Artist: Gintaras Makarevicius (LT)
Genre: Art Film
Lithuania, 1999 / 12 min (Mini DV), b/w, colour & sound

The Film
An abandoned factory canteen, typical of the 60s and 70s, has inspired the idea to revive and reconstruct the memory of the real people who used to work in the factory. Authentic dishes of the 60s and 70s are served, the people who used to work and have lunch there are invited, and their stories about that time are heard. Four toasts said during the lunch became the basis for editing the video film. The original idea, about a meeting of real people, in a real place, and their confrontation with the past, contained a promise of nostalgia. However, the toasts revealed a relevant current issue - social instability. The mode of thinking expressed in the toasts has been juxtaposed with archive footage from the opening of the same factory canteen. The film is an example of creating history and ideology - shaped thinking.

Gintaras Makarevicius
Gintaras Makarevicius (b. 1965 in Trakai, Lithuania) studied painting at the Vilnius Academy of Arts 1988-1994.