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One of the most important themes that emerges in many community-based art projects is the history or memory of communities. The importance of such a theme is undoubtedly contributed by the fact that the end of the 20th century, as well as the end of the 19th century, was marked by a crisis of memory: […]

Aleksandra Fomina is the Lithuanian fiction and essay writer and translator from the 1980s generation. Her novel “Mes Vakar Buvome Saloje” (2011) discusses the life of the post-soviet youth in Kaunas and suggests a unique picture of the city of that time.  We speak with A. Fomina about real and imaginary worlds, relationship with the […]

Justina Petrulionytė is a doctoral candidate at Vytautas Magnus University, researching representations of Kaunas city in Lithuanian literature and contributing to various projects that preserve the memory of Kaunas city. “Now both for writers and characters, the urban environment has become very usual and that expanded the amplitude of city’s depiction and possibly increased its […]

What places, symbols, streets, houses or monuments of Kaunas are the most important personally for you? Why? To me the most important [place] is Kęstučio Street, because this is where I lived for the first nine years of my life and my mother lived there since she was two; another important place is the Garden […]

Aleksandra Fomina is a Lithuanian fiction and essay writer and translator from the 1980s generation. She published her first book, a collection of short stories Nepaprastoji padėtis (2004) after winning the First Book competition, announced by the Lithuanian Writers’ Union. Numerous reviews, short stories and essays by Fomina were published in the Lithuanian press. Her […]

In your opinion, what is bohemian lifestyle? Does it still exist? I have never been one of the bohemians. But as a director, I was observant: I’ve seen a lot of such life in my childhood and read a lot about the pre-war bohemians. I was raised among medics. They were not artists, but they […]

In 1984, Audrys Karalius graduated from Vilnius Engineering and Construction Institute, Faculty of Architecture. In 1984–1989, he worked as an architect at Kaunas City Construction and Design Institute; in 1989–1990, as a responsible secretary of the Lithuanian Architects’ Union, Kaunas Branch; in 1990-1991, as the chief architect of Kaunas City. In 1992, he started private […]

Robertas Antinis Jr. is a painter, sculptor. In 1970, he completed design studies in the Latvian Academy of Art. Since 1990, he is a member of Postars group. The painter creates decorative sculptures, small-scale plastics, monuments and installations. He has been participating in exhibitions since 1969. He lives in Kaunas. In your opinion, what is […]

Valdas Kilpys studied philosophy and theology in Vytautas Magnus University. The texts of the author are published in the press (Aš ir Psichologija journal) and online (www.bernardinai.lt). According to the philosopher, bohemianism is a dead phenomenon and there is no need to raise a corpse from the dead. On the other hand, V. Kilpys admits […]