Deimantas Narkevičius’ work examines the relationship between personal memories and political histories, particularly those of the post-Soviet era of his native country Lithuania. Employing documentary footage, voice-overs, interviews, re-enactments, and found photographs, his works submit historical events to the narrative structures of storytelling and cinema.
This exhibition centres around a project titled The Fifer, 2019, that will be shown in the UK for the first time. This installation materialises several states of sound across different media and is composed of a holographic screen, a bronze cast of a flute, two photographs, and a musical soundtrack.
The exhibition also includes his earlier film, Europa 54° 54′ – 25° 19′, from 1997. This work shows Narkevičius navigating a journey from his former home in Vilnius to the Lithuanian countryside, whereupon he locates a plaque marking the geographic centre of Europe.
The most recent work on display in the exhibition is a 2023 series of enlarged Polaroid prints that describe mythological stones in Lithuania. The national landscape is interspersed by immense and isolated stones that sit within otherwise green pastures.
| Duration | 12 January 2024 - 11 February 2024 |
| Times | Wednesday – Sunday, 11 am – 6 pm |
| Cost | Free |
| Venue | Maureen Paley (Three Colts Lane) |
| Address | 60 Three Colts Lane, London, E2 6GQ |
| Contact | 4402077294112 / info@maureenpaley.com / www.maureenpaley.com |