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Lithuanian Association of Landscape Architects LALA

Pecha Kucha PresentationIFLA Europe General Assembly,

8-10 November 2019, Antalya, Turkey

Prepared by Gintaras Stauskis, Delegate from Lithuania

Vaiva Deveikienė, LALA board member

“Landscape as a collective memory”

Artistic plein-air as a way of exploring the local landscape and protecting its memory


« Les effets du paysage doivent être étudiés par l’œil du peintre avant d’être mesurés par le compas de l’architecte »

"The effects of the landscape must be studied by the eye of the painter before being measured by the compass of the

architect“

E. F. André, 1879, L’art des jardins

Edouard André (1840-1911) at the end of the 19th century has created four picturesque parksin Lithuania: in Palanga, near Baltic sea and in Užutrakis, Lentvaris and Trakų Vokė near Vilnius.


View of Palanga Park in Revue horticole, 1906 View from the park to the sea


Edouard André has three main sources of inspiration. The first one is painting, the second iscycles of nature, and the third one is English landscape architect Humphry Repton (1752–1818).

Effect of light – morning, according to H. Repton. Park in Palanga (by E. André), 2005

Now the parks he has created become the source of inspiration for us. The plein-airs of LALA have started in 2005 from actualization of E. F. André heritage.

Lentvaris manor park, 2011 Painter Marta Vosyliūtė, 2011 “The motive is worthy of sin“



The activities and exhibitions of LALA plein-airs attracted the Ambassador of France. Ambassador's visit to Lentvaris park in 2010 was a good opportunity to attract the attention of local authorities to the problems of park management.

Ambassador delegation at Lentvaris Park near the grotto French ambassador meets with authorities ot Trakai district

We completed the plein-air cycle of André Parks on 2013 in France, at the former André homestead with a huge park in La Croix-en-Touraine.


Since 2014 the plein-airs take place in old towns and villages, where many subjects oflandscapes and architectural heritage, historical parks and manor houses have survived.


Painter Aldona Dobrovolskienė in Rokiškis, 2015 LA Egidijus Vidrinskas in Rietavas, 2016


Painter Viktoras Binkis in the plein-airs in Rokiškis 2015.

The artist combines the present and the story in one piece.


The work, discussions, games bring creative fullness and help you feel the spirit of the place.

The working weeks of plein-airs include seminars, meetings with local communities, and the exhibition.


Exhibition in Rokiškis, 2015

Exhibition in Užutrakis, 2006

Exhibition in Anykščiai, 2014


The publications on parks with illustrations of plein-airs works as a diary capture the memory.


The different approaches andattitudes of the various artists,the sense of the local spirit(genius loci), the creativeatmosphere and the emotionsreveal the layers of thecollective memory of the locallandscape.

The model of Zubov Forest Park. LA Karolis Grušas, 2o19

The plein-airs give to us:

2008


The understanding of the cultural landscape - from unrivaled distances to the eloquent details.

The plein-airs in Regional park of Kurtuvėnai 2019.


“Depending on the nature of the culturalheritage, its cultural context, and itsevolution through time, authenticityjudgements may be linked to the worth ofa great variety of sources of information.[…] The use of these sources permitselaboration of the specific artistic,historic, social, and scientific dimensionsof the cultural heritage being examined”.The Nara Document on Authenticity (1994)

For conclusion:

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