6 Apr 2020

Gilūžis Lake Beach. Future Visions of Vilnius. Day 128 Day at Gilūžis Lake beach

#VilniusLakes

#FutureVisions

#Pilaitė

Well, here are some news from Pilaitė.

It was decided that new a beach in Pilaitė near Gilužis Lake will be opened.

What does it mean for us - residents of our dearest Pilaitė?

So, first, we had this beach till  this moment and it was visited by a lot of people who wanted spent their time by the lake and the beach is definitely nothing new for us.

Second, the beach and surroudings will get more crowded. The last thing that we want is hundreds of cars passing on a quite Angelavos str.

Third, as surroundings get more crowded, the amount of trashes will significantly increase.

To sum up up, nothing good for us - resisdents of Pilaitė.


The beach was ready in Summer 2020. 
I wouldn't say that the beach has changed significantly. It's tidy. On hot summetr days it's  crowded.
The footbridge is new.
In summer plastic ponton (pontoon) brigde was mounted. 

1 Mar 2020

Day 120. MO and 1990s DNA

series of#VilniusINDoors

#MO

As I've mentioned almost  a year ago  - MO was opened in Novemeber 2018.

And I've visted it only in July 2019!

It was a visit with their guide Gabrielė of Exhibition: Human. Animal. Robot.
Admission fee: 7eur.


This time, I've visted MO once again in the end of February.

These were the last days of exhibition:

The Origin of Species. 1990S DNA.

The first decade of independence from the USSR shaped Lithuanians into who they are today. The decade of chaos, freedom, scarity and the unofficial discovery of state. Memorable artifacts of regular people brought together in an exhibition demonstarting teh shift to a more structured and civilized existence. WHY LITHUANIANS TODAY AS THEY ARE?

This exhibition will uncover the confricting mood of the society, euphoric nature of new beginnings and THE COMPLEXITY OF CHANGE. A glimpse of art, culture and ourselves, Bundled with stories of eveyday life. Music, Fashion, amrket economy, a newly born mafia  and pop culture will itself alongside the artworks of MO collestion.

Curators: Vaidas Jauniškis, Rimantas Kmita, Mantas Pelakauskas, Miglė Survilaitė, Aurimas Švedas, Tomas Vaiseta, Renata Valčik
Architects: Renata Valčik, Joris Šykovas
Designer: Liudas Parulskis

(info from official leaflet of the exhibition)

February 29-March 1 was the closing weekend of the exhibition.

Admission - still 7eur, but on Thursdays you get 50% discount if you buy Žmonės 
And for people with Tour Guide Certificate - admission for free. (!!!)

And one more absolutely great thing is an audio guide absolutely for free. And information about almost all artworks from the exhibitions you can hear on your phone.
And that's why you get totally involved in visting the exhibition!







2 Feb 2020

Day 119. The Cepelinai Day in Vilnius.


Today, on February 2 (2020) International Cepelinai Day is celebrated worldwide.

It was celebrated for the first time in 2014. And the the author of the idea was Lithuanian emifrant into the US Jonas Vaičiūnas.

World Cepelinai Day is celebarted each year on the first Sunday of February. 

Here are some spots in Vilnius where you can get cepelinai today. 

Buen Apetit Everybody!

OMG!
Agotos cepelinas 
So huge and so greasy
And I was so happy
(on 09 May, 2020, 4,5 eur)
But it brings so much of happiness into life!
(I didn't have cepelinai since Otober 2020)

Day 118. Open House Vilnius. Part III. #VilniusFestivals

#VilniusFestivals

#OpenHouseVilnius



3. From the point of view of a Mentor

OVH20 adventure and challenge starts 3 months before the final OVH weekend. On February we have the first meeting of all mentors.

In 2020 festival comes backs with 70 building, out of which 25 are new ones. Together will work more that 70 mentors, around 15 coordinators, and a team of organizers. Around 500 volunteers will join the huge OHV2020 family. 

Mentors have three main tasks:
1) To coordinate their teams of volunteers;
2) Prepare the final text of a tours;
3) Carry out tours on their own.

And, of course, communicate with persons from assigned buildings and also with our Coordainator.

At the moment we do not have our teams, we are in stage of preparing tour text.

Three months are left!