Vygintas Orlovas, born in 1989 in Kaunas, Lithuania, is an artist and researcher working in both the visual and audible art and focusing on the relations and connections of these two fields.
Education and work:
2022 – present postdoctoral fellowship at Vilnius Academy of Arts;
2022 – present member of the working group at Lumbung Radio and the curator of “vaporwave”;
2015 – present teaching at Vilnius Academy of Arts;
2014 – 2019 doctor of fine arts Vilnius Academy of Arts;
2017 – internship on Schlieren Flow sound analysis at OptoSigma, Japan;
2012–2014 – master of fine arts (with distinction), Vilnius Academy of Art;
2008–2012 – bachelor of fine arts, Vilnius Academy of Art, department of Monumental Art and Scenography, fresco-mosaic specialization;
2006–2008 – Kaunas Art Gymnasium, painting specialization;
2003–2007 – Kaunas A. Martinaitis Art School.
Residencies:
2018, 26th of June-26th of July – artist in residence at Akiyoshidai International Art Village, Japan.–
2015, 15th-28th of July – project open studio in the gallery “Malonioji 6“ in Vilnius. Also a performance “ref/inter – react_cable“ on the 24th of July.
2014, October-November – artist in residence in Kristiansand, Norway. Part of the project CreAiR Kristiansand (CreArt).
Solo shows and releases:
2023, 25th of April – 12th of May, solo exhibition “Without You I’m Nothing” in gallery “Artifex”, in Vilnius, Lithuania.
2020, 21st of July, album “ref/inter – For Hans Jenny” released on Electron Emitter records.–
2019, December – 2020 January, solo exhibition “xqvhawhhef” in the exhibition space of VAA “Titanic”.
2018, 14th of July – 16th of August, solo exhibition “If I was recording Your voice, would you speak in the same fashion You spoke yesterday?”, in AIAV, Yamaguchi pref., Japan.
2018, 3rd of May, EP “ref/inter – iwbiactnle” released on Electron Emitter records.–
2017, 31st of October, album “ref/inter – /inter” (remastered) released on Electron Emitter records.–
2017, 29th of March – 2nd of April, solo exhibition “/inter” and two performances in gallery “Snerk”, in Tromso, Norway.
2017, 23rd of February – 9th of March, solo exhibition “Dar prieš ištariant žodį, prasmė jau buvo pakitusi” and a performance in gallery “Artifex”, in Vilnius, Lithuania.
2016, 10th of September, art performance “ref/inter – inter“ (part of Vilnius Gallery Weekend), in “Yucatan”, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2014, 19th of November – performance “ref/inter“ in the gallery “Vaktbua-Odderøya“, in Kristiansand, Norway.
Publications:
2019 publication “The Influence of Internet Culture on the Shifts in Aesthetics. A Practice-based Approach to Vaporwave” in: Sovijus. Tarpdalykiniai kultūros tyrimai.T.7- Nr.1 (ISSN 2351-4728).
2016 publication “Meninio tyrimo aspektai garsovaizdžio studijose: lyginamoji atvejų analizė” in: ,,Ars et Praxis IV“.
Group exhibitions and shows:
2020 3rd-31st of October, group exhibition “Nuo juoda iki balta” at gallery “42”, Cetinje, Montenegro. Works “Black V3” and “Melolonthinae Cyphochilus / TiO²”.
2020 21st of August-5th of September, group exhibition “Enter 18” at “Šiaulių dailės galerija”. Interactive installation “inter (adaptuota ENTER)”.
2020 23rd-26th of January, group interactive installation “Anthropogenic communities” with Agnès M and Bon Alog at gallery “SHCH / ŠČ”, Vilnius.
2019, 14th-26th of October, group exhibition “Nuo juoda iki balta” at gallery “Akademija”, Vilnius. Works “Black V3” and “Melolonthinae Cyphochilus / TiO²”.
2019, 6th-30th of July, group exhibition “EmEm” at Trakų Vokė Manor. Installation “Dedicated to Solanum Tuberosum”.
2019, 12th of April – 6th of May, group exhibition “Ne_fiksuojanti laikmena” at gallery “Arka”, Vilnius. Part of the 4th contemporary art quadriennale “Q19: Memorabilia. Įrašyti į atmintį“.
2019, 24th of February, performance ,”pd modular” at “Advanced Electronics: ref/inter, Martin Rach”, at ,”Paviljonas”, Vilnius.
2018, December, group exhibition “Beauty of Life”, at gallery “RA”, Vilnius.
2018, 18th of November, performance “/inter b/w” at “AE3 – Digitalogue: id / ref/inter”, at “Paviljonas”, Vilnius.
2018 16th of September, performance “/inter b/w” at “Potiomkinas in music & colour”, at Potiomkinas, Kaunas.
2018, 3rd of June, performance “/inter b/w” at “Postcosmos viii”, Molėtų dangaus šviesulių stebykla.–
2018, 19th of May, performance at “Gatvės triukšmo diena”, part of “Gatvės muzikos diena”, Vilnius.
2018, 5th-22nd of April, group exhibition “Science and Life”, in the exhibition space of VAA “Titanikas”, Vilnius.–
2018, 18th of March, performance “/inter” at “Advanced Electronics: ref/inter, Noise Ladder”, in ,,Paviljonas”, Vilnius.–
2017, 14th of October, light installation festival “Beepositive 2017″ in Pilaitė district, Vilnius, sound and light installation “BC Piliakalnis”.
2017, 12th of October – 5th of November, “20th Miniatures International Exhibition” in Novi Dvori, Zapresic (Croatia), triptych “Stolen memories”.
2017, 29th of September and 30th of September, installation “Garso-vaizdžio laboratorija” and a workshop on the pure data programming environment in music and art festival “AREA 2017″, Kaunas.
2017, 24th of September, performance “re-/inter” at ,,Advanced Electronics: Noise Ladder, ref/inter”, in “Paviljonas”, Vilnius.–
2017, 10th of June, performance “re-/inter” at ,,Audiovisuals: ref/inter, Number Eleven”, in “Ideas Block”, Vilnius.–
2017, 3rd of June, performance in “Įtampos ZOOna: R.E, KiB+entropija, ref/inter, Number Eleven”, in “Raudona ZOOna”, Kaunas.–
2017, 26th of April – 14th of May, group exhibition of artistic research “Darbalaukis”, in the exhibition space of VAA “Titanikas”, Vilnius.–
2017, 23rd of April, performance in “Advanced Electronics: ref/inter, Number Eleven”, Vilnius.–
2017, 11th of March, performance during the opening of “I was born in a country that no longer exists”, part of the art festival “Duisburger Akzente” in Duisburg, Germany.
2017, 24th of January, performance “/inter” at event “Emerald splash Vol.2″ at “Shinjuku Antiknock!”, Tokyo, Japan.–
2016, 16th of December, performance “/inter” at event “Garsovaizdžiai: Girių dvasios, Virsmai, ref/inter” at LARGO, Kaunas.
2016, 23rd of November, performance art event “Performanso laboratorija pasirodo“ in Vilnius Academy of Arts, Vilnius. Performance “ref/inter – react“.
2016, 4th of july – 17th of june, group exhibition “6x6x2016“ in the “Rochester contemporary art center“, New York. Small scale painting series “RGB/Xerox/CMYK“.
2016, 28th of May – 29th of May, music and art festival “Postcosmos V“, Molėtų dangaus šviesulių stebykla. Performance “ref/inter – react“.
2016, 28th of April – 21st of May, group exhibition of the doctoral students of art from Vilnius Academy of Arts “Atviros studijos 2016″, in the exhibition space of VAA “Titanic“. Open studio “sound-image lab“.
2015, 29th of October – “Severe Stream“ in the gallery „meno forma“, in Kaunas. Part of the international media art and music festival “Centras X“. Performance “ref/inter – react_slice“.
2015, October-November – “Art Future/Future Signs“, in the Latvian Academy of Art, in Riga. Performance “ref/inter – react_slice“ during the opening of the exhibition and the documentation of the performance as a work in the exhibition.
2015, 24th of September – “Researcher’s Night“, in the “National art gallery” in Vilnius. Interactive installation “ref/inter-react_cable“.
2015, May – “Mnemosinės ledkalnis“ in the exhibition hall of Vilnius Academy of Art „Titanic“ in Vilnius. Installation “React_cable“.
2015, April – “Kosminė Odisėja 2.0“ in the exhibition hall of Vilnius Academy of Art “Titanic“ in Vilnius. Installation “Translation: a Story“. Monotype prints, sound, text.
2014, November – CreAiR “Temporary Threads“ in the X-house, in Kristiansand, Norway. Installation “Translation: a Story“. Monotype prints, sound, text.
2014, 20th of June – “Meno celės“ in Vilnius Academy of Art. Installation “Transformation“.
2014, 22nd of April – “Kosminės odisėjos” (student art days) performative art lab in the exhibition hall of Vilnius Academy of Art “Titanic“ in Vilnius. Performance “ref/inter – transformation”.
2013, June-July – project “Baltijos Srovės“ (streaming the Baltics) in the Almedalen week in Gotland, Sweden. A group wall painting created together with the local artists and art students.
2012, 16th of June – ,”Meno celės” in Vilnius Academy of Art. Performance ,”Sound Paintings”.
2012, (January-February) “Variations” in the exhibition hall of Vilnius Academy of Art „Titanic“ in Vilnius. Installation “reflections/interpreting – swing swing”.
2011, December – 2012m. January – “REMIX 2011” in the gallery “Arka“, in Vilnius. Installation “reflections/interpreting”.
2011, 2nd of December – Charity auction-concert “The Well-being of a Child is Our Future”.
2011, 11th of November – art and music festival “Insanitus“ in an abandoned shoe factory „Lituanica“ in Kaunas. Performance “reflections/interpreting”.
2011, (September-October) – “Lietuvos sakmė” (Lithuania’s Tale) in the Radvilai palace in Vilnius. Painting “Abstract Tale”.
2011, (August-September) – “Signs of Vilnius“ in the “City hall” in Vilnius. Mixed media works “signs 1-5“.
2011, (August-September) – “XXI century Self-Portrait” in the gallery “Arka“ in Vilnius. Mixed media work “Self-Portrait?”.
2011, (July-August) – underwater glass art exhibition in lake Plateliai “Aqualangas”. Work “Invasion”.
2011, (May-June) – international glass art and miniature exhibition “h 50” in Riga, Latvia. Work “Memory 7”.
2009, – student art days in Vilnius Academy of Arts.
Conferences:
2019, 5th-7th of September, International conference “XV Color Conference” at Accademia Belle Arti Macerata, Italy. Presented paper “Sound as color. A comparative analysis of sound-image in early 20th c. Europe”.
2018, 4th-5th of May, National conference of aesthetics and philosophy of art ,,Komparatyvizmas, globalizacija ir dabartinių estetikos bei meno filosofijos diskursų kaita” at Lietuvos kultūros tyrimų institutas, Vilnius. Presented paper ,,Estetikos diskurso kaita skaitmeninių technologijų amžiuje. Vaporwave atvejo analizė”.
2018, 23rd of March, seminar ,,Integruoto meninio ugdymo inovacijos” at the Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences. Presented paper ,,Garso-vaizdžio tyrimų ištakos ir naujųjų medijų panaudojimo galimybės”.
2017, 19th-21st of October, international conference ,,Virtualities and Realities” at the Art Academy of Latvia and the National Art Museum, Riga. Presented paper ,,Anti-ecology of digital sounds: a case analysis of Vaporwave”.–
2016, 25th-26th of November, international conference „Art Future and Future State“ at the Art Academy of Latvia. Presented paper „Aspects of Artistic Research within Sound-image Studies“.
2016, 11th and 12th of June – 15th national conference of aesthetics and philosophy of art „dabartinė estetika ir meno filosofija: tarp tradicijos ir inovacijų“. Submitted paper „Meninio tyrimo aspektai garsovaizdžio studijose: lyginamoji atvejų analizė“.
2016, 23rd of May – 26th of May – „3rd International Cogress of Numanities“. Submitted paper „Aspects of artistic research within the sound-image studies“.
2016, 16th of May – „The Third Annual PhD conference in Philosophy Sociality and Subjectivity: Interrelation and Mutual Irreducibility“. Submitted paper „Aspects of artistic research within the sound-image studies“.
2016, 3rd and 4th of May – presentation of the research by the art PhD students of VAA. Submitted paper „Universalumo siekis garsą verčiant vaizdu. W Kandinsky ir C. Nicolai kūrinių analizė“.
2016, 28th of April – 40th annual conference of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater. Submitted paper „Garso ir vaizdo ryšiai pasitelkiant meninio tyrimo prieigas: ištakų ir atvejų analizė“.
2015, 26th-29th of July – international conference „M. K. Čiurlionis and the World“. Submitted paper „relations of sound and image in the creative practice of M. K. Čiurlionis and his contemporaries (W. Kandinsky, A. Scriabin, A. W. Rimington): comparative analysis“.
2015, 30th of May – National conference of aesthetics and philosophy of art „Dabartinės estetikos, meno filosofijos ir meno sociologijos virsmai“ (the changes of contemporary aesthetics, art philosophy and art sociology). Submitted paper „Social Changes of the Concept of Aesthetics and the Influence of Technology on the Strategies of Transforming Sound into Image“.
2015, 30th of April – presentation of the art PhD students research „Mnemosinės ledkalnis“. Submitted paper „Translation as a Connection Between Image and Sound“.
2014, 14th of June – National conference of aesthetics and philosophy of art „Čiurlionio fenomenas: naujų interpretacijų galimybės“ (the phenomenon of Čiurlionis, the possibility of new interpretations). Submitted paper „relations of sound and image in the works of Čiurlionis and his contemporaries (Scriabin, Kandinsky, Rimington)“.