Ingenious Kaunas pits

Ingenious Kaunas pits

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What to do if the road you drive on every day is full of holes and potholes, and the local authorities simply do nothing about it? All you need is a creative approach to get everyone interested in this problem. How to do it? See “Genius Potholes in Kaunas”, a photo project that was created to draw attention to the poor state of roads in Kaunas, Lithuania.

(Total 23 photos)

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Ingenious Kaunas pits

1. A creative group of young people from Kaunas, called Z 999, took a series of funny absurd photographs, the plot of which plays out right next to potholes on the roads, and called it "Brilliant Kaunas potholes." (Photo: A.Artiusenkos and E.Balciutes).

Ingenious Kaunas pits

2. The plots invented by the creative team are so absurd that they make the whole situation with broken bad roads comical. (Photo: A.Artiusenkos and E.Balciutes).

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3. The group visited the most "legendary" potholes in Kaunas. (Photo: A.Artiusenkos and E.Balciutes).

Ingenious Kaunas pits

4. This photo session was organized to draw attention to abandoned, neglected places, broken roads and environmental problems not only of local authorities, but also of ordinary people. (Photo: A.Artiusenkos and E.Balciutes).

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5. According to the authors of this fun project, its goal was not only to show the current situation with the roads, but also the process of human adaptation to unresolved problems. People stop noticing them and get used to everything. The Z 999 group wants to change that. (Photo: A.Artiusenkos and E.Balciutes).

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6. Two professional photographers Arturas Artiusenka and Eurika Balciute took part in a fun photo shoot. (Photo: A.Artiusenkos and E.Balciutes).

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7. The very idea of the project and the photographs aroused great interest in the Lithuanian media. (Photo: A.Artiusenkos and E.Balciutes).

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8. For the creative team, it was, according to them, an unforgettable experience. (Photo: A.Artiusenkos and E.Balciutes).

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9. Group Z 999 pointed out that they did not in any way wish to offend the local authorities. (Photo: A.Artiusenkos and E.Balciutes).

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10. The project has become just an interesting way to express public opinion and draw the attention of other people to what is happening around. (Photo: A.Artiusenkos and E.Balciutes).

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11. The creative team hopes that the local authorities will take action and next year the state of roads in Kaunas will improve significantly. (Photo: A.Artiusenkos and E.Balciutes).

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12. Fishing. (Photo: A.Artiusenkos and E.Balciutes).

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13. (Photo: A.Artiusenkos and E.Balciutes).

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14. (Photo: A.Artiusenkos and E.Balciutes).

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15. (Photo: A.Artiusenkos and E.Balciutes).

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16. (Photo: A.Artiusenkos and E.Balciutes).

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17. (Photo: A.Artiusenkos and E.Balciutes).

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18. (Photo: A.Artiusenkos and E.Balciutes).

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19. (Photo: A.Artiusenkos and E.Balciutes).

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20. (Photo: A.Artiusenkos and E.Balciutes).

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21. (Photo: A.Artiusenkos and E.Balciutes).

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22. (Photo: A.Artiusenkos and E.Balciutes).

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23. (Photo: A.Artiusenkos and E.Balciutes).

Keywords: Road | Lithuania | Pit

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