International Photography Symposium NIDA. Meeting Photography
Lectures, artist talks, workshops, exhibitions, projections
September 14–20, 2026
Lietuviška versija
Venues:
Nida Culture and Tourism Information Centre “Agila” (Taikos St. 4)
Vilnius Academy of Arts Nida Art Colony (E. A. Jonušo St. 3)
Curonian Spit History Museum (Pamario St. 53)
Mizgiriai Artist Residency (Pamario St. 20)
Thomas Mann Memorial Museum (Skruzdynės St. 17)
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During the international photography symposium NIDA. Meeting Photography, the program will include lectures, art workshops, artist talks, exhibition openings, film and projection nights, and informal gatherings with lecturers and guests. A special Neringa Mayor’s Prize will be awarded to a photographer working on coastal themes.
Monday, September 14
WORKSHOPS (September 14–16)
Simon Chang (Taiwan, Slovenia). Personal Space: editing and shaping a photographic narrative
Gintautas Trimakas (Lithuania). Daytime printing
Giuliana Prucca (Italy, France, Germany). Displacements: from time-image to book-space
Tuesday, September 15
OPENING DAY
11.00–16.30 Registration (Nida Culture and Tourism Information Centre “Agila”, Taikos St. 4)
17.30 Simon Chang (Taiwan, Slovenia) exhibition “Sketchbook by the Sea” opening (Thomas Mann Museum stairway, Skruzdynės St. 17)
18.00 Neringa Mayor’s Prize winner Andrius Repšys (Lithuania) exhibition “White trees” opening (Curonian Spit History Museum, Pamario St. 53)
18.30 “From the Archives of the Association about Nida” (Mizgiriai Artist Residency, Pamario St. 20)
19.00 Opening of the international symposium NIDA. Meeting Photography (Nida Culture and Tourism Information Centre “Agila”, Taikos St. 4)
Photography exhibition “NIDA. Meet again”
Awarding of the Neringa Mayor’s Prize
Documentary film. “E/Rased Worlds” (dir. Aušra Lukošiūnienė, 20 min., 2025, Lith., Eng. sub.)
Q&A session with director Aušra Lukošiūnienė, photographer Remigijus Treigys, art critic Danguolė Ruškienė.
Wednesday, September 16
Lectures (Nida Culture and Tourism Information Centre “Agila”, Taikos St. 4)
10.00–10.45 Agnė Gintalaitė (Lithuania). Mobilities in and Beyond the Frame
11.00–11.45 Guinevere Ras (Netherlands). Slowness as Resistance: Rethinking photography through cyanotype
12.00–12.45 Stefanie Dietzel (Germany). Alfred Ehrhardt’s connection to the Curonian Spit
13.00–13.45 Discussion “Ukrainian Dreamers”. Boris Mikhailov in conversation with Sergiy Lebedynskyy and Olena Chervonik
Artists’ talks (Nida Culture and Tourism Information Centre “Agila”, Taikos St. 4)
17.00–17.30 Marge Monko (Estonia)
17.30–18.00 Diana Tamane (Latvia)
18.15–18.45 Inta Ruka (Latvia)
18.45–19.15 Snieguolė Michelkevičiūtė (Lithuania)
19.30 Film night (Nida Culture and Tourism Information Centre “Agila”, Taikos St. 4)
Documentary film about Snieguolė Michelkevičiūtė “An Act” (dir. J. Lapinskaitė, 25min., 2000, lith., eng.sub.)
20.30 Nida OFF (Sangrita, Taikos St. 32A)
Thursday, September 17
Lectures (Nida Culture and Tourism Information Centre “Agila”, Taikos St. 4)
10.00–10.45 Monika Krikštopaitytė (Lithuania). The Changing Gaze: Revisions and challenges in the history of photography
11.00–11.45 Laima Kreivytė (Lithuania). Trajectories of the Queer Gaze in the Exhibitions of Virgilijus Šonta and Anna-Stina Treumund
12.00–12.45 Giuliana Prucca (Italy, France, Germany). Independent Publishing as an Artistic and Curatorial Practice
13.00 Presentation of Workshops (Nida Culture and Tourism Information Centre “Agila”, Taikos St. 4)
Artists’ talks (Nida Culture and Tourism Information Centre “Agila”, Taikos St. 4)
17.00–17.30 Mindaugas Kavaliauskas (Lithuania)
17.30–18.00 Boris Taskov (Bulgaria, Lithuania, Italy)
18.15–18.45 Andrius Repšys (Lithuania)
18.45–19.45 VAA KF Photography master’s program graduates: Ieva Stankutė, Rytis Šafranauskas, Andrėja Taranda, Severina Venskutė
21.00 Film night (Nida Culture and Tourism Information Centre “Agila”, Taikos St. 4)
Film about Romualdas Požerskis “Under the Red Light” (Dir. Joris Skudra, 73 min., 2025, Lith., Eng. sub.). Q&A with the photographer Romualdas Požerskis.
Friday, September 18
Lectures (Nida Culture and Tourism Information Centre “Agila”, Taikos St. 4)
10.00–10.45 Tomas Pabedinskas (Lithuania). Photographic Print as a Media Creating Communal Relations
11.00–11.45 Agnė Narušytė (Lithuania). Performing the Photographic Imaginary: Three attempts by Lithuanian artist Eglė Vertelkaitė
12.00–12.45 Louli Michaelidou (Cyprus). Decolonial Frames: Reclaiming the landscape in Eastern Mediterranean photographic practices
Artists’ Talks (Nida Culture and Tourism Information Centre “Agila”, Taikos St. 4)
17.00–17.45 Oleksandr Glyadyelov (Ukraine)
18.00–18.30 Algis Griškevičius (Lithuania)
18.30–19.00 Violeta Bubelytė (Lithuania)
19.15–19.45 Libuše Jarcovjáková (Czechia)
21.00 Film night (Nida Culture and Tourism Information Centre “Agila”, Taikos St. 4)
„I‘m Not Everything I Want to Be“. Documentary film about Czech artist Libuše Jarcovjáková (dir. Klara Tasovska, 90 min., 2024, Czech, Eng. sub.). Q&A with the photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková
Saturday, September 19
Lectures (Nida Culture and Tourism Information Centre “Agila”, Taikos St. 4)
10.00–10.45 Taija Jyrkas (Finland). Nordic Photography Network (NPN)
11.00–11.45 Florian Ebner (Germany, France). How Artificial Intelligence Will Abolish the Photographer’s Profession
12.00–12.45 Dainius Junevičius (Lithuania). The First Steps of Photography in Lithuania (1839–1855)
13.00–13.45 Discussion. “Nemunas” in the History of Lithuanian Photography (1967–1990): A Magazine as Cultural Archive
Artists Talks (Nida Culture and Tourism Information Centre “Agila”, Taikos St. 4)
17.00–17.30 Raphaëlle Peria (France)
17.30–18.00 Valentyn Odnoviun (Lithuania)
18.15–18.45 Visvaldas Morkevičius (Lithuania)
18.45–19.15 Paulien Oltheten (Netherlands)
19.20 Closing of the festival
Screening of Nida Photography Residency competition finalists’ works with the sound by Arkady Gotesman
20.30 Closing party (Genys Garden Nida, Naglių g. 20)
Sunday, September 20
Visiting exhibitions on the way home in Juodkrantė, Palanga, Klaipėda
