Gediminas Kuncaitis
Generalized Gaze

On Thursday, July 3 at 5:30 PM, the solo analog photography exhibition “Generalized Gaze” by Gediminas Kuncaitis will open at the Vilnius Photography Gallery (Stiklių St. 4, entrance from Didžioji St.). The exhibition is organized as a presentation of the personal work by the laureate of the “Restart” (2024) competition.

The exhibition “Generalized Gaze” invites viewers to stand alongside the photographer behind the camera and look at the image through the concept of spacetime.

This cycle of works is the result of photographic performativity. Moving parallel to the horizon, the author records the duration of space, emphasizing the process and the intention of his compositional search. Observing his extended framings and the absence of gaps between frames on the film strip, viewers can find an answer to the questions “what lies outside the frame?” and “what is happening there?”

For his compositions, Kuncaitis chooses courtyards, streets, and stairwells of Vilnius — visiting these places with both his gaze and his steps, he intimately reveals the key elements of their compositional arrangement. Almost every work contains a sense of movement and rhythm unfolding around — these are passersby who suddenly enter the frame, the ghostly silhouette of a running child, the leftover light trails of a passing car, or gradually darkening clouds. These elements provoke the feeling that one can look straight ahead while also perceiving what happens to the left, right, and behind.

By removing the pause between frames — as if compressing space on the film — Gediminas focuses on the bodily movement of the gaze across time, presenting it as continuously changing information on the retina.
The works in this exhibition invite viewers to become walkers moving alongside the photographer, observing the lives of objects operating at different speeds.

Arnas Špaka

The exhibition will run until August 2.