)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Vitalijus Butyrinas (1947\u20132020)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dovil\u0117 Dagien\u0117 (b. 1981)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Pijus Ganusauskas (b. 1989)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Savelijus Golubevas (1935\u20132007)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Elena Grudzinskait\u0117 (b. 1987)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jonas Kalvelis (1925\u20131987)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Kotryna \u016ala Kiliulyt\u0117 (b. 1986)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Geist\u0117 Marija Kin\u010dinaityt\u0117 (b. 1991)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Marius Krivi\u010dius (b. 1994)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Algimantas Kun\u010dius (b. 1939)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Stanislovas Luko\u0161ius (1906\u20131997)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Paulius Makauskas (b. 1986)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lina Margaityt\u0117 (b. 1996)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Julija Matulyt\u0117 (b. 1988)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Remigijus Pa\u010d\u0117sa (1955\u20132015)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Andrej Polukord (b. 1990)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Romualdas Rakauskas (1941\u20132021)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Liudvikas Ruikas (1938\u20132004)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Vaclovas Straukas (1923\u20132017)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Kristina Sereikait\u0117 (b. 1980)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Virgilijus \u0160onta (1952\u20131992)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Remigijus Treigys (b. 1961)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Raimundas Urbonas (1963\u20131999)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Audra Vau (b. 1970)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Julijus Vaicekauskas (b. 1939)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Darius Vai\u010dekauskas (b. 1978)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

George Vaitkunas (b. 1956)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Curator Dr Margarita Matulyt\u0117<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Coordinators Skaist\u0117 Mar\u010dien\u0117 and Aurelija Malinauskait\u0117<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Exhibition architect Ieva Glumac<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Designer Marius \u017dalneravi\u010dius<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Organizer Pranas Dom\u0161aitis Gallery of the LNMA\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Project financed by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Information partners LRT, JCDecaux, Cgates<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Exhibition supporter Grigeo Group<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Partners: Kaunas City Museum, Lithuanian Central State Archives, Lithuanian Photographers Association, \u0160iauliai Au\u0161ros Museum\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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