"Voices of the Cityscape"
Milda Gineikaitė
Milda Gineikaitė is a graduate of Vytautas Magnus University and a young photographer. Milda perceives creative photography as a document and a tool for exploring the environment. The connection with nature has not been foreign to the photographer since childhood, and the tree became an important element in her photographs almost a decade ago, when she began photographing the Dawn Tree, which grew near the house and was later cut down. At this time, when the representation of Kaunas interwar modernist architectural heritage is relevant in society and more attention is paid to the situation of trees in the city, the author decided to look at these elements from the creative side.
"Voices of the Cityscape"
The chosen theme – the relationship between interwar modernism and trees – encourages the discovery of a form of presentation suitable for the creative field, using the media of creative photography. The series of photographs “Voices of the Cityscape” also emphasizes the collective memory, and the elements of architectural decor created in the interwar period and the trees growing nearby seem to “juxtapose” in the photographs. Documented urban landscapes of the architectural objects reveal how the relationship between interwar modernism and trees creates today’s urban landscape. The series of photographs conveys the “voices” of culture (residential architecture) and nature (trees), revealing both equally and distinguishing one of them. Therefore, either the idea of a “green” city emerges, creating a harmonious space, or an ensemble of architecture and trees that lacks unity, in which architecture is like a cold object, testifying to the architectural tradition. Attitudes and “poetry” of space can be determined by the chosen photographic composition. The tree in the series is perceived as a metonymy of the natural sphere, an integral part of the urban landscape.
