How Lithuania Embraced Pop Culture

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Podcast \ Culture
Hosts and interviewers: Karolis Pilypas Liutkevičius, Karolis Vyšniauskas
Photographer: Mindaugas Drigotas
Editor: Karolis Vyšniauskas
2018 November 13
Video games \ Pop culture

Now, more Lithuanians than ever are coming out as proud pop culture fans and creators. How have superhero films, videogames, comics and cosplay changed the country and the people?

We raised these questions at the special podcast session at the Comic Con Baltics in Vilnius. Our panelists were: Karolis Pilypas Liutkevičius, NARA; Agnė Juškėnaitė, YouTuber, #GeekPropaganda; Jaq Greenspon, writer, associate professor at Vytautas Magnus university; Ieva Pikutytė, video games designer at Nordcurrent; Lesya Parker and Ekaterina Krasner; producer and director of Magic First, a short film about Russian wizards; Karolis Vyšniauskas, NARA

<p>All the panelists preparing for the discussion. ©Mindaugas Drigotas</p>

All the panelists preparing for the discussion. ©Mindaugas Drigotas

<p>Agota Gudelytė-Foxtail has been cosplaying for 10 years. She joined the panel in the character of Aloy from the video game Horizon Zero Dawn. ©Mindaugas Drigotas</p>

Agota Gudelytė-Foxtail has been cosplaying for 10 years. She joined the panel in the character of Aloy from the video game Horizon Zero Dawn. ©Mindaugas Drigotas

<p>Ieva Beneckė, a video game developer, during the discussion. ©Mindaugas Drigotas</p>

Ieva Beneckė, a video game developer, during the discussion. ©Mindaugas Drigotas

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LITEXPO Convenction center during Comic Con. ©Mindaugas Drigotas

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Studio voice was recorded at Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania.

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