MAP6 Collective present The Lithuanian Project
Barry Falk, Laurie Griffiths, Heather Shuker, Jonty Tacon, Paul Walsh
The MAP6 Collective presents a body of work that explores the shifting concept of what defines modern Europe. It’s been 60 years since the publication of Cartier Bresson’s The Europeans – a seminal body of work that continues to shape the photographic world. Since that work was made, a further 24 countries have joined the European Union and a single currency has been born. However, today’s Europe, seems even more in flux: more diverse, more politically and economically complex and more destabilised.
With this in mind, the MAP6 collective journeyed to the country that is currently recognised as the ‘official’ centre of Europe to meet some of the newest Europeans. Once a satellite of the USSR, Lithuania is a young republic caught in the process of recovering from 50 years of Soviet occupation. Over 6 days, 6 photographers set out to explore its transformation from Communism to capitalism, and how it’s adapting to its newfound Eurozone identity.
Artist talks on 6th October in the gallery, 7 – 9.30pm
1–16 October / Wed–Fri 12:00–19:00 and Sat–Sun 11:00–18:00
