There are those who do not come to dense matter to rest at all. They were specifically born under a heavy sky, did not know what to look for and since then have been chasing quick enlightenments or alien energies, rarely looking for a more difficult path, sometimes touching their shadows but they did not get used to it. Although they knew that the true transformation is irredeemable. Most things in life did not come from happiness. Something remained unattainable. As if an old sign had been hidden inside in that which neither time nor people could erase. Faith appeared when what was relied on before shattered but at the same time somehow maintained. Not always but even when everything collapses, some kind of center still remains and each new test will seem like another stone on an already overloaded heart. Through the silence between such two thoughts, something similar to memory will be felt but significantly older, as if stardust that had been sleeping for a long time inside had begun to glow. The real gate often seemed like a failure, some kind of internal procession, under immense pressure like a mineral that you have to carry yourself, then a strange tension would begin that would pull fates under unbearable ache though it would not break.
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Žygimantas Julijus Bėrontas
Born in Panevėžys.
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Holds a BA in Photography and Media Art from the Vilnius Academy of Arts.
Currently drawn to anxiety, esotericism and belief, using every available means to recover embodied memory, making room for uncertainty, seeking another form of grounding amid tension, and exploring, through the shapes of all senses, how what was once perceived as loss may take on a different form, and how darkness may become a place for new light.
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Graphic design: Jokūbas Juršėnas
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The project is financed by the Lithuanian Council for Culture.
The gallery is sponsored by the Vilnius City Municipality.
