October residency closing event / / Bernadeta Brazdžionytė / Monika Jagusinskytė / Alanas Gurinas ir Sholto Dobie /
On October 19th, Sunday, we invite everyone to the Verpėjos Art Residency, where bread will be baked from early morning, and presentations will be held for the “Kvietỹs mus kviẽčia” project and the “Verpėjos’ Creative Pastures” residency program participants – Monika Jagusinskytė, Alanas Gurinas and Sholto Dobie.
Bernadeta Brazdžionytė will present her project “Kvietỹs mus kviẽčia.” The exhibition of Bernadeta’s analog photography will be accompanied by the natural sourdough bread baking process, which participants can join at any time to form their own loaf with the baker Rupert from Gyva Duona.
/ 08:00 / Mixing of the dough / 12:30 / Shaping / 14:30 / Baking.
When a slice of bread falls to the ground, I was taught to lift it and kiss it apologetically.
Sourdough holds a deep historical and social significance in Lithuania, symbolizing food security and national identity alongside other cultural symbols. In the traditional Lithuanian diet, grains occupy a central place. Traditions and customs related to grain crops have shaped the lifestyle of local residents for centuries.
Bernadeta Brazdžionytė graduated in 2022 with a Bachelor’s degree from Vilnius Academy of Arts, Department of Photography and Media Art. She is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Sculpture. Her creative work is based on autobiographical experiences, which she later expresses through photographs, videos, texts, or compilations of found objects.
Documenting the past is done through first-person storytelling, exploring themes of personal and national identity, history, memory, social gender constructs, and body image. Her works have been exhibited at the Vilnius Photography Gallery, the Sodas 2123 gallery and others.
/ 12:00 / Listening session of Monika Jagusinskytė’s work.
Monika will present an auditory narration from her shepherd’s diary – thoughts arising during morning and evening sheep grazing. It’s a microscopic look at daily life. Small everyday events that reveal the care and vitality surrounding us, noticeable only when we slow down.
Monika Jagusinskytė is an artist living and working in Vilnius. Using photography, text, and video media, the artist captures the human body in everyday life, its continuous change in relation to the environment. Her compositions are like moments of weightlessness, blurring the line between reality and dreams, beauty and doubt. In 2021, M. Jagusinskytė earned her Bachelor’s degree in Fashion and Technology from the Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI), a study that greatly influenced her subsequent work. The blend of fashion and art is reflected in her detailed choices of materials and textures, where clothing and accessories create not only aesthetic but also symbolic and historical narratives.
/ 15:00 / Sound performance by Alanas Gurinas and Sholto Dobie.
Alanas Gurinas is an interdisciplinary artist creating in a field of sound performances and audiovisual installations. His sound practice explores sound as a textural phenomenon, themes of ephemerality, and relationships between various audible and inaudible objects and spaces.
Sholto Dobie is an artist and organizer working with sound in a broad sense. Using loose structures, site-specific methodologies, and various sound sources like homemade organs or bagpipes, he is actively involved in sound art. Born in Edinburgh, he currently lives in Vilnius.
Both artists work with acoustic sound sculptures and homemade instruments crafted from everyday materials. In 2025, in collaboration with the sound art record label “infant tree” they released their first joint album, “a hiss of light” https://sholtodobie.bandcamp.com/album/a-hiss-of-light
/ 17:00 / Sheep grazing and closing of the event.
Please have cash for donations and bread.
Event location: Kabelių g. 7, Kabeliai village, Varėna district
Date: 2025.10.19
Time: 08am – 19pm
Organized by: VšĮ “Verpėjos”
Funded by: Lithuanian Council for Culture
Thanks to: Spongė lab, Gyva Duona