We are delighted to announce the next set of experiences that will be carefully orchestrated by Tauras Stalnionis, Goda Palekaitė, and Marija Puipaitė in relation to Palekaitė's and Puipaitė's current exhibition, "Anatomy of the Fetish."
In the delicate interplay of desire, a fetish seeks its muse—a soft refuge, a realm of allure and secrecy. It craves embodiment, be it in the curves of a woman, the texture of an object, the layers of food, or the tapestry of a foreign culture.
In this cozy haven, desire becomes a whispered secret, an exploration that transcends the ordinary. The allure lies not just in what is seen but in the layers waiting to be uncovered.
Tauras Stalnionis,
is a designer, researcher and a freelance chef based in Berlin/ Roma. Throughout the years Tauras has been working with products, spaces, graphics and design education in Europe and Asia. In his collaborative Performative Design practice Tauras studies food as a topic and as a medium (under the name of Café Müller). Primary focus of his current design research Food Choreography (India: 2023) is on hand-held dishes, performative aspects of cooking, serving and eating.
Goda Palekaitė is a Brussels-based artist and researcher working at the intersection of contemporary art, performance, artistic research, literature, and anthropology. Her practice revolves around projects exploring the politics of historical narratives, the agency of dreams and imagination, and social conditions of creativity. Recently, Goda has been developing intimate relationships with historical characters and other discourses of knowledge. Currently, she is pursuing a Ph.D. in the Arts at Hasselt University.
Marija Puipaitė is a Vilnius-based designer whose primary design focuses on the human body and its intimate, organic connection with design objects. She is pursuing her Ph.D. in Design at the Vilnius Academy of Arts. Her research pertains to historical body perception and the agency of things, the conditions in which it can evoke a desire. Therefore, the inwards, layers, and sensual perception of what the object is in itself, in its body, becomes significant motifs in her works.
Photography by Ramūnas Danisevičius
Tauras Stalnionis' talk about his work exploring the choreographies of food through design research. An interview with Dr. Caroline McMillen, Research, Technology, and Innovation Leader, in her podcast on future design.