His work can be described as a skilful synthesis of contemporary biographies layering historical footage that shows audiences how easy it is to mythologise reality. This major retrospective represents the first opportunity for Dutch and regional audiences to see in detail a broad selection of the artist’s films and other works produced over the past 10 years. The works are spread throughout the ‘Oudbouw’, the historic old building of the museum, allowing the visitor to follow Narkevičius’ development as a story teller and image maker.
Narkevičius is an artist whose work is primarily developed in film and video format, although on occasion he has also worked with sculpture, photographs and installations. His oeuvre subtly addresses a key theme in modernday societies: our relationship with temporality and memory. Specifically, Lithuania’s transition from a Soviet society to the constitution of an independent democratic state has given Narkevičius an opportunity to emphasise the importance of understanding the emergence of a new dimension of historical time. grounded in a full awareness of its potential political applications.