Nida: Natural Lies

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Design Academy Eindhoven meets Vilnius Academy of Arts, department of Design.

Eight design students of the Vilnius Academy met eight alumni of Design Academy Eindhoven Masters for a week-long project in Nida.

Nida: Natural Lies

After investigating and experiencing Nida we got lost between the natural and the artificial, between the authentic and the imported. To be more precise, what did we perceive as a positive, and what as a negative?

Seeing so many influences and uncertainties both in Nida’s cultural history and its present situation we came to the conclusion that there is no one truth: all truths are right.

Trying to picture Nida’s identity we let ourselves play, merging different contexts and creating our own truth. We take different elements from different times. Combining them together we create objects picturing Nida today.

1 – The shrimp and avocado salad is one of the most popular meals in traditional food restaurants.

Artificial amber with included shrimps casted in Soviet drawer, fluorescent light tube

2 – Water is an essential resort attraction.

Algae in the Curonian Lagoon, reflection in pool, sound of the Baltic sea

3 – Along the Curonian Spit there was a post road connecting Königsberg, Memel and St. Petersburg.

Antique horse harness, tropical Cycas

4 – Until the mid-20th century, fishermen would stop working and have their coffee break at 3 PM

Crystal cut glass, classic Soviet table-glass, disposable food container, fish scales in water

5 – The Curonian Spit is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a co-creation of nature and man.

Reproduced stone from the Baltic Sea

Elena Veleckaitė, Evelina Kudabaitė, Marija Puipaitė

2014