E04 Augustas Serapinas

Rupert Open Studio introduces Augstas Serapinas, a successful and internationally recognized Lithuanian artist who in 2019 became the youngest participant of the Venice Biennale. His work explores space and architecture, seeking hidden “pockets” in design, where he contributes through his ironic yet sensitive artwork. By creating installations, curating space and ready-mades, he opens questions of human interaction with the surroundings, finitude of cultural norms and conceptions, and the aesthetics of natural decomposition. The discussion evolves from spatiality and temporality of his work, to cultural recycling, to the human subject, and how building snowmen can help resolve questions of public commemoration.