A 24-hour (no) photo essay by Kristina Railaitė
The Journey of a Silhouette, 24 reflections in 24 hours by Kristina Railaitė
Published on
10.2.26
Words and photos by Kristina Railaite.
Lithuanian-born and Brussels-based photographer Kristina Railaitė assembled a (no)photo essay over the course of 24 hours inside Horst Club.
"Horst Club consists of two worlds. The night buzz and the day dream. The night buzz allows the crowds to disconnect, escape from reality and discover their alter-egos. While the day dream attracts the music-connoisseurs, the dedicated ravers, the builders and the dreamers. Photographing the night buzz makes me question, what are the silhouettes I capture looking for? A silhouette allows people to use their own memories and imagination to fill in this human-figured shape, encouraging their own individual reflections. The Journey of a Silhouette explores this search: within Horst Club, within nightlife, and within ourselves. A search that quietly reveals itself again during the day dream, in the same community - now visible."
What follows is Kristina’s personal interpretation, captured in her distinctive digital and analog style.
Lithuanian-born and Brussels-based photographer Kristina Railaitė assembled a (no)photo essay over the course of 24 hours inside Horst Club.
"Horst Club consists of two worlds. The night buzz and the day dream. The night buzz allows the crowds to disconnect, escape from reality and discover their alter-egos. While the day dream attracts the music-connoisseurs, the dedicated ravers, the builders and the dreamers. Photographing the night buzz makes me question, what are the silhouettes I capture looking for? A silhouette allows people to use their own memories and imagination to fill in this human-figured shape, encouraging their own individual reflections. The Journey of a Silhouette explores this search: within Horst Club, within nightlife, and within ourselves. A search that quietly reveals itself again during the day dream, in the same community - now visible."
What follows is Kristina’s personal interpretation, captured in her distinctive digital and analog style.
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Alter-egos emerge. What are they searching for? Something that's been lost? Or to be found? A funny time?
Forgetting the past year? Or a borderless start of the new year?
Eventually discovering self-reflections, the inner light, soul-touching tracks, and a lost track of time. The other side...
A community and sense of belonging.
Inspiration and creative expression.
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“What’s so amazing about dance floors is bringing together all of these people that are different, but you have this one shared interest, which is that you want to be in this moment in time together.”
“When I go party, one thing that bothers me is that performance is often seen as something just to spice up the night. I always imagine what if performance is an integral part of the party.”
"Clubbing has undergone enormous commercialisation and standardisation. It’s important to stage these works in a way that rethinks or reactivates clubbing as an important cultural experience."
“It’s really nice if a club night can be different things. It can be dancing, it can be talking, it can be resistance, getting out of your comfort zone. It’s almost like a Gesamtkunstwerk”.
“The idea was to find a language throughout space or some kind of movement that can give the club a feeling of passing of time. It’s not as static as a place."
"I think one of the first things we decided to do is to come dancing here and to feel what's going on, what works very well, what could be better, what have we learned from it, but how can it also be different?"
"Party spaces can be overwhelming. I’ve often experienced being at a club and sitting on the cold concrete floor with everyone else."
"The perfect club is when you have the best people inside, a diverse dance floor where people feel represented.”
“Care is the most important expression of community: making sure everyone feels comfortable, trusted and supported among like-minded people.”
"It's seven in the morning, you have all of these people around you that you've never met before, yet they feel like your best friends. Then you realise you still have another twelve hours to party. I live for those magical moments!"
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"Coming here is like coming home to my extended family, but then for like 24 hours. It really feels like home away from home to me."
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"In my 3 years of working here, I have seen so many things change. It's been amazing to see this ongoing experiment that Horst Club has become."
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"Coming here is like coming home to my extended family, but then for like 24 hours. It reallly feels like home away from home. to me."
"Clubbing has undergone enormous commercialisation and standardisation. It’s important to stage these works in a way that rethinks or reactivates clubbing as an important cultural experience."
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