Subjective Atlas of Kaunas

Kaunas’ status as a temporary capital of Lithuania (1919-1940) gave rise to a massive boom in construction. The city’s Modernism is more than an architectural style of the past: it is also a way of living, a synonym for cultural production and a spirit of novelty. Invited by the Modernism for the Future program (part of Kaunas European Capital of Culture 2022), a group of almost 40 creative residents mapped Kaunas’ contemporary identity through their personal interests, experiences and domesticity.

This Subjective Atlas of Kaunas showcases a surprising collection of urban, natural and everyday spaces and artefacts. Together they invite us to reflect on how this material and immaterial Modernist heritage is perceived, appreciated, disliked, lived with, lived at, observed, ignored and associated with. Could the city’s bright past become an inspiration for a more inclusive future?

EDITOR IN CHIEF: Annelys Devet
EDITOR: Hugo Herrera Tobón
GRAPHIC DESIGN: Hugo Herrera Tobón, Annelys Devet
CONTRIBUTORS: Indrė Aleksandravičiūtė, Ugnė Marija Andrijauskaitė, Marija Aukščiūnaitė, Milda Bangardavičiūtė, Emilija Bučytė, Gintaras Česonis, Neringa Daniulaitienė, Patricija Dobrovolskytė, Gabrielė Eidimtaitė, Rolanda Girskienė, Algimantas Grigas, Hugo Herrera Tobón, Simona Jakaitė, Kazimieras Jasaitis, Diana Jotautaitė, Brigita Kazlauskaitė, Martyna Kildaitė, Rita Kundrotaitė, Julija Laurinaitytė, Vilma Leščinskienė, Nijolė Majerienė, Angelica Peccini, Vilma Petrikienė, Romena Puikytė, Aistė Ramūnaitė, Žilvinas Rinkšelis, Evelina Šalnaitė, Eduardas Saprykinas,
Laimonas Statkevičius, Emilija Stepšytė, Justinas Stonkus, Milda Švėgždaitė, Arielė Tarasevičiūtė, Sandra Valavičiūtė, Remigija Vilniūtė, Ramunė Vlasenkienė, Shay Zilberman, Marius Žižius
EDITORIAL TEAM: Arielė Tarasevičiūtė, Kazimieras Jasaitis (creative); Emilija Bučytė, Laimonas Statkevičius, (darbas su bendruomenėmis community); Gabrielė Eidimtaitė, Diana Jotautaitė, Evelina Šalnaitė (interns); Patricija Dobrovolskytė, Brigita Kazlauskaitė, Emilija Stepšytė, Milda Švėgždaitė (illustration volunteers), in collaboration with all the contributors
SPECIAL THANKS: to the ‘Modernism for the Future’ team for the support in the research of the historical data of this book: Viltė Migonytė-Petrulienė, Žilvinas Rinkšelis, Ugnė Marija Andrijauskaitė
ISBN 9789464448009

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