Gatherings
October 9, 2026–January 10, 2027
The exhibition Gatherings brings together works by artist and composer Lina Lapelytė, mostly known for Sun and Sea at Venice Biennale (with Vaiva Grainytė and Rugilè Barzdžiukaitè) and We Make Years Out of Hours at Hamburger Bahnhof (2026). Thirteen works, made at different periods in her practice, are presented in a single space for the first time. Composed as a polyphonic journey, the exhibition points to the importance of togetherness and a sense of community in Lapelytė’s work.
Lapelytė’s works are often performative; in this exhibition they are presented through sound and objects. At the heart of the exhibition are Lapelytė’s songs and sound compositions, shifting dynamically through the space. The central exhibition hall is treated like a stage, where each work is highlighted and amplified according to a chance-based timeline, creating a live spatial mix.
Many of the works in the exhibition draw on musical traditions, which become a pretext for destabilising established rules—both within music and beyond it. Lapelytė invites those who, in the conventional sense, “have no ear for music” to sing. She gives arias originally written for castrati to women with particularly low voices, reworks “dirty rap” hits, and dreams of recording a pop song with monks. In this way, she asks whose voices we hear, and whose we do not—or choose not to listen to—both in music and, more broadly, in society. What is harmony, and who gets to set the rules
Works shown (exhibition versions)
Hunky Bluff, 2014 / Candy Shop—The Circus, 2015– / Instructions for the Woodcutters (from Currents), 2020 / What Happens With a Dead Fish?, 2021 / Study of Slope (aka The Mutes), 2022– / Copper Lick, 2024 / Dies irae, 2024 / The Speech, 2024 / In the Dark, We Play, 2025 / Cosmic Lights, 2026 / Mud Works (Clay Musical), 2026– / Serendipity Island, 2026 / with your naked hands pull out the stinging nettles from your garden, 2026
Performances
Candy Shop—The Circus, December 16, 2026 / Mud Works (Clay Musical), October 9, 2026
Team
Curators: Virginija Januškevičiūtė, Aistė Liuka Jonynaitė
Graphic design: Goda Budvytytė
Sound engineer: Ignas Juzokas
Lights: Justas Bø
Studio Lina Lapelytė: Erik Vojevodin, Taisija Burtovaja
Artwork collaborations: Martynas Kazimierėnas, Mantas Peteraitis, Nouria Bah, Anat Ben-David, Angharad Davies, Sharon Gal, Rebecca Horrox, Lyduokiai Residency, Martynas Norvaišas, Daniel Bürkner
Artwork production: Joe Pipal, Officine Saffi, Studio Earl, Ignas Juzokas, Romualdas Galiauskas, Simona Kaunaitė, Martynas Norvaišas, Lyduokiai Residency, Mantas Peteraitis Architecture Studio
Artwork logistics and community engagement: Kotryna Karyznaitė
Technical director: Lukas Strolia
Technical production: Almantas Lukoševičius, Ilona Virzinkevič, Matas Šatūnas, Rytis Urbanskas
Communications: Monika Valatkaitė, Ana Marija Mackevič
Hospitality lead: Rokas Germanavičius
