{"id":51788,"date":"2026-08-17T13:48:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T10:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/event\/gates-of-noise-an-international-contemporary-art-exhibition-2\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T14:20:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T11:20:39","slug":"gates-of-noise-an-international-contemporary-art-exhibition-2","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/event\/gates-of-noise-an-international-contemporary-art-exhibition-2\/","title":{"rendered":"“Noise Portals,” an International Contemporary Art Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"

What do the two Baltic Sea ports\u2014Klaip\u0117da and Kotka, Finland\u2014have in common? Both cities are marked by different losses and different urban rhythms. This will be revealed in the exhibition \u201cGates of Noise,\u201d which opens on September 11 at 5:30 p.m. at the Exhibition Hall of the Klaip\u0117da Culture and Communication Center (KKKC) on Did\u017eioji Vandens Street. 2.<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

In the exhibition \u201cGates of Noise,\u201d the rhythm of the city, the silence of nature, and the ruins of construction and war form a space in which the experiences of urban change are encoded. Here, the sounds of the port and heavy industry\u2014harsh, sometimes even unsettling\u2014reveal themselves as more than mere disturbances. At times, they can become a movement and a shared rhythm, providing the impetus to bring communities together, to help them cope with loss, and to seek new ways of creating experiences in cities whose identity is unstable\u2014and, as a result, all the more appealing. <\/p>\n

In the city of Kotka, located in eastern Finland, the horizon is still defined by the islands of the Gulf of Finland that were lost during the Winter War. They are visible to the naked eye from Kotka, but remain out of reach. They have become relics of geopolitical imagination and personal loss. Meanwhile, in Klaip\u0117da, the city\u2019s community changed dramatically after World War II. The city survived, but the continuity of its experience was severed as local narratives dissipated. Later, after the end of the 1990s, the city of Klaip\u0117da once again lost part of its population, and the mediators of alternative culture also left. <\/p>\n

Alongside the lost landscapes of the Kotka Islands, the exhibition also offers references to Klaip\u0117da\u2019s former avant-garde culture and rave scene, as well as to the overall importance of the city\u2019s soundscape in envisioning the city\u2019s future.<\/p>\n

For the first time, in presenting this exhibition, the KKKC is collaborating with the Museum of the History of Lithuania Minor, an institution of historical significance to the city, and on September 10 at at 6:00 p.m., part of the exhibition and a reading directed by Naubertas Jasinskas (the day before the official opening of the exhibition) will be presented at the MLMI Castle Tower. The exhibition \u201cGates of Noise\u201d is curated by Just\u0117 Kostikovait\u0117 and organized in collaboration with the Kotka City Municipality. <\/p>\n

Participants in the exhibition:<\/b><\/strong> Gerda Antanaityt\u0117, Ervinas Faktura, Tony Cokes, Kri\u0161j\u0101nis Elviks, Naubertas Jasinskas, Brigita Kasperait\u0117, Pipsa Lonka, Juha Metso, Thomas Nyqvist, Donatas Noru\u0161is, Jurga Sako, Dijuota \u017dilyt\u0117.<\/p>\n

Curator:<\/b><\/strong> Just\u0117 Kostikovait\u0117<\/p>\n

Architect:<\/b><\/strong> Brigita Kasperait\u0117<\/p>\n

Coordinator:<\/b><\/strong> Justina Trapokait\u0117<\/p>\n

Graphic Design:<\/b><\/strong> Ringail\u0117 Dem\u0161yt\u0117<\/p>\n

Communication:<\/b><\/strong> Dora \u017dibait\u0117<\/p>\n

Technical Implementation<\/b><\/strong> : Robertas Laugalys, Tomas Tarvydas, Paulius \u017dalostnikovas, Vytautas K\u016bra<\/p>\n

The exhibition will be accompanied by a program featuring sound performances by DJ A (Ana Maslenikova\/One Ear Stereo) and Donatas Noru\u0161is.<\/p>\n

The project is funded by<\/b><\/strong> the Klaip\u0117da City Municipality.<\/p>\n

Project partners:<\/b><\/strong> Kotka City Municipality, Kymenlaakso Museum, Merikeskus Vellamo, Klaip\u0117da Castle Museum, Kohta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What do the two Baltic Sea ports\u2014Klaip\u0117da and Kotka, Finland\u2014have in common? Both cities are marked by different losses and different urban rhythms. This will be revealed in the exhibition \u201cGates of Noise,\u201d which opens on September 11 at 5:30 p.m. at the Exhibition Hall of the Klaip\u0117da Culture and Communication Center (KKKC) on Did\u017eioji […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":51771,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[499],"mec_locations":[498],"class_list":["post-51788","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mec_category-exhibition"],"acf":[],"mec_location":[{"id":498,"name":"KCCC Exhibition Hall","slug":"kccc-exhibition-hall"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/51788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51788"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_category?post=51788"},{"taxonomy":"mec_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_locations?post=51788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}