The last call for spotting!
We invite you to the grand finale event of Mindaugas Kavaliauskas’ exposition “A-spot”. A guided tour around the exhibition by the author himself is great way to end a perfect journey. Mindaugas Kavaliauskas will guide you through the exhibition virtually and will answer all of you questions directly on the spot. So, join us on Facebook, meet the author, do not hesitate to ask questions and experience the exhibition virtually!
The tour will be held in English.
When?: May 2, 4 pm
Where?: Kaunas Gallery Facebook profile (live stream)
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Admiration for aviation has been around ever since the first flying machines took to the air. While many kids in the second half of the 20th century can remember the weekend ritual of being taken by their parents to watch planes, today plane spotting has become a more complex phenomenon, composed of numerous wheres, whys, whens, whats, hows and wows.
Some airports have designated viewing areas – elevated decks that enable aviation enthusiasts to get so close to the planes that they can see the pilots in the cockpit and hear the roar of the engines. People come to such areas to take pictures and note the tail numbers of planes, but many also combine the thrill of aviation viewing with other activities – eating and drinking, teaching their kids, the occasional romance and even therapy. Inevitably, airports are places where people say goodbye to loved ones before watching their planes depart, while others contemplate airliners coming and going in attempt to overcome their homesickness.
For a true aviation geek, visiting one viewing area is but a small part of a greater pilgrimage to the next place of adventure, outside a different airport, maybe abroad or even on a different continent.
These pictures were photographed in or around the airports of Auckland, Singapore, the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, Istanbul, Vilnius, Riga, Warsaw, Berlin, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, London, Paris, Toulouse, Lisbon, Zurich, Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington DC.
“A-spot” was started in 2015 and is the second part of the travel’AIR project by Mindaugas Kavaliauskas, exploring man’s relationship to passenger aviation.
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Mindaugas Kavaliauskas (b. 1974 in Kaunas) is a Lithuanian photographer and art director living in Kaunas. He has been a member of the Lithuanian Photographers Association since 1993. From 1989 to 1992 he studied at Kaunas School of Photo Art before obtaining Bachelor and Masters degrees in Art History at Vytautas Magnus University in 1996 and 2000. Additional studies took place at the National School of Photography, Arles (1997–1998) and at ENSB-A Paris (1998). He spent the 2000/2001 academic year at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, where he also interned at the city’s Musée de l’Elysée. His interest in documentary photography led him to create his signature work “Portrait of Kražiai” (2001–2003), which was widely exhibited in Europe and beyond. Since founding KAUNAS PHOTO festival (2004), he has had less time for personal creation. Regular flying to and from exhibitions, festivals and portfolio reviews revealed that a camera could be used to depict the human condition in airports, airliners and their surroundings. This is how the idea of the “travel’AIR” project was born.
The exhibiton is funded by Lithuanian Council for Culture.