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All performers needed much effort to play and sing with the sun shining into the eyes and with the wind blowing at the microphones. The organisers should take a good thought regarding other concerts in the yard of Pažaislis and not to spare money for the space which requires special sound equipment, as the success of the concert depends on sound quality in essence.
The premiere of “Carmen Cubana” organised by Pažaislis Festival presented a chance to see the highest professionalism of performers in Lithuania as well as their personal qualities which every artist should have. Devotion, sincerity, joy and openness are the values which Lithuanian performers lack sometimes. These are values more precious than money on the stage.
The defence of Master works, which took place at Kaunas Art Faculty of Vilnius Academy of Arts, interested more people than only students and their relatives. Works of young textile creators proved once again that the Department of Textiles of Kaunas Art Faculty was famous for novelties and creativity. Four Master students of textile presented their works for public evaluation - the young artists should be memorised by exhibition visitors eager to see high-quality art works.
Fight of professionals for quality – this is how meetings of Kaunas Architecture and Urbanism Experts’ Council (KAUET), in which “Merkurijus” reconstruction and other projects determining the future of Kaunas centre are considered, may be called.
True, the idea of the composer to honour victims of all wars by this monumental work was really noble. Even though not entirely original melodies sounded, they had an undisputable impact on hearts of people. The victims of wars were honoured, at least by the minute of silence when the conductor’s baton stopped in the air for a while.
It is probable that more new office buildings of original architecture will arise in Kaunas in future. Therefore, it is important that architects and customers would avoid fast solutions and cheap materials, that they would strive for high-quality and original ideas, which would match the surroundings and comply to the needs of a human being. As a Swedish-British architect Ralph Erskine has put it, “The job of buildings is to improve human relations, and architecture must ease them, not make them worse.”
“I found a painting with a motif of a blooming chestnut tree. I dreamed of painting blooming chestnut trees for a long time. It was very hard to render it. There were also some paintings about Samogitia and one of them was called “A Trip to Samogitia”. I became curious who painted my motifs and traveled in Samogitia. Most importantly, the blooming chestnut trees were painted not so bad.”
In brief: Almanacs of the Poetry Spring a criticised more and more severely: for low quality of works, for vague concept, low number of readers, protection of friends. Up till now the compilers and publishers swallowed bitter critique silently. However, something happened this year – Kaunas Branch of the Lithuanian Writers’ Union and the compilers of the almanac Violeta Šoblinskaitė and Gasparas Aleksa admitted frankly that they were not satisfied with the concept of the almanac. Something has happened!
In brief: The exhibition “Art Nouveau and Art Deco in the Netherlands: 50 Design Years” will be open at M. Žilinskas Art Gallery for the entire summer. According to the Director of the National M.K.Čiurlionis Art Museum Osvaldas Daugelis, it is one of the most valuable foreign exhibitions ever presented at M. Žilinskas Gallery. The trend of Art Nouveau and Art Deco that emerged from it emphasises the importance of fine crafts, propagated aestheticism and stylistically united residential environment; refined forms, decorative expression, view stylisation is typical of works of these art trends.
He remembered in which church the confessional with interesting paintings or a painting of strange colours was. He filled notebooks with drawings of folk sculptures, sketches of met people while travelling. Sometimes he marked combinations of colours or put down what the colour of one or another object was. Samogitia was a kind of spiritual refreshment to Arūnas in search of authenticity.
Such spiritual turning-points are familiar to every creative person. If one assumes responsibility to create, walk at the border and dip into existence, one also needs to accept pain, as only then creation is full-fledged. Such as works of Arūnas. He loved repeating the words of Justinas Mikutis said to artists: “Do you want to live conveniently and well and to paint at the same time? This will not happen, you have to choose!”
The task of this project is to grant tone to the vision of the waterside. The architectural composition is not contravened in general. The concept of buildings is possible. Buildings should be separated more so that spaces would become cosier. With such height, the buildings are too close to each other – it is necessary to check the insulation of flats. The quay line should be adapted to the public function.
