Julija Pociūtė "The Tangled One Grows in It"

On October 28, at 5:30 p.m., a personal exhibition of Julia will open at the Art Gallery of the Utena Cultural Center.
Pociūtė's exhibition "The Tangled One Grows in It".
Julija Pociūtė is an interdisciplinary artist who explores embodied concepts of perception, relationship, and
ways of coexistence and the changing boundaries between humans and the natural world. In creating installations, the artist
delves into how bodily experience and memory shape our relationship with our inner world and the environment around us.
Recently, the author has been exploring the communion between humans and nature, seeking to rethink the sense of separation and
to open up space for mutual care and vulnerability.
In the exhibition "Tangled in the Netherworld", artist Julija Pociūtė delves into the sensory connection between man and the environment,
based on mutual experience and the changing boundaries of the world. The reference "in it" in the title remains
open – it can be a place, matter, body or natural environment in which different experiences take root and continue.
Based on philosopher David Abram's idea of the mutual relationship between man and the world, the author explores the world around us.
reveals the environment as a living, constantly changing state that responds to our senses and memory.
These ideas are expressed in the exhibition through the interaction of different materials and the transformation they create. The recurring birch
The shape of a twig is transformed here into seaweed structures, thus combining the experiences of land and water.
Meanwhile, skin, wood fragments and light become references to transitional spaces that belong neither to
settlement or forest. These transformations and connections of materials open up a new experience, inviting anew
rethink our relationship with place.
Julija Pociūtė graduated from the Vilnius Academy of Arts in 2007 and is currently a student at the Lapland
PhD student at the University of Finland. The author has organized personal exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad and
actively participates in international exhibitions, including the Toruń Center for Contemporary Art in Poland, the Latvian
at the National Museum and the Kai Art Center in Estonia. The artist has received awards, and her works have been exhibited
has been acquired by collections and museums such as the Alexander Tutsek Foundation in Germany and the Ebeltoft Glass
museum in Denmark.
The presentation of Julija Pociūtė's exhibition is part of a wider project (AV17) carried out by the gallery, during which
The work of Lithuanian contemporary artists is presented in Lithuanian cities far from the capital. In addition
The presentation of Julija Pociūtė's work was opened at the Akmenė Culture House by Dainius Liškevičius, and
Personal exhibitions of Severija Inčirauskaitė-Kriaunevičienė at the Kurtuvėnai Barn Gallery.
Personal exhibition of Julija Pociūtė "The Tangled One Spreads in It" will be held at the Utena Cultural Center
At the Art Gallery (Aušros g. 49, Utena) until November 25.
The project is funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture.