Emilija Škarnulytė

Take a journey across space and time in this beautiful monograph on the immersive career of the Lithuanian visual artist and filmmaker, whose work seamlessly fluctuates between documentary and the imaginary.

Emilija Škarnulytė creates films and immersive installations that explore deep time and invisible systems, as well as power structures possibly hidden within the cosmic and geological order. In her practice, Cold War military bases, neutrino observatories, decommissioned nuclear power plants, and deep-sea data storage units become relics of a lost human culture.

From the perspective of a ‘future archaeologist’, Škarnulytė positions these artifacts in ways that prompt a different way of seeing and sensing the world. By exploring human-made architectures and invasive processes, she opens an altered perspective from which to question our role in society and nature, driven by processes of evolution and extinction.

Exploring a practice which blurs the boundaries between the human, the nonhuman, and the transcendental, melding scientific and mythological elements into a singular hybrid and vibrant force, this publication offers an engaging insight into the themes that emerge in this innovative artist’s work, from prehistoric societies and mythological creatures to environmental crises and speculative futures.