Description
Emilija Škarnulyte creates films and immersive installations that explore deep time and invisible systems, as well as power structures possibly hidden within the cosmic and geological order. In her practice, Cold War military bases, neutrino observatories, decommissioned nuclear power plants, and deep-sea data storage units become relics of a lost human culture. From the perspective of a 'future archaeologist’, Škarnulyte positions these artifacts in ways that prompt a different way of seeing and sensing the world. By exploring human-made architectures and invasive processes, she opens an altered perspective from which to question our role in society and nature, driven by processes of evolution and extinction. Exploring a practice which blurs the boundaries between the human, the nonhuman, and the transcendental, melding scientific and mythological elements into a singular hybrid and vibrant force, this publication offers an engaging insight into the themes that emerge in this innovative artist's work, from prehistoric societies and mythological creatures to environmental crises and speculative futures.