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Sunset Every Two Years

Saulėlydis kas dvejus metus

Sep 05 2025

Klaipėda Cultural Communication Center / Klaipėdos kultūrų ir komunikacijų centras

The architecture of the Klaipėda Biennial functions as a topography of frozen transit – a kind of intermediate state between the vanished structures of the port, inner time and a horizontal gaze into the distance. The structures, composed of individual wooden beams that seem to have gathered randomly, like configurations of driftwood washed ashore, do not so much shape as support the space in which the works can appear simultaneously, at a single glance.

The horizon line and tone become a reference point – they absorb the sense of time and create the impression of a space without time and place, detached from the rhythms of reality. It is unclear where or when. This is the architecture of waiting: liminal, disconnected from reality, offering a pause in transit, in order to truly grasp it. This time, stillness becomes a form of movement, and the exhibition space-time becomes an independent tool for analysing the works.

team:

Artists:
Gabrielė Adomaitytė, Matti Aikio, Bernardas Aleknavičius, Madeleine Andersson, Tekla Aslanishvili, Arūnė Baronaitė, Nina Beier, Vitalijus Butyrinas, Adam Christensen, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Dovilė Dagienė, Vytautas Daraškevičius, Doooooris, Milda Drazdauskaitė, Irena Giedraitienė, Henrikas Gulbinas, Karla Gruodis, Vidmantas Ilčiukas, Agnė Jokšė, Edith Karlson, Joachim Koester, Algimantas Kunčius, Česlovas Lukenskas, Paulius Makauskas, Simon Dybbroe Møller, Paulina Mongirdaitė, Katja Novitskova, Vitalija Petraitytė, Rodion Petroff, Emilija Povilanskaitė and Clara Schweers, Romualdas Požerskis, Liudvikas Ruikas, Janina Sabaliauskaitė, Julija Skudutytė, P. Staff, Marija Sučilaitė, Malka Sultan, Veronika Šleivytė, Virgilijus Šonta, Aske Tiberg, Viktor Timofeev, Remigijus Treigys, Gintautas Trimakas, Raimundas Urbonas, Lesia Vasylchenko, among others.

Commissioner:
Liudas Andrikis

Curator:
Valentinas Klimašauskas

Assistant Curator:
Viktorija Misiulė

Producer:
Žana Jegorova

Coordinators:
Justina Trapokaitė, Gabija Savickaitė

Architect:
Gabrielė Černiavskaja

Light:
Justas Bø

Graphic Designer:
Vytautas Volbekas

Technical support:
Robertas Laugalys, Tomas Tarvydas,
Vaclovas Leikus, Audronius Žemgulys,
Rimantas Zaleckas

Photo: Laurynas Skeisgiela @elaiela.archive