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“This morning we contacted the municipality of Panevėžys, we ordered not to rush, to suspend any work. We had a meeting with the architect, the municipality, today we want to expand the circle with the politicians in Panevėžys from different sides of the barricades, to hear the position of the “Sound” community. Any rush is not for profit, not for dialogue, “S. Kairys said on BNS on Tuesday.
The minister took this initiative after the request of the Panev dežys opposition conservatives and the representatives of the Lithuanian Green Party to listen to the opinion and fears of the group “Save the Sound”. Public figures and politicians claim that the decisions to demolish the cinema and build the Stasys Eidrigevičius Center for the Arts in its place were made in violation of the law.
“We have no doubt that the state authorities will use all their powers in this case to quickly coordinate project changes and issue permits, and their employees will be relieved that they have finally fulfilled their duties correctly and objectively,” he said the opposition in a statement.
The State Commission for Cultural Heritage also ruled against the demolition of the cinema building, the municipality of Panevėžys itself was involved in legal disputes with the Construction Inspectorate, finally a peace treaty was concluded and the artist himself publicly announced his intention to transfer the collection in August.
Tomas Jukna, director of the Panevėžys municipal administration, assured BNS on Monday that there were no legal or other obstacles to the construction and that the actual demolition of the building should start next week. The municipality says it has found a temporary location for the Garsas cinema in the building and promises to adapt the new center to the cinema.
S. Kairys emphasized that this issue is “primarily a question of self-government.”
But we, as a ministry, seeing the importance of this project, it would be a shame if it were to drown in some disagreements. We were simply hungry to somehow rehabilitate this process. “We can say that, no one can say, but it would be irresponsible to leave the matter to ourselves,” the minister said.
S. Eidrigevičius Arts Center for more than 9 million. The Panevėžys Construction Trust will build the works by the end 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.
Built in the Soviet era, the Sound Cinema opened its doors in 1968.
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