Rimas Sakalauskas

Rimas Sakalauskas was born in 1985 and is a leading Lithuanian multimedia artist. He studied Photography and Media Art at the Vilnius Academy of Arts and at the Royal College of Arts in London. His video works have gained great recognition, both in Lithuania and internationally, and were shown at Vienna Contemporary, Positions Berlin, Art Market Budapest, Art Moscow, and ArtVilnius, among others. They have been featured in theatres and concerts in Europe as well as Asia, and Rimas has received several media art awards for them.

His striking video work “Reversed”, with an original soundtrack by well-known Lithuanian composer Linas Rimša, and the related stills perfectly capture the mighty breath of a brass band, albeit in a strange setting where the instruments play on their own and inhale rather than exhale the music. While still keeping up their natural elegance, the shiny silver and golden horns suddenly start to look like massive diesel engines of the past. Through this lens, the world seems upside down, under high pressure, though in a highly esthetic way.