On 9 April 2026 at 7 pm, the exhibition \u2018Geotraumatics\u2019 will open at the Atletika gallery. This exhibition is a collaborative project by Linas Gabrielaitis, Adomas \u017dudys, R\u016bta Spelskyt\u0117, Jurijus Dobriakovas, and Simonas Saarmann.<\/p>\n
I approached them with a very simple question. I was received by the committee, whom I immediately told that I was trying to draw the Vilnius glaciers. I found it interesting that the committee had not yet decided what to call themselves \u2013 hysterics, geotraumatics, stratoanalysis, schizoanalysis, geophilosophy \u2013 the discipline itself is not at all clear, with unclear methods and still no objectives. I only knew that the members of the committee were paid real money for playing real games. They started telling me about a historical event when humanity discovered planetary depth \u2013 the deeper you dig into the earth, the older things you find. With the discovery of depth, depth became time \u2013 the deeper the older, the deeper the longer. The depth of thought became planetary depth. In depth ecology, and in depth psychoanalysis as well, the deeper you dig, the more things are either traumatised or traumatising. The depth of thought has always been planetary depth.<\/em><\/p>\n They went on to describe\u00a0 strange academic manoeuvres and suspicious techniques that\u00a0 might operate at planetary depths, such as forced-devotion, over-attachment, misinterpretation, shaving, deep-repetition, and superficiality. A geotraumatologist, Professor Challenger, tried to invent a pain machine that would make the Earth scream \u2013 he was convinced that this was the only way we might begin to listen to what the Earth wants to say. I interrupted them, what are you talking about? I repeated that I wanted to draw a diagram of a glacier. I was told that I had misunderstood something. The enormous weight of the glaciers had been pressing down on the earth, and only now is it beginning to exhale from that pressure \u2013 Vilnius is rising upwards by a fraction of a millimetre a year. You see,\u00a0 they said, trauma always inscribes itself in ways you least expect it.<\/em><\/p>\n The authors of ‘Geotraumatics’ invite visitors to a gallery space that transforms into a geological map and a playground. Reconstructing the processes of glacial retreat in Vilnius, once located at the edge of a glacier, they employ digital and augmented reality technologies to reveal a shared layer of geotraumas linking nature, people, and the city.<\/p>\n Curator \u2013 Linas Gabrielaitis Exhibition opening 2026\/04\/09 19.00 and performative play session with Adomas \u017dudys until 21.00 Organised by the Lithuanian Interdisciplinary Artists\u2019 Association. LIAA activities are financed by the Lithuanian Council for Culture and Vilnius City Municipality.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Biographies<\/p>\n Linas Gabrielaitis \u2013 a PhD candidate in game studies at Tampere University in Finland. He holds a Master\u2019s degree from Vilnius Academy of Arts and participated in the Rupert alternative education program. His practice explores games as an artistic medium for thinking about more-than-human systems and geological processes.<\/p>\n Adomas \u017dudys \u2013 a PhD candidate in art at Vilnius Academy of Arts, researching the intersections of imagination and conspiracy theories. His work operates between digital and physical artifacts, combining traditional art forms with contemporary technologies and speculative worldviews.<\/p>\n R\u016bta Spelskyt\u0117 \u2013 an artist and researcher, lecturer at Vilnius Academy of Arts, and postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Art Research. Her work investigates human magnetoreception and the role of magnetite, operating between science, speculation, and fiction.<\/p>\n Jurijus Dobriakovas \u2013 a researcher of contemporary culture, curator, and critic. His interests include the intersections of art and technology, mediated everyday culture, transformations of contemporary mythopoetics, urban practices, and the relationships between nature and architecture.<\/p>\n Simonas Saarmann \u2013 a geologist, graduate of Vilnius University, independent researcher, teacher, and educator. He developed the \u201cScience Steps\u201d educational format, in which students learn through research-based practice integrating multiple disciplines.<\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":11335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1561,26],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n
\nArcheologist \u2013 Adomas \u017dudys
\nMagnetologist \u2013 R\u016bta Spelskyt\u0117
\nGeologist \u2013 Simonas Saarmann
\nInscriptionologist \u2013 Jurijus Dobriakovas
\nDesigner \u2013 Ringail\u0117 Dem\u0161yt\u0117
\nTechnical manager \u2013 Jonas Balsevi\u010dius<\/p>\n
\nExhibition dates 2026\/04\/10 \u2013 05\/16
\nThursdays & Fridays 16.00\u201319.00, Saturdays 13.00\u201317.00
\nPlay days at the exhibition with Adomas \u017dudys \u2013 2026\/04\/09\u201304\/11, 04\/30, 05\/02, 05\/07\u201305\/09
\nGeological city workshop with Simonas Saarmann 2026\/05\/14 15.00
\nAddress \u2013 ‘Atletika’, Vitebsko St. 21, Vilnius. Free entry.<\/p>\n