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3 Gėlių Street, Rūdiškės, 2009 6 Central Square, Onuškis, 2009 14 Bažnyčios Street, Lentvaris, 2009 5 S. Dariaus and S. Girėno Street, Krokialaukis Village, 2011 77 Nepriklausomybės Street, Papilė, Akmenė District, 2012 21 Vytauto Street, Butrimonys Village, 2012 2 Sodų Street-9 Kauno Street, Žeimiai Village, 2013 S. Dariaus and S. Girėno Street, Krokialaukis Village, 2013 2 S. Dariaus and S. Girėno Street, Akmenė, 2014 7 Margio / 21 Vytauto Street, Alytus, 2014 12 Nepriklausomybės Square, Troškūnai, 2014 17 J. Biliūno Street, Anykščiai, 2014 30 Trakų Street, Vievis, Elektrėnai District, 2014 4-6 S. Dariaus and S. Girėno Street, Žagarė, Joniškis District, 2014 5-7 Nepriklausomybės Square, Troškūnai, Anykščiai District, 2014 9 Nepriklausomybės Square, Troškūnai, Anykščiai District, 2014 1 Vilniaus Street, Žasliai, Kaišiadorys District, 2015 43 K. Donelaičio Street, Jurbarkas, 2015 5 Vilniaus Street, Kaišiadorys, 2015 30 Sandravos Street, Former Parsonage, Žaiginys, 2015 128 Vytauto Street, Balbieriškis, Prienai District, 2015 3 Muziejaus Street, Raseiniai, 2015 17 Smėlynės Street, Panevėžys, 2015 2 Panevėžio Street, Pušalotas, Pasvalys District, 2015 16 Kerbedžio Street, Panevėžys, 2015 13 Karaimų Street, Trakai, 2015 14 Ažuolyno Street, Pumpėnai, Pasvalys District, 2015 1 Kęstučio Street, Lentvaris, Trakai District, 2015 38 Prezidento Street, Tauragė, 2015 12 P. Puzino Street, Panevėžys, 2015 23 Vasario 16-osios Street, Panevėžys, 2015 7 Nevėžio Street, Raudondvaris, 2016 4 Laisvės Square, Krakės, 2016 26 Vytauto Street, Marijampolė, 2016 Algis Stadalninkas' House, Tverečius, 2016 80 Vilniaus Street, Valkininkai, 2016 Kalnaberžė's Manor House, Kėdainiai District, 2016 5 Naujoji Street, Priekulė, 2016 47 Lietuvininkų Street, Šilutė, 2016 6 Vilniaus Street, Kretinga, 2016
Former NKVD – MVD – MGB – KGB Buildings
Lambda prints on fibre based paper, 49.2 x 61.3 cm




Notebooks, 21 x 13 cm



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Forest Brothers
Lambda prints on fibre based paper, 101.6 x 127 cm and 50.8 x 60.96 cm

(1944 - 1991)

2009 - 2020


In 1944 a Cold War began, a war that was brutal, inhumane. A war that has now been almost forgotten. The Western powers continued to consider the occupation of the Baltic and Eastern Countries by the Stalinist powers to be illegal despite the post-war conferences that had recognised the borders of the USSR. Hidden behind the Iron Curtain, the occupation of the Soviet block continued for 50 years and destroyed the lives of millions.It is estimated that there were at least 20 million deaths. Many believe that the real figure is closer to 60 million.

Despite not receiving any backing from the West, the partisans’ resistance fought against the Soviet regime. These partisans had to abandon both their families and homes and seek sanctuary in the forests. In numerous villages and towns, domestic dwellings were attained by KGB officers for use as control centres, interrogation, imprisonment and torture. These homely spaces were converted into places of terror. As a result, the forest not only became the place of refuge but also of mass graves.

The most active and forceful resistance came from the Lithuanian ‘Forest Brothers’, which lasted for 10 years.

Related exhibitions:

Memory Matters, Skissernas Museum, Lund, Sweden, 2018

Riga International Biennial Of Contemporary Art (RIBOCA), Riga, Latvia, 2018

Ocean of Images: New Photography 2015, MoMA, New York, NY, USA, 2015

Conflict, Time, Photography, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, 2015

Krakow Photomonth, MOCAK, Krakow, Poland, 2015

Conflict, Time and Photography, Tate Modern, London, UK, 2014