Blurred Border
The Curonian Spit is a narrow sand peninsula, 98 km of length, which separates the Curonian Lagoon from the Baltic Sea. In the South, Lithuanian part of the Spit borders with Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation (former germ. Königsberg, lith. Karaliaučius). Nowadays the borderline marks the external borders of the European Union. This land went through extremely turbulent historical events that touched todays’ inhabitants and nature.
In mirrored documentaries the differences of regime and socio-cultural context in the Curonian Spit’s Lithuanian and Russian (Kaliningrad) sides – where the inhabitants live on a quite separated and isolated land – will be explored. The local people on both sides of the border are leading a quite similar lifestyle. Main characters will be the same on both sides of the border: a fisherman in Preila and a fisherman in Rybachyi (former germ. Rossiten, lith. Rasytė). In realization two pictures of fishermen merged into one with (border) line in the middle will be used. Two documentaries will be made on the same framework: meaning, that scenes, the characters, the environment and the atmosphere will be the same on Lithuanian and Russian sides. The website would function with virtual borderline in the middle. In such way the borderline between Lithuanian and Russian parts will be integrated into the entire storytelling. The user will see virtual borderline on the screen, scrolling to the right would unveil the Lithuanian part of the story, scrolling to the left would picture the Russian part.
Blurred Border will be released as four portraits reflecting the four seasons on the Curonian Spit. The fisherman is linked with autumn; a writer with winter; a forester with spring and a taxi driver is the most active in summer.
In mirrored documentaries the differences of regime and socio-cultural context in the Curonian Spit’s Lithuanian and Russian (Kaliningrad) sides – where the inhabitants live on a quite separated and isolated land – will be explored. The local people on both sides of the border are leading a quite similar lifestyle. Main characters will be the same on both sides of the border: a fisherman in Preila and a fisherman in Rybachyi (former germ. Rossiten, lith. Rasytė). In realization two pictures of fishermen merged into one with (border) line in the middle will be used. Two documentaries will be made on the same framework: meaning, that scenes, the characters, the environment and the atmosphere will be the same on Lithuanian and Russian sides. The website would function with virtual borderline in the middle. In such way the borderline between Lithuanian and Russian parts will be integrated into the entire storytelling. The user will see virtual borderline on the screen, scrolling to the right would unveil the Lithuanian part of the story, scrolling to the left would picture the Russian part.
Blurred Border will be released as four portraits reflecting the four seasons on the Curonian Spit. The fisherman is linked with autumn; a writer with winter; a forester with spring and a taxi driver is the most active in summer.