In 2004, Dutch visual artist Edwin Zwakman simulated the UN peacekeeping mission in Vilnius, challenging our perception of things and bringing global conversation closer to the Lithuanian context at the time. This week Zwakman came back to Lithuania to join the group exhibition “Outsider’s Look on Vilnius”, opening this Friday, April 7, at the National Gallery of Art.

Co-organised by Contemporary Art Centre, the exhibition presents how artists from different countries saw the city of Vilnius from the restoration of Lithuania’s independence to its integration into the European Union.

Before the opening of the exhibition, Edwin Zwakman gave an exclusive interview to our contributor Eglė Elena Murauskaitė, a senior scholar at the University of Maryland specializing in international security. In this episode of the NARA podcast, they discuss Zwakman's work and challenge current geopolitical narratives embraced by the West.

Pictures and additional info: https://nara.lt/en/articles-en/egle-murauskaite-edwin-zwakman  

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