Photo exhibition “Geography of Permanence” at the Faculty of Social Sciences
The main subject of this photography series is the community of the Benedictine Sisters of Kaunas, and even though the photographs depict only a small portion of the community, the latter can’t only be defined by its current members. It also includes former members and an imagined future generation. Therefore, the perception of time within a community is not entirely linear; it’s more dynamic, based on and informed by the spaces and objects that surround people. This close relationship between time and materiality creates a new geography of permanence in which past, present, and future members of the community exist in dialogue.
The photographs in this exhibition portray a new communal concept of time and space: a radically resistant chrono-geography that remembers everyone, speaks with everyone, and connects everyone (whether they are past, present, or future members of the community).
The exhibition will take place in the VMU Faculty of Social Sciences (Jonavos g. 66, Kaunas) from May 10th until June 30th.
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Curator and artist: Jūra Lazauskaitė
Graphic design: Agnė Ašmontaitė
The photographs depict the Church of Saint Nicholas (of Benedictine Sisters) and Sisters Paulina Aleksandra Vanagaite and Kotryna Indre Surkute.
The exhibition curator expresses her gratitude for Benedictine Sisters for their trust and time, as well as the VMU Art Gallery “101” for helping to prepare the exhibition.
