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Vygintas Orlovas, born in 1989 in Kaunas, Lithuania, is an artist-researcher working in both the visual and audible art fields, while focusing on the relations, connections and interactions of these fields.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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Education and work:
<\/b><\/strong>2022 – 2024 postdoctoral fellowship at Vilnius Academy of Arts;
<\/b><\/strong>2022 – present <\/b><\/strong>member of the working group at Lumbung Radio<\/a> and the curator of “vaporwave”;
2020 – present<\/strong> twitch affiliate V_of_Londor<\/a>, member of team hitless<\/a> and team widers<\/a>;
2019 – present<\/strong> head of the department of Site-specific and Scenography at Vilnius Academy of Arts;
<\/b><\/strong><\/b><\/b>2015 – present<\/strong> teaching at Vilnius Academy of Arts;
2014 – 2019 doctor of fine arts Vilnius Academy of Arts;
<\/b><\/strong>2017 – internship on Schlieren Flow sound analysis at OptoSigma, Japan;
2012\u20132014 – master of fine arts (with distinction)<\/span>, Vilnius Academy of Art;
2008\u20132012 – bachelor of fine arts, Vilnius Academy of Art, department of Monumental Art and Scenography, fresco-mosaic specialization;
2006\u20132008 – Kaunas Art Gymnasium, painting specialization;
2003\u20132007 – Kaunas A. Martinaitis Art School.<\/p>\n

Residencies:<\/b><\/strong>
2018, 26th of June-26th of July\u00a0\u2013 artist in residence at Akiyoshidai International Art Village, Japan.\u2013<\/a>
2015, 15th-28th of July \u2013 project open studio in the gallery “Malonioji 6\u201c in Vilnius. Also a performance “ref\/inter \u2013 react_cable\u201c on the 24th of July.
2014, October-November \u2013 artist in residence in Kristiansand, Norway. Part of the project CreAiR Kristiansand (CreArt).<\/p>\n

Solo shows and releases:<\/b><\/strong>
2023, 25th of April – 12th of May, solo exhibition “Without You I’m Nothing” in gallery “Artifex\u201d, in Vilnius, Lithuania.
2020, 21st of July, album “ref\/inter – For Hans Jenny” released on Electron Emitter records.–<\/a>
2019, December – 2020 January, solo exhibition “xqvhawhhef” in the exhibition space of VAA <\/a>“Titanic”.
<\/b><\/strong>2018, 14th of July \u2013 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.\u2013<\/a>
<\/b><\/strong>2017, 31st of October, album “ref\/inter – \/inter\u201d (remastered) released on Electron Emitter records.\u2013<\/a>
2017, 29th of March \u2013 2nd of April, solo exhibition “\/inter\u201d and two performances in gallery \u201cSnerk\u201d, in Tromso, Norway.
<\/b><\/strong>2017, 23rd of February \u2013 9th of March, solo exhibition “Dar prie\u0161 i\u0161tariant \u017eod\u012f, prasm\u0117 jau buvo pakitusi\u201d and a performance in gallery “Artifex\u201d, in Vilnius, Lithuania.
2016, 10th of September, art performance “ref\/inter \u2013 inter\u201c (part of Vilnius Gallery Weekend), in “Yucatan”, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2014, 19th of November \u2013 performance “ref\/inter\u201c in the gallery “Vaktbua-Odder\u00f8ya\u201c, in Kristiansand, Norway.<\/p>\n

Publications:\u00a0
<\/b><\/strong>2024 publication “The Influence of Post-Internet on the Aesthetics of Vaporwave” in: Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis No. 113 (2024)<\/em><\/a> (ISSN 1392-0316).
<\/b><\/strong>2019 publication “The Influence of Internet Culture on the Shifts in Aesthetics. A Practice-based Approach to Vaporwave\u201d in: Sovijus. Tarpdalykiniai kult\u016bros tyrimai.T.7- Nr.1<\/em><\/a> (ISSN 2351-4728).
2016 publication “Meninio tyrimo aspektai garsovaizd\u017eio studijose: lyginamoji atvej\u0173 analiz\u0117\u201d in: “Ars et Praxis IV<\/a>\u201c.<\/span><\/p>\n

Group exhibitions and shows:
<\/b><\/strong>2020, 3rd-31st of October, group exhibition “Nuo juoda iki balta” at gallery “42”, Cetinje, Montenegro. Works “Black V3\u201d and “Melolonthinae Cyphochilus \/ TiO\u00b2”.
2020, 21st of August-5th of September, group exhibition “Enter 18” at “\u0160iauli\u0173 dail\u0117s galerija”. Interactive installation “inter (adaptuota ENTER)”.
2020, 23rd-26th of January, group interactive installation “Anthropogenic communities” with Agn\u00e8s M and Bon Alog at gallery “SHCH \/ \u0160\u010c”, Vilnius.
2019, 14th-26th of October, group exhibition “Nuo juoda iki balta” at gallery “Akademija”, Vilnius. Works “Black V3\u201d and “Melolonthinae Cyphochilus \/ TiO\u00b2”.
2019, 6th-30th of July, group exhibition “EmEm” at Trak\u0173 Vok\u0117 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. \u012era\u0161yti \u012f atmint\u012f\u201c.
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”, Mol\u0117t\u0173 dangaus \u0161viesuli\u0173 stebykla.\u2013<\/a>
<\/b><\/strong>2018, 19th of May, performance at “Gatv\u0117s triuk\u0161mo diena”, part of “Gatv\u0117s muzikos diena”, Vilnius.
2018, 5th-22nd of April, group exhibition “Science and Life\u201d, in the exhibition space of VAA “Titanikas\u201d, Vilnius.\u2013<\/a>
2018, 18th of March, performance “\/inter” at “Advanced Electronics: ref\/inter, Noise Ladder\u201d, in ,,Paviljonas\u201d, Vilnius.\u2013<\/a>
2017, 14th of October, light installation festival “Beepositive 2017\u2033 in Pilait\u0117 district, Vilnius, sound and light installation “BC Piliakalnis\u201d.
2017, 12th of October \u2013 5th of November, “20th Miniatures International Exhibition\u201d in Novi Dvori, Zapresic (Croatia), triptych “Stolen memories\u201d.
2017, 29th of September and 30th of September, installation “Garso-vaizd\u017eio laboratorija\u201d and a workshop on the pure data programming environment in music and art festival “AREA 2017\u2033, Kaunas.
2017, 24th of September, performance “re-\/inter\u201d at ,,Advanced Electronics: Noise Ladder, ref\/inter\u201d, in “Paviljonas\u201d, Vilnius.\u2013<\/a>
2017, 10th of June, performance “re-\/inter\u201d at ,,Audiovisuals: ref\/inter, Number Eleven\u201d, in “Ideas Block\u201d, Vilnius.\u2013<\/a>
2017, 3rd of June, performance in “\u012etampos ZOOna: R.E, KiB+entropija, ref\/inter, Number Eleven\u201d, in “Raudona ZOOna\u201d, Kaunas.\u2013<\/a>
2017, 26th of April \u2013 14th of May, group exhibition of artistic research “Darbalaukis\u201d, in the exhibition space of VAA “Titanikas\u201d, Vilnius.\u2013<\/a>
<\/strong>2017, 23rd of April, performance in “Advanced Electronics: ref\/inter, Number Eleven\u201d, Vilnius.\u2013<\/a>
<\/b><\/strong>2017, 11th of March, performance during the opening of “I was born in a country that no longer exists\u201d, part of the art festival “Duisburger Akzente\u201d in Duisburg, Germany.
<\/b><\/strong>2017, 24th of January, performance “\/inter\u201d at event “Emerald splash Vol.2\u2033 at “Shinjuku Antiknock!\u201d, Tokyo, Japan.\u2013<\/a>
<\/strong>2016, 16th of December, performance “\/inter\u201d at event “Garsovaizd\u017eiai: Giri\u0173 dvasios, Virsmai, ref\/inter\u201d at LARGO, Kaunas.
<\/strong>2016, 23rd of November, performance art event “Performanso laboratorija pasirodo\u201c in Vilnius Academy of Arts, Vilnius. Performance “ref\/inter \u2013 react\u201c.<\/span>
2016, 4th of july \u2013 17th of june, group exhibition “6x6x2016\u201c in the “Rochester contemporary art center\u201c, New York. Small scale painting series “RGB\/Xerox\/CMYK\u201c.
2016, 28th of May \u2013 29th of May, music and art festival “Postcosmos V\u201c, Mol\u0117t\u0173 dangaus \u0161viesuli\u0173 stebykla. Performance “ref\/inter \u2013 react\u201c.
2016, 28th of April \u2013 21st of May, group exhibition of the doctoral students of art from Vilnius Academy of Arts “Atviros studijos 2016\u2033, in the exhibition space of VAA “Titanic\u201c. Open studio “sound-image lab\u201c.
2015, 29th of October \u2013 “Severe Stream\u201c in the gallery \u201emeno forma\u201c, in Kaunas. Part of the international media art and music festival “Centras X\u201c. Performance “ref\/inter \u2013 react_slice\u201c.
2015, October-November \u2013 “Art Future\/Future Signs\u201c, in the Latvian Academy of Art, in Riga. Performance “ref\/inter \u2013 react_slice\u201c during the opening of the exhibition and the documentation of the performance as a work in the exhibition.
2015, 24th of September \u2013 “Researcher\u2019s Night\u201c, in the “National art gallery” in Vilnius. Interactive installation “ref\/inter-react_cable\u201c.
2015, May \u2013 “Mnemosin\u0117s ledkalnis\u201c in the exhibition hall of Vilnius Academy of Art \u201eTitanic\u201c in Vilnius. Installation “React_cable\u201c.
2015, April \u2013 “Kosmin\u0117 Odis\u0117ja 2.0\u201c in the exhibition hall of Vilnius Academy of Art “Titanic\u201c in Vilnius. Installation “Translation: a Story\u201c. Monotype prints, sound, text.
2014, November \u2013 CreAiR “Temporary Threads\u201c in the X-house, in Kristiansand, Norway. Installation “Translation: a Story\u201c. Monotype prints, sound, text.
2014, 20th of June \u2013 “Meno cel\u0117s\u201c in Vilnius Academy of Art. Installation “Transformation\u201c.
2014, 22nd of April \u2013 “Kosmin\u0117s odis\u0117jos\u201d (student art days) performative art lab in the exhibition hall of Vilnius Academy of Art “Titanic\u201c in Vilnius. Performance “ref\/inter \u2013 transformation\u201d.
2013, June-July \u2013 project “Baltijos Srov\u0117s\u201c (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 \u2013 ,”Meno cel\u0117s\u201d in Vilnius Academy of Art. Performance ,”Sound Paintings\u201d.
2012, (January-February) “Variations\u201d in the exhibition hall of Vilnius Academy of Art \u201eTitanic\u201c in Vilnius. Installation “reflections\/interpreting \u2013 swing swing\u201d.
2011, December \u2013 2012m. January \u2013 “REMIX 2011\u201d in the gallery “Arka\u201c, in Vilnius. Installation “reflections\/interpreting\u201d.
2011, 2nd of December \u2013 Charity auction-concert “The Well-being of a Child is Our Future\u201d.
2011, 11th of November \u2013 art and music festival “Insanitus\u201c in an abandoned shoe factory \u201eLituanica\u201c in Kaunas. Performance “reflections\/interpreting\u201d.
2011, (September-October) \u2013 “Lietuvos sakm\u0117\u201d (Lithuania\u2019s Tale) in the Radvilai palace in Vilnius. Painting “Abstract Tale\u201d.
2011, (August-September) \u2013 “Signs of Vilnius\u201c in the “City hall” in Vilnius. Mixed media works “signs 1-5\u201c.
2011, (August-September) \u2013 “XXI century Self-Portrait\u201d in the gallery “Arka\u201c in Vilnius. Mixed media work “Self-Portrait?\u201d.
2011, (July-August) \u2013 underwater glass art exhibition in lake Plateliai “Aqualangas\u201d. Work “Invasion\u201d.
2011, (May-June) \u2013 international glass art and miniature exhibition \u201ch 50\u201d in Riga, Latvia. Work “Memory 7\u201d.
2009, \u2013 student art days in Vilnius Academy of Arts.<\/p>\n

Conferences:<\/b><\/strong>
2024, 23rd-25th of October, International conference “Open Fields conference” part of “RIXC Art and Science Festival and Exhibition: Symbiotic Sense(s)” at Neiburgs Hotel, Riga, Latvia. Presented paper “Emergence in Interactive Art: The Case of the Exhibition Non-Human Communications”.
2023, 4th-5th of May, National conference “Am\u017eiaus samprata ir rai\u0161ka kult\u016broje” at gallery “\u017didinys”, Vilnius, Lithuania. Presented paper “Vaporwave Aesthetics in Relation to the Post-Internet Age”.
2021, 23rd-25th of September, International conference “PostSensorium. RIXC Art Science Festival 2021 and Open Fields Conference” online event hosted by RIXC at Riga, Latvia. Presented paper “Sound analysis by schlieren flow visualization”.
2019, 5th-7th of September, International conference “XV Color Conference” at Accademia Belle Arti Macerata, Italy. Presented paper \u201cSound as color. A comparative analysis of sound-image in early 20th c. Europe\u201d.<\/span>
2018, 4th-5th of May,\u00a0National conference of aesthetics and philosophy of art ,,Komparatyvizmas, globalizacija ir dabartini\u0173 estetikos bei meno filosofijos diskurs\u0173 kaita” at Lietuvos kult\u016bros tyrim\u0173 institutas, Vilnius. Presented paper ,,Estetikos diskurso kaita skaitmenini\u0173 technologij\u0173 am\u017eiuje.\u00a0Vaporwave<\/em> atvejo analiz\u0117”.
2018, 23rd of March, seminar ,,Integruoto meninio ugdymo inovacijos” at the\u00a0Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences. Presented paper ,,Garso-vaizd\u017eio tyrim\u0173 i\u0161takos ir nauj\u0173j\u0173 medij\u0173 panaudojimo galimyb\u0117s”.
2017, 19th-21st of October, international conference ,,Virtualities and Realities\u201d at the Art Academy of Latvia and the National Art Museum, Riga. Presented paper ,,Anti-ecology of digital sounds: a case analysis of Vaporwave\u201d.\u2013<\/a>
<\/b><\/strong>2016, 25th-26<\/span>th<\/span> of November, international conference \u201eArt Future and Future State\u201c at the Art Academy of Latvia. Presented paper \u201eAspects of Artistic Research within Sound-image Studies\u201c.<\/span>
2016, 11th and 12th of June \u2013 15th national conference of aesthetics and philosophy of art \u201edabartin\u0117 estetika ir meno filosofija: tarp tradicijos ir inovacij\u0173\u201c. Submitted paper \u201eMeninio tyrimo aspektai garsovaizd\u017eio studijose: lyginamoji atvej\u0173 analiz\u0117\u201c.
2016, 23rd of May \u2013 26th of May \u2013 \u201e3rd International Congress of Numanities\u201c. Submitted paper \u201eAspects of artistic research within the sound-image studies\u201c.
2016, 16th of May \u2013 \u201eThe Third Annual PhD conference in Philosophy Sociality and Subjectivity: Interrelation and Mutual Irreducibility\u201c. Submitted paper \u201eAspects of artistic research within the sound-image studies\u201c.
2016, 3rd and 4th of May \u2013 presentation of the research by the art PhD students of VAA. Submitted paper \u201eUniversalumo siekis gars\u0105 ver\u010diant vaizdu. W Kandinsky ir C. Nicolai k\u016brini\u0173 analiz\u0117\u201c.
2016, 28th of April \u2013 40th annual conference of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater. Submitted paper \u201eGarso ir vaizdo ry\u0161iai pasitelkiant meninio tyrimo prieigas: i\u0161tak\u0173 ir atvej\u0173 analiz\u0117\u201c.
2015, 26th-29th of July \u2013 international conference \u201eM. K. \u010ciurlionis and the World\u201c. Submitted paper \u201erelations of sound and image in the creative practice of M. K. \u010ciurlionis and his contemporaries (W. Kandinsky, A. Scriabin, A. W. Rimington): comparative analysis\u201c.
2015, 30th of May \u2013 National conference of aesthetics and philosophy of art \u201eDabartin\u0117s estetikos, meno filosofijos ir meno sociologijos virsmai\u201c (the changes of contemporary aesthetics, art philosophy and art sociology). Submitted paper \u201eSocial Changes of the Concept of Aesthetics and the Influence of Technology on the Strategies of Transforming Sound into Image\u201c.
2015, 30th of April \u2013 presentation of the art PhD students research \u201eMnemosin\u0117s ledkalnis\u201c. Submitted paper \u201eTranslation as a Connection Between Image and Sound\u201c.
2014, 14th of June \u2013 National conference of aesthetics and philosophy of art \u201e\u010ciurlionio fenomenas: nauj\u0173 interpretacij\u0173 galimyb\u0117s\u201c (the phenomenon of \u010ciurlionis, the possibility of new interpretations). Submitted paper \u201erelations of sound and image in the works of \u010ciurlionis and his contemporaries (Scriabin, Kandinsky, Rimington)\u201c.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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