August residents – Mar Serinyà Gou and Jurgis Bernatonis

Mar Serinyà Gou is a visual and perfomance artist. She holds a Phd in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona. She graduated voice studies at the Conservatory of Barcelona and different studies on consciousness of movement and systemic methodology. She has been doing several exhibitions and performance-art in different museums, centers and festivals in national and international territory. During the residency Mar is planning to use her research tools, such as drawing, photography, video, human voice and performance to create a series of performances that appeal to ecological awareness and the harmonious and enriching coexistence between human beings and nature.

Jurgis Bernatonis is an artist living and working in Vilnius, Lithuania. He is researching various algorithmic bodies and the rituals they are creating. Jurgis seeks to develop a medium, in which the invisible things embody certain forms and interact with the environment. His artworks investigate the problems related to digital data interpretation and representation. Jurgis Bernatonis has finished MA studies at Vilnius Art Academy (2015), also participated at Rupert alternative education program (2020).