Sensitivity Analysis

On June 28 – July 17, 2022, a group exhibition titled Sensitivity Analysis will be on display at Vilnius Graphic Art Centre’s Kairė-dešinė gallery. The exhibition features works by Kamilė Jadevičiūtė, Justė Kuliešaitė, Kristina Striogaitė, Marija Sučilaitė, and Ieva Trinkūnaitė.
The opening will be held on June 28, from 6–8 pm.

Five artists populate the city’s heat island – central Vilnius, where summertime temperature is somewhat higher that in the suburbs due to the prevalence of paved areas and lack of green areas, – with animate and inanimate natural objects. These include a pollution-affected juniper grove, unknown biological beings that lurked under glaciers, exotic animals seen in zoos, limestone formed from marine organisms, geological objects reminiscent of the extraction of natural resources, and the human being, suffering from the transience of existence and helplessness. Figuring out and experiencing the objects displayed in the exhibition will require special tools. Philosopher Martha Nussbaum, for instance, singles out empathy and compassion as the principal emotions that lead to connection with the environment and care for others. Meanwhile, writer Georgi Gospodinov reflects on radical empathy that would make it possible to inhabit the existence of not only another human being, but also an animal, plant, or even limestone. However, imagining the perspective of otherness can become awkward, uncomfortable, or even painful.

In climatology, sensitivity analysis is employed to evaluate the vulnerability of economic, social, and natural sectors to climate change. In this exhibition, it is a way of encountering the posthuman ambivalence of empathy and compassion.

Viltė Visockaitė

Kamilė Jadevičiūtė (b. 1992) graduated with an MA in Graphic Art from Vilnius Academy of Arts (2021). She has been taking part in exhibitions in Lithuania and abroad since 2014. In 2018, 2021, and 2022 she did internships at a printmaking workshop in Austria. In 2020 and 2021 Kamilė took part in an international graphic art programme in Switzerland.

Justė Kuliešaitė (b. 1995) graduated with an MA in Graphic Art from Vilnius Academy of Arts (2020). She did internships at printmaking workshops in Scotland and Austria. In 2018 she received the Vytautas Jurkūnas Award. Since 2015 Justė has been holding solo shows and taking part in group exhibitions.

Kristina Striogaitė (b. 1994) graduated with a BA in Graphic Art from Vilnius Academy of Arts (2018). In 2018 she did an internship at the LESP printshop and gallery in New York. Kristina has been taking part in exhibitions since 2015.

Marija Sučilaitė (b. 1995) graduated with an MA in Graphic Art from Vilnius Academy of Arts (2021), studied in Finland as an exchange student, and did an internship at a printmaking workshop in Amsterdam. In 2020 she received the Vytautas Jurkūnas Award. Marija holds solo shows and participates in group exhibitions regularly.

Ieva Trinkūnaitė (b. 1997) graduated with a BA in Graphic Art from Vilnius Academy of Arts (2020). She has been taking part in exhibitions since 2018. Ieva’s works are included in the collections of the Lewben Art Foundation, Sun Blanket Foundation, China Printmaking Museum, and private collectors.