Finissage: soft intentions

In the organizer's words:

☆ We cordially invite you to the finissage of the exhibition soft intentions. Celebrate the end of the exhibition with us: with a performance by Juliane Schmitt and a concert by Ugnė Uma. ☆

PROGRAM

7 pm, sound-text performance: Juliane Schmittpillow-talk, 2025

Have you ever listened carefully to what your pillow is trying to tell you?

Sometimes, when we're too excited to fall asleep, it's because the pillow is purring softly in our ears. Side sleepers in particular may have noticed this before. Pillows as comfort zones, places to indulge in thoughts, dream and let go and - as the ultimate symbol of softness. pillow talk is a delicate approach to the pillow as a sounding body, as a resonating space for closeness, memory and quiet familiarity.

8 pm, concert: Ugnė Uma

Ugnė Uma will perform an oratorio of softness - accompanied by piano recordings that waft through echo-rich soundscapes.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Juliane Schmitt (she / her) lives and works in Brussels and Offenbach. In 2024 she completed her studies in communication design and media art at the HfG Karlsruhe. Juliane works interdisciplinary at the intersection of sound, performance and spatial experiential narrative. Her practice revolves around themes such as the cult of personality and non-text-based storytelling. She intuitively and associatively follows impulses that often lead to complex, specially developed systems via detours. New word creations, research and sound give rise to fragile structures that convey stories beyond language. Historical and personal elements flow into one another. Her work has already been shown at the GfzK Leipzig and WIELS in Brussels.

Ugnė Uma (she / her) is a Lithuanian artist and singer living in Berlin. Her debut Tam Tikri Objektai Erdvėje (2023) together with jazz star Sam Gendel from Los Angeles marked the beginning of her musical path. Since then, Ugnė has continued to develop her solo work and live performances, appearing at prestigious venues and festivals in Europe's alternative music scene. In her music, she combines live vocal passages, an alternation between Lithuanian and English vocal passages with detuned piano, radio samples, lo-fi house influences and other elements. The result is an urban folklore weave, sounds like contemporary sirens - a raw and emotional sound document of pulsating cities. Her solo debut will be released on the Somewhere Press label in 2025.

Bandcamp: ugneuma.bandcamp.com