Labyrinth of Lita UNEARTHED VALUES Pafe Rachel ulskus

Labyrinth of Lita UNEARTHED VALUES Pafe Rachel | Šulskus Mantautas | Bartusevičiūtė Evelina | Zalkin Shamir Linkutė Kamilė| Kurienė Viktorija

Values The Labyrinth of Lita is a space for conversation dialogue, social and activity between different parts of Lithuanian and broader society. It has a strong ethical basis on coexistence, tolerance and diversity, filtered through historical memory. Pafe Rachel | Šulskus Mantautas | Bartusevičiūtė Evelina | Zalkin Shamir |Linkutė Kamilė | Kurienė Viktorija Labyrinth of Lita

Target groups • Immediate residents • Heritage searchers (academic researchers) • “Emotional connections” (visitors with religious or family connections) • Children/young people Pafe Rachel | Šulskus Mantautas | Bartusevičiūtė Evelina | Zalkin Shamir |Linkutė Kamilė | Kurienė Viktorija Labyrinth of Lita

Archaeology • Excavation of specific parts of Shulhoyf underground remains • Tracing specific parts of Shulhoyf that were originally above ground in order to create an open-air labyrinth (walls, interior) and connecting them together through pathways and a variety of entry/exit points • Labyrinth follows variety of points that make up the Shulhoyf Pafe Rachel | Šulskus Mantautas | Bartusevičiūtė Evelina | Zalkin Shamir |Linkutė Kamilė | Kurienė Viktorija Labyrinth of Lita

History • Coexistence between Jewish community (rich, poor)/other communities • Shulhoyf as a way of creating equality • Functions of the Shulhoyf • Cyclical history- lifecycles of the site • Multiple entry points/ non-linear narrative Pafe Rachel | Šulskus Mantautas | Bartusevičiūtė Evelina | Zalkin Shamir |Linkutė Kamilė | Kurienė Viktorija Labyrinth of Lita

Activities • Children, young people and immediate residents: – Project-based learning, Jewish history plays, workshops (tolerance), lectures, discussions, music, spaces for resting • Heritage searchers, researchers and emotional connection searchers: – Research space- place to learn from the labyrinth: information databases, artifacts uncovered during excavation (bimah, aron kodesh) Pafe Rachel | Šulskus Mantautas | Bartusevičiūtė Evelina | Zalkin Shamir |Linkutė Kamilė | Kurienė Viktorija Labyrinth of Lita

Architecture Labyrinth Follows original outline of Shulhoyf Public/outdoor spaces: follows some of original walking paths, cuts through former buildings, Keeps scale of original spatial layout, but not same materials nor height of original buildings Landscape design, small architecture elements Pafe Rachel | Šulskus Mantautas | Bartusevičiūtė Evelina | Zalkin Shamir |Linkutė Kamilė | Kurienė Viktorija Labyrinth of Lita

• • Synagogue | Kindergarten Keep parts of former school. Great synagogue site: 2 -3 m deep, covered. Activity spaces: 1) underground, 2) former kindergarten, 3) indoor spaces in the labyrinth. Concept 1 Concept 2 Pafe Rachel | Šulskus Mantautas | Bartusevičiūtė Evelina | Zalkin Shamir |Linkutė Kamilė | Kurienė Viktorija Matta Clark work Labyrinth of Lita