Černiauskaitė Neringa

Pakui Hardware is the name coined by curator Alex Ross (NY) for the collaborative artist duo Neringa Cerniauskaite and Ugnius Gelguda, which began in 2014. The title Pakui Hardware refers to Pakui – special attendant of Hawaiian Goddess, who could circle Oahu island six times in a day. Thus Pakui Hardware is high-speed and brand politics as mythic semio-commodity as well as the desire to transcend the material limitations. Semio-Capital meets materiality.

The duo’s work spans around the relationship between materiality, technology, and economy. How technology is shaping current economy and the physical reality itself, including the human body. In relation to the velocity of technological development, the matter becomes both an obstacle and a vehicle. These questions are analyzed through such examples as High Frequency Trading, Prometheanism, synthetic biology and new materiality.

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Shapeshifter, Heartbreaker, 2014. Exhibition at Jenifer Nails Project Space, Frankfurt, Germany

 

 

 

 

 

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Shapeshifter, Heartbreaker, 2014.Exhibition at Jenifer Nails Project Space, Frankfurt, Germany

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Metaphysics of the Runner, 2014. Exhibition at Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Metaphysics of the Runner, 2014. Exhibition at 321 Gallery, Brooklyn, New York. Photo: Daniel Terna

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Metaphysics of the Runner, 2014. Exhibition at 321 Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Metaphysics of the Runner, 2014. Exhibition at 321 Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Popcorn, Pepsi, Petabytes, 2014. Soundtrack for the exhibition with Maria Minerva. Exhibition at CCS Bard / Hessel Museum of Art, New York

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Popcorn, Pepsi, Petabytes: Intro, 2014. Soundtrack for the exhibition with Maria Minerva. Performance at Cage project space, New York

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Popcorn, Pepsi, Petabytes: Intro, 2014. Soundtrack for the exhibition with Maria Minerva. Performance at Cage project space, New York

 

 

 

 

 

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