{"id":2160,"date":"2025-08-31T14:09:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T11:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kalnuslenis.lt\/?page_id=2160"},"modified":"2025-10-13T14:41:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T11:41:10","slug":"roots","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kalnuslenis.lt\/?page_id=2160&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"\u201cRoots\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Intermodal Immersive Art Event \u201cRoots\u201d<br><br><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1152\" class=\"wp-image-1769\" style=\"width: 500px;float: right;margin-left: 15px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kalnuslenis.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Saknys_3-rotated.webp\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kalnuslenis.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Saknys_3-rotated.webp 1920w, https:\/\/www.kalnuslenis.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Saknys_3-300x180.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.kalnuslenis.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Saknys_3-1024x615.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.kalnuslenis.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Saknys_3-768x461.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.kalnuslenis.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Saknys_3-1536x922.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Script and direction: Andr\u0117ja Stulginskien\u0117<br><br>Over the past decade, Andr\u0117ja Stulginskien\u0117 has been consistently and actively engaged in Lithuania\u2019s cultural field as a theatre director, scriptwriter, educator, and initiator of cultural projects. Her creative work spans diverse genres \u2013 from experimental and documentary theatre to educational performances, liturgical mysteries, visual art projects, and large-scale events. She focuses on revitalizing local communities, preserving and reinterpreting historical memory, expanding access to art, and fostering intercultural dialogue.<br><br>Performers: Justina Kasiulyt\u0117, Algimantas Ra\u0161imas, Rasa Vasiliauskien\u0117<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Music by M. K. \u010ciurlionis<br>Duration: 55\u201360 minutes<br>For adult audiences. Up to 50 participants per session. Observers are also welcome.<br>Filming not permitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRoots\u201d is a sensory experience in which the audience becomes active participants: blindfolded, they journey into their inner origins \u2013 into silence and touch, into scents and sounds, into what lives not in memory but in the body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Part I \u2013 A Sensory Journey to the Origins<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The audience is blindfolded.<br>Through touch, hearing, smell, and taste they are invited to experience the time in which our ancestors lived.<br>In their hands \u2013 artifacts: a linen towel, rosary beads, photographs, scarves, embroidered handkerchiefs, coats, a wooden spoon, an aluminum cup, a prayer book\u2026<br>Grains, earth, and drops of water are poured onto their hands.<br>Sounds created by handmade instruments fill the space: rustling, rain, thunder, wind.<br>Whispers, text fragments, approaches and withdrawals create an intimate illusion of connection<br>with the past.<br>A piece of bread is placed into their hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Part II \u2013 Opening the Eyes: Encounter with History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After about 30 minutes, the blindfolds are removed.<br>A scene opens before them: a puppet \u2013 Mother \u2013 and other living characters.<br>Figures come to life on stage, reviving the historical memory of Joni\u0161kis, bringing back childhood<br>recollections and elders\u2019 stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Part III \u2013 Reflection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The event concludes with an inner journey into oneself: spectators are asked to express their experience with a word, a sentence, or an ellipsis\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a 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