Days Full of Invisible Growth

Potatoes in Lithuania hold significant cultural importance as a national staple. However, the intergenerational practice of subsistence potato farming is deeply intertwined with the legacy of Russian imperialism and the history of Soviet violence in the Baltics and Eastern Europe. Surprisingly, this connection is seldom questioned or acknowledged. In the face of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and threats to neighbouring post-Soviet countries, Days Full of Invisible Growth challenges the unspoken Soviet nostalgia associated with the subsidiary potato farming in Lithuania. Through the use of moving images and intergenerational conversations, the project seeks to decontextualize the longing for the Soviet past.