Everything Else Is Just Another Friend You Haven’t Met Yet is a multi-faceted work series based on photographs taken during a residency in Vilnius, Lithuania, and from journeys through the Baltic countries and Kaliningrad. J&K stylize themselves as part of a scenario in which pre-Christian and Christian elements intermingle with contemporary and past architecture. The locations depicted include the Latvian Pokaini Forest, home to pagan places of worship, the famous pilgrimage site Hill of Crosses in Lithuania, amusement park architecture from the USSR era in the Lithuanian beach resort Palanga or neo-capitalistic buildings in Kaliningrad. The artists are staging a clash of cultures that challenges given notions of a region or a cultural group and emphasizes the diversity of cultural influences. The guiding principle is its openness for the unexpected and curiosity about the complexity of life.
(Extract from catalogue text: Don’t Worry – Be Curious! by D. Bienert, K. Kivinen, E. Lunghi)