Lithuanian artists in the spotlight this year
Every year Circulation(s) spotlights a particular artistic scene, inviting young artists from that region to present their work. After exploring the Portuguese, Belarusian, Armenian, Bulgarian and Ukrainian photographic scenes this year's focus is on Lithuania. For the fourth year running, WhiteWall is supporting the focus by producing works from the various series on show.
As part of the focus on Lithuania the festival highlights various series exploring notions of identity, memory and reality through contemporary artistic approaches. Drawing on themes such as uprooting, media dehumanization and the influence of digital technologies, the works question our perception of others and the world around us. They reveal the tensions between visibility and erasure, authenticity and artifice, while offering a profound reflection on the impact of images in our society.
Discover the Lithuanian artists and their series
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"Uprooted" - Ieva Baltaduonyte
One in ten refugees is thought to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Symptoms include anxiety, panic attacks, nightmares and flashbacks. Women and children are particularly vulnerable to these traumas.
Uprooted tells the story of Ukrainian women and teenagers who fled the war and have now settled in Kaunas, Lithuania. The series highlights their strength and courage in the face of the profound trauma of exile.
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"Chasing Digital Truth" - Agne Gintalaite
This series explores the creative potential of generative AI, perceived by our minds as a source of truth. The data used to train the AI's generative models blend with the authenticity of Agnė Gintalaitė's personal photos. The digital objects presented, however, are not intended to blend into an alleged reality. Imperfections become revealing clues to the AI's way of thinking. This collaboration between human and technology gives rise to images that embody the ontology of an emerging hybrid world.
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"Enjoy the now" - Paulius Petraitis
The “Enjoy the Now” series examines the media strategies employed to dehumanize migrants who have crossed the border between Belarus and Lithuania. Paulius Petraitis has compiled a set of press images in which migrants' faces are systematically blurred, erasing their identity and any sign of their existence.
By revisiting these places of passage, Petraitis searches for traces of this obscured human presence, accentuating through his work this desire to erase identity and belonging.
Exhibition overview
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Behind the scenes of the production
The works in the Lithuania focus were produced by WhiteWall. In the following images we follow the step-by-step production of Agnė Gintalaitė's "Chasing the digital Truth" series. Amélie Samson, general coordinator of the Circulation(s) festival, also accompanied the production in our laboratory.
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The products presented in the exhibition
Interview with Amélie Samson, general coordinator
Amélie Samson is general coordinator of the Fetart collective, organizer and creator of the Circulation(s) festival. Formerly coordinator of the Planches Contact festival in Deauville, then producer of exhibitions and book prizes for the Rencontres d'Arles, she specializes in contemporary emerging photography.
For the past 10 years, she has supported and accompanied emerging photographers in the conception, production and distribution of their work, working with institutions, curators and project promoters. Committed to the fair representation and remuneration of artists, she is also secretary of LUX, the network of French photography festivals and fairs.
Discover our interview with her.
The festival of young European photography
Supporting the photographic scene, and in particular young emerging artists, is a long-standing commitment for WhiteWall. It is therefore with great enthusiasm that we renew for the 4ᵉ consecutive year our partnership with the Circulation(s) festival, to be held in Paris from April 5 to June 1ᵉʳ, 2025.
Thanks to a rigorous selection and bold programming, Circulation(s), organized by the Fetart association, has established itself as one of Europe's unmissable photography events. The festival brings together exhibitions, workshops, portfolio readings and meetings with artists in a dynamic artistic venue in the heart of Paris. What sets it apart is its rich, innovative and high-quality program, which captivates not only photography enthusiasts, but also a wider public.
Circulation(s) aims to reveal young talent and highlight new trends. Each year, following a call for projects, the artistic committee - made up of 10 professional curators - receives over 1,000 applications from international artists. These are then carefully examined by the jury, who finally selects around thirty artists for each edition. Throughout the festival, visitors will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite artist. The winner of the Prix du Public will receive, as last year, a WhiteWall endowment of €500.00.
For this 15ᵉ edition, the festival presents twenty-three artists from thirteen different nationalities, offering an artistic perspective that pushes back the boundaries between photography and contemporary art. This year's focus, for which WhiteWall has produced almost all the works, is dedicated to Lithuania. The curator and a WhiteWall expert will discuss the conception of this exhibition during the professional weekend scheduled for May 17 and 18, 2025.
We invite you to consult the full program of exhibitions, workshops and events on the Circulation(s) website.
Previous editions
Submitted by WhiteWall
Circulation(s) 2024
In its 14th edition, the Circulation(s) festival presents exciting artists and photographers from fourteen different nationalities. After the Armenian and Bulgarina photography scene, the focus this year is on Bulgaria. WhiteWall produced the works in the exhibition.
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Circulation(s) 2023
In its 13th edition, the Circulation(s) festival presents exciting artists from fourteen different nationalities. After the Romanian, Portuguese, Belarusian, and Armenian photography scene, the focus this year is on Bulgaria.
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Circulation(s) 2022 - Focus Armenia
Circulation(s), organized by the Fetart collective, has successfully established itself as one of the major events of the photography scene in Europe. Combining exhibitions, workshops, portfolio readings, and meetings with artists in an equally artistic venue in the heart of Paris.