Gedvilė Tamošiūnaitė
(Lithuania–Germany)

solo exhibition Kliudžiau, 2022
Vienna, Austria
“Improper Walls” project space

Text by Ignas Petronis

I got it. The spinning camera zooming out in circles above an avatar lying on the cold
virtual ground. Reload.
I got it. Empty streets of another doomsday city seen from a window of an Internet café.
And glitching dripping icicles from gutters, turning into fuzzy stray dogs as they fall
down.
I got it. Growing up as much in computer games as in your house, your room, your bed.
I got it. A glistening arrow held in suspense versus a corrupt 3D-printing file for a neo-
puukko that freezes every printer mid-job.
I got it. So young yet so shrivelled!

Gedvilė Tamošiūnaitė, (b.1990) is a Lithuanian artist and photographer based in Berlin, Germany. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Photography and Media Arts from Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania (2015), and a Master's degree in Photography from ECAL/ Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne, Switzerland (2022). The artist has received multiple grants from the Lithuanian Council for Culture and is selected among "Futures 2024" emerging photographers. Tamošiūnaitė's diverse artistic background spans photography, video, and art direction, with her work exhibited internationally. Her artistic focus lies in translating contemporary human emotions and feelings into visual digital culture and non-verbal codes. Taking the former as an emotional collective entity - non-organic, bloodless, and painless - she aims to detect gaps that expose it to reality and allow for embodiment. Her aesthetics are characterized by a sticky, ethereal glow that evokes a sense of everlasting longing.