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The JP news portal has already written that the works are being carried out intensively within the Sound: the equipment in the corridors, the chairs are being dismantled, the transport is being arranged for transport, a part will be transported to the training center professional by M. Rimkevičaitė, where the cinema will be temporarily located. Some items will be stored.
“Outside, apparently waiting for another day, the weather will improve and construction will also begin. Physically, we talked about the site work taking about a month. I think the first decommissioning works can start next week, “T. Jukna told the BNS news agency.
Gave chairs
Meanwhile, yesterday on the social network Facebook, on the account of the “Garsas” cinema center, the news appeared that cinema chairs are being donated.
“The Panevėžys City Council allowed the chairs made in 1968 to be donated. There are about 400 of them. I think donating chairs is much better than destroying them. This is both morally and humanly just. We only donate chairs, we do not plan to donate other items, ”explained Genė Pučinskienė, director of the Garsas cinema center.
By the way, the ad about the donated chairs appeared on Monday afternoon, but by the end of the working day, “Garsas” no longer had chairs. Interest in them was so great that the chairs were snatched away.
Close the car park
You can see now that the demolition of the Sound will begin. Since last week, the cinema center has been fenced off, and the municipality of the city of Panevėžys announced that from Wednesday until 2020. January 11, due to construction works Respublikos g. 40, the parking lot of the car park near the building of the State Labor Inspectorate and the “Kavalierius” cafe will be closed.
It is reported that pedestrian traffic will also be restricted near the reconstructed Sound building.
Socialists oppose
We remind you that the initiative of the Panevėžys City Council to build an art center in place of the Sound in a few years is opposed by some public figures, who call for the preservation of the old building. The State Commission for Cultural Heritage also ruled against the demolition of the cinema building.
The municipality was also embroiled in legal disputes with the Building Inspection, which eventually concluded a peace treaty, and the artist himself publicly announced his intention to transfer the collection in August.
According to T. Jukna, director of the municipal administration of the city of Panevėžys, there are currently no legal or other obstacles left for the center, and the discussions with S. Eidrigevičius, with the participation of the Minister of Culture Simonas Kairis, are “quite positive “.
Temporary location found
Representatives of the municipality of Panevėžys claim that temporary film facilities were found at the M. Rimkevičaitė vocational training center in consultation with representatives of the “Garsas” cinema center. Another commercial cinema is located a few hundred meters away.
For several years, Garsas also plans to show film screenings in parks and other open and renovated spaces.
“Our economic institution has rented around a thousand square meters of space, there is also an amphitheater room, which will be equipped with around a hundred seats for spectators. The place will be adapted to screen cinemas, we try to invest the minimum in it. I think it will last until April-May, then there should already be an opportunity to see movies. It is not clear if our situation due to the pandemic will allow it, “said T. Jukna.
Non-commercial cinema will return
According to the director of the municipality of the city of Panevėžys, once the construction of the SEMC is completed, the non-commercial cinema should return to the city center.
The new movie theater is planned in a separate complex next to the Arts Center building. Approximately 80 viewers will be able to watch non-commercial cinema at the same time. For premieres and other events that require more space, the film industry will be able to take advantage of the multifunctional room. It will also be adapted to show movies.
It will be rebuilt in 20 months.
3.7 thousand PST has committed to the construction of the current Garsas cinema center on Respublikos street for more than 9 million square meters. euro will be rebuilt in 20 months, the works can be completed in the spring of 2023 at the latest.
It is planned to establish museums, exhibition halls, educational spaces transformed into the building, corridors, an information center, an art library, a media library and later a superstructure with a roof, adapted for the viewing platform, exhibitions and chamber events.
It was agreed that the basis of the museum’s permanent exhibition would be a collection of works by the artist’s multi-functionalist S. Eidrigevičius. Professional artwork created during the art biennials and symposia in Panevėžys will also be featured.
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