Valdas is a talented architectural visionary who left his life unexpectedly ten years ago, and who did not fit into the standard architectural frameworks. As the architect of many of the Centre for Contemporary Art’s exhibitions, he spent a large part of his life at the museum. It is here that the artist’s daughter Elena walks, having to unload the artist’s legacy from the museum. The visit becomes a tender farewell and a touch of her father’s work, as well as the projects that were never realised. Dark matter is not only the title of the film, but also the title of the architect’s last phase of work: a black as a hole in space sadness and Ozarinskas own words: “We haven’t done anything more”.
“Dark matter” doesn’t only mean darkness and despair. It contains many meanings. Looking at the night sky we often see celestial bodies, flying planes, satellites, constellations. There is a life in the night sky, bigger than us, unattainable and unreachable, but so fantastically attractive. “Cockroach”, photographed on a moldy wall, Valdas’s ability to see the hidden, to give meaning to a simple thing, transformation of that thing to a cosmic transmitter, sending a message to the aesthetics of boredom. There is more to life than loss and deprivation. Each one of us has a purpose, our geographical space, our time.
Biography
Aušra Lukošiūnienė was born in 1964, in Klaipėda, Lithuania. She graduated from the Russian Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinematography, directing and she worked for 13 years as a director and producer in Lithuania for national TV. In 2018 she founded Vėgėlė Films. She currently lives in Paris.
