Andrej Vasilenko's project "This is Vilnius" promotes the continuity, development and diversity of culture due to the author's artistic/documentary/research photography: it responds to current trends in contemporary photography, but also raises relevant issues on urban development, gentrification, architectural heritage and its preservation.
The artist will talk about his projects, the reasons for their coming into being, the importance of documentary/exploratory photography, and the ways in which photography influences and changes the experience of the city.
Andrej Vasilenko (b. 1985) is a Lithuanian photographer currently living and working in Vilnius. Among the institutions where the artist's work has been presented are the Whitechapel Gallery in London and the Center for Contemporary Art (CAC) in Vilnius. In the portfolio reviews of the Kaunas Photo festival in 2017, Vasilenko's project "This is Vilnius" won him a creative residency at the Diaphane Photography Center in Beauvais, France. In 2018, the artist's works were exhibited at the Photaumnales exhibition in Beauvais, at the Photolux festival in Luca, as well as at solo exhibitions at the Kaunas Old Town Library (during the Kaunas Photo Festival) and the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania. In 2019, Vasilenko published his first photography book, "This is Vilnius".
