September 16th, 6.00 p.m. Curonian Spit History Museum, Pamario St. 53, Nida
Exhibition opening:
Tadas Kazakevičius. Tarp dviejų krantų / Between two shores
Maybe it is not a coincidence that human always chooses to stay close to the water as the water always works as an energy source or even connects you to the other matter. But what if it is a space between two waters?
Curonian Spit is rich by two shores – the Baltic sea, which is washing its eastern border, and the Curonian lagoon, which separates this narrow strip of land from the mainlands. By being right in the middle of it person is never too far from one or another shore – one or another source of energy. Maybe it is not a coincidence that this land that sometimes resembles a whole different planet is divided by such an interesting ratio. If you share the land evenly among every person living there you would get a very close number of π (3,14159), which somehow supposes the golden ratio of human and his space.
Here space is supposed to be heard, smelled, absorbed, felt with all the possible senses – eyes do not show enough. Here you need to hear the whispering of the ancient forests, the wailing of the girls for the old Griekinė linden tree, or the waving of the amber bay, telling the great history of this sacred place. You need to feel anxiety created in the air by the alien birds and to find inner peace by meeting the sun on one shore and bid her farewell on the other.
Tadas Kazakevičius is a Lithuanian-based documentary photographer whose work often follows a humanistic direction, exploring personal life stories. He is currently working on themes including the memory of Siberian deportations, the disappearance of industrial workers, faith as a bond within communities, and the country of Georgia.
