Look over there in the distance
the city is coming
home, Artūras Valionis
Old songs, good songs, sound new again today – only now they’re green.
The sculptures of Vilnius have been seen and celebrated many times; having aroused passions, they then blended into their surroundings. Like good old songs, they mature from the experience and take on a new sound as the years go by. In other words, they become green.
As far back as the history of painting and photography goes, the urban and natural ‘clothing’ of the landscape of Vilnius has been combined with the bright accoutrements arising from a love of history and nature. These accessories, which provoke debate and emotion among the city’s inhabitants, are works of art capable of reflecting or challenging the hottest issues of the moment, regardless of the passage of time.
Today, they are the loud bells, tolling the advent of unstoppable climate change.
