Tadas Kazakevičius. Between Two Shores

Curonian Spit History Museum

Pamario St. 53

Opening: Tuesday, September 16, 18:00

Maybe it’s 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 another reality. But what if it is a space between two waters?

The Curonian Spit is rich by having two shores – the Baltic sea, which washes 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, you are never too far from one or another shore – one or another source of energy. Maybe it's 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 figure that is very close number of π (3,14159), which somehow supposes the golden ratio of person to space.

Here space is to be heard, smelled, absorbed, felt with all the possible senses – the 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 the anxiety in the air created by alien birds and 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 the Siberian deportations, the disappearance of industrial workers, faith as a bond within communities, and the country of Georgia. Kazakevičius is the laureate of the Neringa Mayor’s Prize for a Photographer in 2024.