looking around in order to see beyound

snapshot of contrasting borderline between commuter town and 'new city'

Galvanized by a strong desire to explore Vilnius spaces through its variable surfaces, this project is aimed to discover alternatively (looking forward for sensitive perception) the representation of multi-cultural spatial relationships. It is an inevitable exploration of how do the surfaces change through different cultural zones and how can we investigate identity in these motions. Strolling around the city I've considered (with photography and mapping) a very strong borderlines between the 'new city' and the others regions.  Thus, I've decided to zone out all these regions on the map, in attempt to clear up the cultural differences between surfaces.

map of regions // livid - 'new city' / red - soviet time building ( malls, hotels, ent.)  / grey - 'Shanhai' region / orange - park & old city

The next checkpoint was to examine attentively the main roads, putting them out I've started shooting first video scales... The endeavor is a quest for revealing always not represented features, intangible sensations of everyday-life practices. 

snapshot of 'new city' surface

LOST&FOUND?

The lost&found group has started from discussion. We have been wondering what does it mean to be lost and what is a difference between trashes and lost objects. During the first two days we have been observing public places - how people acting in there.

 We have noticed that turist visiting city are mostly looking up, natives are looking straight ahead and people who have lost something are walking observing the ground.We have been  looking for objects you can find on the streets. Than we put them on the map.

Out trip was very inspiring. Afterwards we decided that we wanna combine offline and online activities to create space for lost and found things.

Carskoje POP

Some impressions from the second evening at "Carskoje Selo". The sound would be presented later, now you can catch a glimpse of this form of entertainment.

Alternative and Official Representations of the City

The group organized around the notion of tourism explores the overlap between the informal, self-organized  and the official, institutionalized representation of the city of Vilnius.  It set to create an engaging and entertaining social game based on information and data gathered in field-work research in the center of Vilnius.

Blind Walking: the beginning

Blind walking is a stunning experience of losing major orientation sense. 

An Alien in the City

Hunting

In order to regardfully expore the soundscape of Vilnius we have covered our eyes with a scarf. For our group the process of blind walking was even harder, cause the sound you hear was reduced by recording equipment.

Keep your focus...

...in any situation

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Day 3. Fieldwork

What does the city tell you?