Big Babol is a collaborative
work, by me and Simona Zemaityte, composed of chewed gums sticked onto the
chicken wires by the visitors of the event and a video reflected on the gummy
surface. It is an
interactive installation uniting the visitors of the event in a very simple,
childish and intimate way.
For the video to be reflected on
the gummy surface, Simona shares a much different, political memory of her own,
yet childish as every child had similar experiences:
USSR under the flavor of a smuggled "Donald Duck"
“I was born in a country that no longer exists. But I am Lithuanian.
My mom says USSR was oppressive. My grandma says it was violent. All I remember
about it is actually a chewing gum. USSR was political. Sorry to say, but my
generation have learned about it at school. We never really lived it. Our
memories are left in the margins of a big history. Yet they have a right to be
spoken. Next year it will be 10 years after the official collapse of Soviet
Union. The Big Bubble...”
