Nomeda & Gediminas Urbonas

Nomeda
education:
1986-1994 Vilnius Art Academy, Lithuania;
1993 co-founder of JUTEMPUS interdisciplinary art programmes;
2000 co-founder of VILMA - Vilnius Interdisciplinary Lab for Media Art;

Gediminas
education:
1984-1986 radioman in Soviet Army;
1986-1994 Vilnius Art Academy, Lithuania;
1988 co-founder of the art & performance group “Zalias Lapas”;
1993 co-founder of JUTEMPUS interdisciplinary art programmes;
2000 co-founder of VILMA - Vilnius Interdisciplinary Lab for Media Art;

projects in progress:
TRANSACTION ongoing collaboration
RE-APPROACHING NEW MEDIA, collaboration between new media labs in Nordic and Baltic countries

selected exhibitions:

2002 “The Music In Me” GAK, Bremen, Germany
2002 DOCUMENTA 11, Kassel, Germany
2002 MANIFESTA 4, Frankfurt a.M, Germany
2002 “LEARNING AND SINGING”, Hansapanga Galerii, Tallinn
2002 48th International Short Film and Video Festival Oberhausen
2002 “TRANSACTION / translation”, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary;
2001 “Self-Esteem”, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania;
2001 “Out of Money”, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden;
2001 “Presence Balte”, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens, Greece; Metronome, Barcelona, Spain;
2001 “TRANSACTION unpacked”, IASPIS, Stockholm, Sweden;
2000 “Innocent Life”, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius;
2000 “TRANSACTION”, Haus.0, Kuenstlerhaus Stuttgart, Germany;
2000 “tvvv.plotas archive”, ARNOLFINI, Bristol, UK;
2000 “Strangers & Paradise”, Witte de With contemporary art center Rotterdam;
1999 "Apartment 99" , project in private spaces, Vilnius;
1999 "NL-LT", Begane Grond Contemporary art center, Utrecht, Holland;
1999 "Lithuanian Art: 1989-1999" Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania;
1998/99 "tvvv.plotas" interdisciplinary project using television, videoconference, net-cast;
1998 "Twilight", Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius;
1997 "jutempus lounge" during "Lithuanian Art'97", Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius,

collaborations/miscellaneous:

2002 “The Power of Communication” THE CUBE/KTH Royal Technical University, Stockholm, Sweden;
2001 "Artscape Nordland", seminar for the book launch, Bodo, Norway;
2001 "Money - A Commentary On the New Economy" seminar, Kulturhuset Stockholm;
2001 proposal "Site Generator" for Sodertorns University, Stockholm, Sweden;
2000 “ART + COMMUNICATION 3” new media art festival at E-LAB, Ryga, Latvia;
2000 “MINSK CONNECTION”, new media art conference at CRAC, Stockholm, Sweden;
2000 “PRESENCE”, media art conference & workshop, Atelier Nord, Oslo, Norway;
1999 “TEMP”, tactical media project at Kiasma Contemporary Art museum, Helsinki, Finland;
1999 “CHANGING THE SYSTEM?” symposium, NAI Rotterdam, The Netherlands;
1998 “XU-BIN” conference of art and communication, Architects Union, E-LAB Riga;
1997 “GROUND CONTROL”, Beaconsfield, London and JUTEMPUS, Vilnius.

selected bibliography:

"Budapest transactions" by Laima Kreivyte [in Lithuanian] „ weekly “7 Meno Dienos", 2002.02.01;
“Visual (Auto-)Biographies – Experiences and Representations of Identities” by Éva Bicskei (in English and Hungarian) „ TRANSACTION, 2002;
“Media and Gender Order. Lithuanian Peculiarities” by Erika GrigoraviËienÎ (in English and Lithuanian) „ TRANSACTION, 2002;
“TRANSACTION” by Sara Arrhenius [in English and Swedish] „ IASPIS, 2001;
“TRANSACTION ”, [in english] „ a catalogue “Presence Balte ", BAC, Sweden, 2001;
“FROM #3”, [in english] „ publication by Witte de With Contemporary art center, Rotterdam, Holland;
“Money-show” by John Peter Nilssons [in Swedish] „ daily “Aftonbladet ", BAC, Sweden, 2001;
“Innocent Life” [in English and Lithuanian] „ a catalogue“Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, 2001;
“The Power of Indecision: Some Aspects of Contemporary Lithuanian Art” by Erika GrigoraviãienÎ „ Vilnius AICA, 2001;
"Didzioji Retrospektyvine" by Skaidra Trilupaityte [in lithuanian] „ weekly “7 Meno Dienos", 1999.09.24;
"Lietuvos Daile 1989-1999 klausimai ir atsakymai" by Kestutis Kuizinas [in lithuanian] „ weekly "7 Meno Dienos", 1999.09.10;
catalogue with essay by K.Kuizinas, L.Jablonskiene, A.Andriuskevicius, E.Grigoraviciene, J.Valatkevicius, R.Malasauskas. "Art in Lithuania 1989-1999" [in lithuanian and english] „ Vilnius CAC, 1999;
Skaidra Trilupaityte interview jutempus [in lithuanian] „ weekly “7 Meno Dienos", 1999.08.27;
“Changing the System? Artists talk about their practice” [in english] „ NIFCA, the Authors, 1999;
statement from jutempus [in latvian and english] „ magazine "Acoustic Space" #2, E-LAB, Riga, 1999;
“Eroticism and Menopause of one term”, an essay by Virginijus Kincinaitis [in lithuanian and english] „ art magazine "Daile" #1/99;
book edited by A.Andriuskevicius. "72 Lithuanian artists on Art" [in lithuanian] „ Vilnius Art Academy, 1998;
essay by Cecilie Hogsbro Ostergaard [in danish] „ magazine "Ojebliket" #35, 1998;
"Grazios ir veiksmingos "Sutemos"" , an essay by Alfonsas Andriuskevius [in lithuanian] „ weekly "Siaures Atenai" #38, 1998.11.21;
"Sutemoms priartejus" Tracey Warr interviewed by Birute Pankunaite [in lithuanian] „ weekly "7 Meno Dienos", 1998.01.30;
catalogue with essay by Tracey Warr. "Sutemos/Twilight" [in lithuanian and english] „ Vilnius CAC, 1998;
"Visi iesko galeriju arba meno", an artictle by Aldona Dapkute [in lithuanian] „ weekly "7 Meno Dienos", 1997.09.12;
"Ground Control" Vilnius-Londonas. discussion" [in lithuanian] „ weekly “7 meno dienos", 1997.06.27;
book with essays by Susan Buck-Morss, Julian Stallabrass, Leonidas Donskis. "Ground Control technology and utopia" [in lithuanian and english] „ Black Dog Publishing, London, 1997;


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