On 19 November 2026 at 19:50, a screening of Marija Nem\u010denko\u2019s film \u201cLAK i\u201d <\/b>will take place<\/b> at the cultural <\/b>centre<\/b> SODAS 2123. The film is presented as a part of the group exhibition \u201cFragile Home\u201d, currently on view at the gallery \u201cAtletika\u201d. The exhibition is curated by Aist\u0117 Kisarauskait\u0117.<\/b><\/p>\n
LAK i is a feature length experimental documentary exploring human connection, the fascination with birds, migration, and the paradoxical desire to nationalize their symbolic image in Lithuania. Through a blend of dialogues, reflections, facts, and fiction, the film weaves together narratives on storks, migration, homeland, movement, biodiversity, and interdependence \u2013 transforming artistic work into a space for exchanging ideas and cultural knowledge. Self-produced in a DIY spirit, the film captures encounters with ornithologists, villagers, field workers, and elderly residents of agricultural lands, as well as a closed religious community near the Belarusian border. The soundtrack was composed by Andrius Arutiunian.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The project emerged from a need to counter the rise of negative nationalism in Eastern Europe and foster broader non-Western solidarities through more-than-human actors. When shared histories across different non-Western regions are in perpetual conflict, <\/span>the artist is looking at<\/span> birds to offer alternative ways of finding a common thread.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Marija Nem\u010denko is a Lithuanian researcher and multidisciplinary artist with a practice in archival material, film, installation, creative and critical writing. Her multilayered practice explores the relationship between nature, nationalism and nation-states on one side, and ecological and international solidarities in Eastern European and Levantine geographies on the other.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n She has exhibited internationally, including Takeover Gallery in Beirut, Lebanon; Centrala Gallery in Birmingham, UK; David Dale in Glasgow, UK; Orlando Museum of Art in Florida, USA; Art Gallery of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada; <\/span>Gallerie delle Prigioni in Treviso, Italy;<\/span> Glasgow International in Glasgow, UK; Swallow Gallery in Vilnius, Lithuania; A.M. Qattan Foundation in Ramallah, Palestine and more.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Until 5 December, the exhibition \u201cFragile Home\u201d by members of the Lithuanian Interdisciplinary Artists\u2019 Association (<\/span>LIAA<\/span>) is on view at the gallery \u201cAtletika\u201d (Vitebsko St. 21, Vilnius). It presents works by Lina Albrikien\u0117, \u017dygimantas Augustinas, Jurga Barilait\u0117, Marius Burokas, Rokas Dovyd\u0117nas, Laura Garb\u0161tien\u0117, Ar\u016bnas Gudaitis, Petras I\u0161ora and Ona Lozuraityt\u0117, Jurgita Juodyt\u0117, Juozas Laivys, Birut\u0117 Lemk\u0117, Saulius Leonavi\u010dius, Dainius Li\u0161kevi\u010dius, Tomas Marti\u0161auskis, Vytautas Michelkevi\u010dius and \u201cVaibai Ore\u201d, Audrius Novickas, Martyna Ratnik, Marija \u0160nipait\u0117 and Dainius Trumpis.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The exhibition was inspired by the history of LTMKS itself, roughly marked out by moves from one temporary gallery to another. The association, founded after independence was regained, inherited neither administrative buildings nor galleries, yet its nomadism and homelessness did not prevent it from bringing contemporary artists together and building a community. \u201cFragile Home\u201d looks at this history also through the LTMKS archive, as a material layer of the organisation\u2019s memory in which traces of its spaces, activities and community remain.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Marija Nem\u010denko\u2019s film \u201cLAK i\u201d will be screened on 19\/11\/2026 at 19:50 in the <\/span>Events<\/span> hall of the cultural <\/span>centre<\/span> SODAS 2123, Vitebsko St. 23, Vilnius, as part of the OPEN SODAS: VIDEO programme.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Duration: 1 h 13 min<\/span><\/p>\n Year: 2021<\/span><\/p>\n Language: Lithuanian, Russian; English subtitles<\/span><\/p>\n Soundtrack: Andrius Arutiunian<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The exhibition \u201cFragile <\/b>Home<\/b>\u201d at the gallery \u201cAtletika\u201d runs until 5 December.<\/b><\/p>\n Opening hours \u2013 Thursdays and Fridays 16:00 – 19:00 pm, Saturdays 13:00 – 17:00<\/b> Address \u2013 \u201cAtletika\u201d, Vitebsko St. 21, Vilnius. 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\n<\/b>Tours with curator \u2013 14 November, 5 December from 3 pm.<\/b><\/p>\n