Laurynas Skeisgiela's 'Liump! Fitness?' at Vartai Gallery
Laurynas Skeisgiela's multi-room installation 'Liump! Fitness?' at Vartai Gallery in Vilnius, curated by Milda Dainovskytė, runs through May 29, 2026. The exhibition explores mimicry as encounter rather than disguise, using photography, video, ceramics, and fabric to create sensory shifts across rooms. A white entry hall holds an overexposed C-print of a Heuriger wine-table setup, which doubles as a moth trap with a UV light. A dark room features backlit analogue prints of tiger moths on Kodak Portra and Fuji film. A long corridor is lined with floor-to-ceiling curtains in varied fabrics, with a small monitor showing nocturnal Heuriger footage. Ceramic biomorphic objects in terracotta-pink glaze are displayed in a smaller room. The title 'Liump!' is the artist's coinage for a pre-meaning signal. The work draws on Austrian Heuriger traditions of temporary communal drinking spaces, paralleling biological attraction to light.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'Liump! Fitness?' by Laurynas Skeisgiela at Vartai Gallery, Vilnius.
- Curated by Milda Dainovskytė.
- Runs through May 29, 2026.
- Multi-room installation with photography, video, ceramics, and fabric.
- Entry hall features an overexposed C-print of a Heuriger wine-table setup on Fuji PRO400H film.
- Dark room displays four backlit analogue prints of tiger moths on Kodak Portra and Fuji film.
- Corridor has floor-to-ceiling curtains in lavender, teal, deep red, floral burgundy, olive, navy.
- Video shows nocturnal Heuriger gathering with UV light attracting moths.
- Ceramic biomorphic wall objects in terracotta-pink glaze.
- Title 'Liump!' is the artist's invented word for a signal before stable meaning.
- Heuriger is a temporary Austrian wine-drinking institution that serves as a moth trap after dark.
- Analogue process visible in prints emphasizes the parallel between camera and moth drawn to light.
Entities
Artists
- Laurynas Skeisgiela
Institutions
- Vartai Gallery
- Catapult Contemporary
Locations
- Vilnius
- Lithuania
- Vilniaus g. 39, Vilnius