We invite you to explore one of the three exhibitions featured in the Contemporary Art Centre’s (CAC) summer programme – Borders are Nocturnal Animals / Sienos yra naktiniai gyvūnai – through a series of curator-led tours.

Dates for guided tours

  • 14 June at 2 pm: Tour in English led by the exhibition curators Neringa Bumblienė and Émilie Villez
  • 17 June at 6 pm: Tour in Lithuanian led by curator Neringa Bumblienė
  • 15 July at 6 pm: Tour in Lithuanian led by curator Neringa Bumblienė

 

Registration: click here.

Tour price: 4 Eur and visitor’s ticket 

 

Borders are Nocturnal Animals / Sienos yra naktiniai gyvūnai was first presented in autumn 2024 at the Parisian art institutions KADIST and Palais de Tokyo, as part of the Lithuanian Season in France. The current iteration has been developed in collaboration with KADIST and includes a large selection of works from the organisation’s extensive collection, creating a dialogue with those presented in the Paris exhibitions.

Rooted in the geopolitical turmoil caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine, the exhibition explores the colonial histories of Lithuania and the region beyond, weaving connections into a broader international narrative. Three years after the full-scale invasion began, what forms of normality are possible in the shadow of the ongoing conflict, as we witness history repeating itself again? The exhibition highlights stories from different regions of the world, long overshadowed by dominant power discourses.

Speaking about the exhibition, curators Neringa Bumbliene and Émilie Villez point out that: ‘The exhibition in Vilnius is an entirely new entity. It started in Paris, but here it has grown into a much larger and more geographically wide-reaching organism. We kept the same list of artists from the Paris exhibitions as a core group, and then added twice as many new names to it. Speaking about this core group, we carefully revisited their works, and some Lithuanian artists are showing pieces in Vilnius which were not presented previously in Paris, such as Algirdas Šeškus and Andrius Arutiunian.’