{"id":2113,"date":"2023-09-05T21:35:58","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T21:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nugu.lt\/us\/?p=2113"},"modified":"2024-01-20T23:35:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-20T23:35:19","slug":"futurity-island-national-gallery-of-art-vilnius-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nugu.lt\/?p=2113","title":{"rendered":"Futurity Island, National Gallery of Art, Vilnius 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Futurity Island <\/em>is an immersive installation that turns environmental data into sonic cries, which address the structures\u2014historical, metaphoric, and narrative\u2014governing our climate futures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By retooling drainpipes for interspecies communication, Futurity Island <\/em>provides a learning environment and a space for acoustic experimentation. As an instrument used to drain swamps, the pipe represents human-centered ecology and environmental domination. It may be seen as the prime symbol of the Anthropocene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A network of pipes is assembled into an artificial skeleton to channel the sounds of \u201cnature\u201d. This reconfiguration aims at rendering Amphibian Songs <\/em>through the sonification of environmental research data\u2014the physics of the soil, land, and wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The work filters soil toxicity data through samples of the sounds of Hydropsyche<\/em>, a caddisfly genus that is an amphibious architect and natural sensor of clean water. The appropriation of the pipes brings humans and nonhumans into a more symmetrical, and potentially collaborative relationship, aimed at attuning to the silenced voices of our planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Futurity Island <\/em>on site: PVC pipe, 6 channel sound, dimensions 680 x 830 x 420 cm. Courtesy of the artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concept: Nomeda & Gediminas Urbonas
Architecture: Indr\u0117 Umbrasait\u0117
Sound: Nicole L\u2019Huillier
Collaborating artist: Tobias Putrih<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Futurity Island <\/em>was commissioned by the Blackwood Gallery for the exhibition Work of Wind: Air, Land, Sea<\/em>, curated by Christine Shaw. Supported by UTM, Musket Transport, IPEX and National Endowment for the Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The launch of Futurity Island in 2023 is part of the Partially Swamped Institution<\/a>, a retrospective exhibition by Nomeda & Gediminas Urbonas at the national Gallery of Art, Vilnius.
The installment on site was organized by curator Giedrius Gulbinas, consulted with architects Jonas \u017dukauskas and Jurga Daubarait\u0117, installed by Jurgis Pa\u0161kevi\u010dius, Antanas Gerlikas, Gediminas Akstinas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Gintar\u0117 Grig\u0117nait\u0117, Jonas \u017dukauskas, Urbonas Studio<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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