new values. In the programme of Kaunas 2022, modernism acts as a platform to create an optimistic and sustainable dialogue among the local community, heritage specialists, artists of various disciplines, IT and business sectors.

In the programme of Kaunas 2022, the modernism of Kaunas becomes an inspiration for gathering the communities of heritage, artists of various disciplines, new creations, as well as source of identity, dialogue and creativity.

Initiatives anticipated:projects of art, culture and / or modern technologies, encouraging and revealing new values of the interwar modernism phenomenon of Kaunas and Kaunas District, creating new interpretations for the story of this heritage, revealing the connections and differences of Kaunas and other European cities and modernism around the world, encouraging residents from other countries and Lithuanian cities to discover the tangibleand intangible modernist heritage of Kaunas.

Special call of the programme (activity):

KAUNAS MODERNISM 360/365. It is a programme of art residencies also designed to look for and create artistic interpretations of the phenomenon of modernism in Kaunas and its District and which is to be implemented by Kaunas 2022 in cooperation with various cultural operators. By 2023, the programme strives to “activate” up to 365 objects of interwar modernism in Kaunas and its District using various artistic means and instruments of modern technologies. The applicants are invited to offer projects based on the works by local or international artists, as well as their residencies and interdisciplinary projects that would create works of various disciplines inspired by the heritage of this period in Kaunas and its District.

When assessing the project