Mindaugas Gapševičius

[Dried Out] Pond at Ars Electronica 2025

As part of the Ars Electronica Campus Exhibition, the Media Art & Design programme of the Faculty of Art and Design is showcasing five artistic projects under the title of »Cybernetic Subjects«: The Pond, Ymr.x, Latent Heat Generation, She’s So Centsible, Sonic Ecologies, and Humans. The exhibition revisits cybernetics – the science of control, regulation and communication in systems – and critically examines the links to artificial intelligence (AI) and ecological practices. While cybernetic systems are modelled on nature, today’s technologies seldom aim to truly understand nature and the environment. This is precisely what the central project »The Pond« addresses.

Microorganisms and Their Hosts at the Rokiškis Regional Museum

A couple of months ago, I had the great pleasure of presenting my installation Microorganisms and Their Hosts once again, this time as part of the larger exhibition Pienas (Milk) at the Rokiškis Regional Museum, which opened on May 17th. The exhibition remains on view until August 31st, 2025.

Love Letters to My Fellow Human @ Stasys Museum

I am pleased to contribute to the exhibition And the Wind Will Take Us Away with my installation Love Letters to My Fellow Human. The exhibition will be on view at the Stasys Museum in Panevėžys, Lithuania, from 10 May to 31 August 2025.

Love Letters to My Fellow Human @ RUW – Gemischtes Doppel

Opening: February 21, 2025 | 7:00 PM
Duration: February 22 – February 23, 2025
Location: Project Space at Kunstquartier Bethanien, Mariannenplatz 2, 10997 Berlin

The Berlin artists’ magazine RUW in its 11th edition presents 1+1 artists. Each of the 11 participating RUW! artists invites a selected guest to contribute to the magazine and exhibition. My contribution is a drawing of an Artificial Jellyfish as a part of the magazine and the installation Love Letters to My Fellow Human.

In addition to the magazine contributions, further works will be showcased.

Interfaces for Boris and Mindaugas @ Minds in Motion

Minds in Motion event coorganized with @antneuro on the 15th of January 17:00-21:30.

We are honoured that @gapsevicious will be exhibiting an installation and participatory sculpture that invites the audience to consider more-than-human friendships. Interfaces for Boris and Miga will be on display throughout the evening!

The theme of the event is mental health that plays a vital role in personal and societal well-being, requiring a multifaceted approach that integrates awareness, creativity, collaboration and technology. This satellite event of the ANT Neuromeeting Berlin Edition, in cooperation with EDGE, explores innovative pathways to improved mental health through inspiring personal stories, catching neuroart, and engaging dialogue.

Love Letters to My Fellow Human @ Open Studios Tempelhof 2024

Welcome to Open Studios Tempelhof 2024! Immerse yourself in the diverse artistic practices showcased across Tempelhof’s studio and project spaces at four locations. Join us on July 6th, 2024, from 14:00 to 18:00 for a day filled with art exploration.

Afterwards we will celebrate the Metallisches Fest all together from 19:00 Zebrahaus, Schätzelbergstr. 1-3 / Industriestraße 38, 12099 Berlin

Mycorrhizal Networks or How I Hack Plant Conversations @ Roots x Wires

Roots x Wires at Atletika 2024.06.27–08.08

Due to our limited sensory perception, we were never able to connect with plants. We can’t perceive their movements and behaviors, which happen on a different timescale, nor can we detect their chemical and electrical signaling. But technology can. That is why we rely on technological devices, operating as our sensory prostheses, to mediate between the human and plant, and reveal their true nature.

Interfaces for Boris and Mindaugas @ The ÁGAPE — Vorspiel 2024

Date: Saturday 03/02/2024 – from 2 PM

Location: @alte_muenze, Molkenmarkt 2, 10179 Berlin
Gallerie, Empore & Cage Club – Haus 3

Interfaces for Boris and Mindaugas @ The Ágape, an immersive collective experience that serves as the culmination and celebration of a six-chapter workshop series called Sensoriality: Art & Neuroscience Through Our Senses.

In 2023, the vision of Sensoriality was to investigate how our senses play a vital role in shaping our understanding of reality as we navigate the world. In each session, experts in the field of art and neuroscience explored six classic perceptive systems: visual, olfactory, gustatory, somatosensory, auditory and proprioception. As the finissage to this immersive workshop series, during The Ágape multiple artists and musicians will exhibit artworks and performances related to neuroscience and the exploration of the senses. In addition, the event features a neuroscientific panel talk and embodied practices for attendees, creating an engaging and thought-provoking experience for all involved.

Three Contributions at Ars Electronica 2023

With a total of 13 works created with the support of Alt Lab, artists and researchers will be presenting themselves at Ars Electronica in Linz from September 6 to 10, 2023. My piece “Interfaces for Boris and Mindaugas” is presented next to a video tutorial “You and I You and Me,” made in collaboration with Maria Safronova Wahlström. Also, next to it, a participatory event “Towards a Toolkit of Care” by the interdisciplinary group of creative practitioners exploring the “critical network of care” (Marinos Koutsomichalis, Mindaugas Gapsevicius, Alessandro Ludovico, Josefin lindebrink, Valeria Graziano, Jenny Pickett, Alexia Achilleos, Eric Lewis).

Doctoral thesis: Aesthetics of Maker Culture

In this work, practice-based research is conducted to rethink the understanding of aesthetics, especially in relation to current media art. Granted, we live in times when technologies merge with living organisms, but we also live in times that provide unlimited resources of knowledge and maker tools. I raise the question: In what way does the hybridization of living organisms and non-living technologies affect art audiences in the culture that may be defined as Maker culture? My hypothesis is that active participation of an audience in an artwork is inevitable for experiencing the artwork itself, while also suggesting that the impact of the umwelt changes the perception of an artwork. I emphasize artistic projects that unfold through mutual interaction among diverse peers, including humans, non-human organisms, and machines.