Eye Gymnastics is the stage name of Viktorija Damerell and Gailė Griciūtė. The artists collaborate on creating performances of experimental music, instructions and incantations. In their investigations, sensual timbres merge with mental voyages, hypnosis and echoes of pop.
Viktorija Damerell is an artist and curator mostly working in the areas of sound, sculpture and text. She holds an MA degree in Sculpture from VAA, Vilnius. In 2019 she, together with Ona Juciūtė, curated the duo show “Kittens” in “Kintai Arts” residency, as well as participating in the group show “A Colleague from Another Tribe” in the National Gallery of Art and curating, together with Ona Juciūtė, a group show “Head and Tails” at the Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius.
http://viktorijadamerell.com
Gailė Griciūtė is a composer, sound artist and improviser, a 2011 graduate of Sibelius music academy in Finland, 2015 graduate of Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre and 2014 graduate of Staedelschule art academy in Frankfurt am Main (as a guest student at Douglas Gordon’s film class). Gailė is a member of contemporary art collective “Technologies of Non/Self”, having joined it for exhibitions in Germany, the USA and Vietnam. She has participated in various sound art projects, improvisational music festivals and events, amongst them – “Ahead”, “Jauna Muzika” “Soundscape”, NOA, Estonia in Lithuania, “Counterflows” in UK, “Sound Art Festival” in Kaliningrad, “Unsound” in Krakow, “Labor Sonor” in Berlin, “Tectonics” in Tel Aviv.
http://gailegriciute.com
15 November, 7 pm
Geležinkelio 13, 2nd Floor.
The performance is a part of the programme of the exhibition “2 0 9 0” .
For the best experience of the performance, participants must have an ability to remain silent throughout the duration of the piece.
Participating artists: Antanas Šveinys, Danas Aleksa, Eye Gymnastics, Ignas Pavliukevičius
Jurgis Bernatonis, Lukas Dagilis, Marta Frejutė, Mindaugas Reklaitis, Vegan on Acid, Wouter van der Laan & Vilius Vaitiekūnas, Žygimantas Kudirka
Curators: Milda Dainovskytė, Laurynas Skeisgiela
Graphic designer: Gailė Pranckūnaitė
The project is executed by Lentvaris House for Culture
The project is partially supported by: Lithuanian Council for Culture, Cultural Ministry for the Republic of Lithuania, Trakai District Municipality
