Klostės / Folds
2022 / Czech Republic, Ireland & Lithuania / 67 min / Art, Fantasy, Animation
Director: Aideen Barry
Producers: Vilte Migonyte-Petruliene & Kaunas 2022 European capital of culture 2022
Cast: Natsuho Matsumoto, Julija Mintautė, Eglė Valadkevičiūtė, Marius Pinigis, Adrian Carlo Bibiano, Arūnas Mozūraitis, Clara Giambino & Marius Eidrigevičius
Klostės (translated as Pleats or Folds) is a Black & White non-verbal film created by the People of Kaunas Lithuania together with Artist & Film-maker Aideen Barry. The film was commissioned by Kaunas 2022, The European Capital of Culture. The film takes inspiration from Kaunas Architectural Modernism and the hidden histories associated with the magical city.
Klostės is Barry’s debut feature, created through collaboration with hundreds of citizens of the inter-war modernist city of Kaunas – a city that has suffered the ravages and dark legacies of war, occupation and colonial infringement, to rise and reinvent itself.
Followed by Q&A with director Aideen Barry.
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Aideen Barry is an international visual artist based in Ireland, who explores and interprets local community, historical and cultural contexts by engaging multiple audiences and participants through social engaged collaborations. Her main interest are in ideas of the strange, intangible and interpreting “otherness”. Aideen has presented her projects in multiple museums and galleries world wide and has received numerous awards for her work. In January 2023 she will temporarily relocate to the US to take up a residency int he International Studios and Curatorial Programme in Brooklyn NYC. She is a member of Aosdána and The Royal Hibernian Academy.
