1992 - 2024
1992 - 2024
The Untamed Type
This typography is a result of half a year spent getting to know the organism, figuring out what it likes, what it avoids, and learning to grow empathy towards it. The idea was to create a full font, grown letter by letter in petri dishes. The letters were grown using oats as food, placed in letter shapes. I documented the process by taking over 600 photos during a one month period. From these, I selected the most legible moments of each letter and created type.
At first, I thought I could shape oats into letters and the organism would just follow. But that wasn’t the case. It became more of a negotiation between me trying to guide it, and it doing its own thing. Even if I could anticipate some movements, the final outcomes were unpredictable.
I show the letters I managed to “grow.” I picked the moments where the shapes most closely resembled actual letterforms, and used those as the basis. The type plays with this tension between legibility and chaos, between system and organism. The point was to showcase the letterforms not as fixed, polished results, but as living experiments as appreciation for the process and the organism itself.
CLIENTS
MUSIC: Clone Records, Club Elastica, Digital Tsunami, Herrensauna, Intergalactic FM, Gallery1986, Kablys Club, Live From Earth, Lizdas, Mechatronica, PIP den Haag, Pinkman Records, POING CLUB, Radio Vilnius, Tresor, Wigs
ART: Ars Electronica, Atletika, Het Nieuwe Instituut, LTMKS, MO Museum, Pamėnkalnio galerija, Skalvija, Sodas2123, The Rooster Gallery, V2_
NOMINATIONS AND AWARDS
2023
Best Immersive Application award for Invisible Fungi project | Immersive Tech Week Rotterdam, NL
2023
Most Impactful Project award for Invisible Fungi project | Immersive Tech Week | Rotterdam, NL
EXHIBITIONS
UPCOMING
2025
Invisible Matters | Dutch Design Week | Spoor K Eindhoven | Group show | Eindhoven, NL
PAST
2025
RAVE NATION. To Freedom Through the Rhythms of the Night | Lukiškės Prison 2.0 | Group show | Vilnius, LT
2025
The Slime Knows | Brasserie Atlas | Group show | Brussels, BE
2024
Invisible Matters | Transnatural Cultural Hub & Lab | Group show | Amsterdam, NL
2024
Art Park II: Voice of Nature | NDSM Treehouse Group show | Amsterdam, NL
2024
Islands and Archipelagos | Mykolas Žilinskas Art Gallery | Audra festival | Group show | Kaunas, LT
2024
Invisible Fungi at Slash Gallery / WORM | solo exhibition | Rotterdam, NL
2023
Immersive Tech Week | De Doelen | Invisible Fungi project nominated for the Student XR Awards | Rotterdam, NL
2023
The Types Between | Stolen Books | Group show | Lisbon, PT
2023
Welcome Back to Portal Park | MaMA Rotterdam | Group show | Rotterdam, NL
2023
Graduation Show | Willem de Kooning Academy | Rotterdam, NL
2023
Electrolyte | Time is The New Space | Group show | Rotterdam, NL
2022
(im)material ruins | Het Nieuwe Instituut | Group show | Rotterdam, NL
2022
Radio Ruins. Lost & Sound | Time is The New Space | Group show | Rotterdam, NL
2022
Trash in the Yard | Trompenburg botanical garden | Group show | Rotterdam, NL
2021
Temporary House of Home | Het Nieuwe Institute | Group show | Rotterdam, NL
2016
Hongerige Donderdag | Beergarden | Group show | The Hague, NL
RESIDENCIES & MENTORSHIPS
2023
Welcome Back to Portal Park | Residency | MaMA Rotterdam | Rotterdam, NL
2023
Stange Stories and Where To Tell Them | Mentorship program | ziemniaki_i | Warsaw, PL
TALKS & WORKSHOPS
2025
Creativity Scouting Conference | Talk | Contemporary Art Centre | Vilnius, LT
2025
The Untamed Type | Workshop | part of Language(s) exhibition | Garage Rotterdam | Rotterdam, NL
2025
Event Advertising in the "Pre-Facebook" Era | Panel talk | part of RAVE NATION exhibition | Lukiškės Prison 2.0 | Vilnius, LT
2023
Other Typographic Worlds Conference | Talk | Universidade Lusófona | Lisbon, PT
BOOKFAIRS, LIBRARIES & DISTRIBUTION
2023
Interspecies Library | New York, US
2023
Potato Library | Warsaw, PL
2023
Print Room | Bookstore | Rotterdam, NL
2023
Wobby Wonderland | Zine festival | Tilburg, NL
2023
Cross Comix | Zine festival | Rotterdam, NL
2022
Wobby Wonderland | Zine festival | Tilburg, NL
2022
Zine Camp | Zine festival | Rotterdam, NL
2022
Cross Comix | Zine festival | Rotterdam, NL
2022
Les VoiZines | Zine festival | Gent, BE
PRESS
2025
Ore.lt | Interview | Vilnius, LT
2025
Resident Advidor | Feature | London, UK
2025
Vilnius Nightlife Office | Interview | Vilnius, LT
2025
LRT Opus | Melomanas klauso | Interview | Vilnius, LT
2025
Literatūra ir menas, Issue 6 / 3810 | Article | Vilnius, LT
2025
Radio Vilnius | Weekly favs w/ Eglė, Kotryna | Interview | Vilnius, LT
2024
370 magazine | Interview | Vilnius, LT
2023
Distorted as a Clubnight Itself | Published by Robertas Zuzo | Interview | Vilnius, LT
2023
POSTERS | Published by Bounty Hunters | Feature | London, UK
2019
The Void, Issue 5 | Feature | Amsterdam, NL
2019
Garment magazine / The underwear issue | Feature | Amsterdam, NL
2019
15min.lt | Interview | Vlinius, LT
FUNDINGS
2024 Lithuanian Council for Culture | Beginner Creator Stipend in the Field of Design
OTHER
2024
Visuals for the Adventures of Nicole play at the Blue Book Theater | Barcelona, ES
EDUCATION
2024 - present
Master of Music ArtScience (MA)
Royal Academy of Art | The Hague, NL
2019 - 2023
Bachelor of Arts (BA) Design: Illustration
Graduated with Honours Degree
Willem de Kooning Academy | Rotterdam, NL
2008 - 2012
Vilnius Justinas Vienožinskis Art School
WORK EXPERIENCE
Freelance graphic designer and interdisciplinary artist
May 2021 - present
Willem de Kooning Academy | Part-time | Rotterdam, NL
Sep 2022 - Sep 2023 | Student Assistant | Interaction Station
May 2021 - Jan 2022 | Student Ambassador
MONO | Part-time | Rotterdam, NL
Jun 2022 - Jun 2023 | In-house designer
Sep 2021 - Jun 2022 | Design Intern
(A)WAKE | Part-time | Rotterdam, NL
Jun 2022 - present | Visual Designer
Sep2021 - Jun 2022 | Designer Trainee
Pinkman Records | Part-time | Rotterdam, NL
Jun 2022 - present | In-house designer
Feb 2022 - Jun 2022 | Design Intern
Invisible Fungi
“Invisible Fungi” by Ringailė Demšytė is a VR experience that helps to showcase fungi’s integral, yet invisible, role in our lives in times of ecological degradation. The research builds on the artist's previous “Visual Fungi Language” project, which examines a possible, speculative visual language of fungi based on an interpretation of their electrical spiking activity as a means of “facilitating” communication between humans and nonhumans. The project aims to explore the use of different media, such as sound, raw organic materials, and VR, to enable people to experience the unseen world of fungi and foster a greater sense of empathy towards their natural environment. This immersive experience focuses on creating knowledge through feeling by visualising how fungi break down complex organic compounds in a poetic, nearly abstract way. Virtual reality becomes a tool of choice to create a sensitivity around the invisible role of fungi for the city residents who lost touch with nature.
Most fungi operate discreetly, largely unseen by the human eye, as does their transformative work. It typically takes approximately a century for fungi to break down deceased organic matter, such as a tree log. The intricate process of decomposition, executed by fungi, remains invisible to the naked eye. In light of this, the artist has crafted a virtual reality (VR) experience to speed up and encapsulate this prolonged process into a concise two-and-a-half-minute narrative. Through this artistic attempt, the intention is to draw attention to the often-overlooked and imperceptible role that fungi play in nature, emphasising their invisible yet vital contribution to the ecosystem.
Visual Fungi Language:
Exploring the Possibility of Communication Between Humans and Nonhumans
The barcode-like symbols in Visual Fungi Language bear a resemblance to binary strings, which opens up the possibility of translating them back into electrical signals and sending them to mushrooms. However, at present, this concept remains more of an imaginative speculation focused on the aesthetic experience rather than functionality. While it is intriguing to consider the potential for translating these visual symbols into electrical signals that fungi can understand, it is important to note that this aspect is still largely theoretical.
Sonifying the Speculative Fungal Language: A Journey into Hearing the Unseen
She drew a connection between the number of bits in a byte (8 bits) and the number of notes in a solfège scale (including the repeated note at the end). This connection allowed her to map each letter to a unique combination of keys and convert the sentence into a musical composition.
Sonifying the Visual Fungi Language by finding parallels between one bit and an octave set the tone for the final VR work.
Fragrance by Merle Bergers
Supervisors
Belle Phromchanya
Sonia de Jager
Carmen José
Technical support
Vincent Boon
Special thanks
Ziemniaki i Foundation
Josh Plough
Natalia Budnik
Adam Markuszewski
Noud Sleumer
(A)WAKE
Shirin Mirachor
Salim Bayri
Reda Senhaji
Isabeau Vienerius
Visual Fungi Language
I decided to sonify my fungi visual language based on the first iteration of the visual fungi language since it resembled piano keys. In binary one is on, and 0 is off. I noticed that one byte has the same amount of bits as solfège has notes if you include the repeated note at the scale’s end. I took flat (white, (b)) piano keys in the same octave and pressed same piano keys as ones were located in a byte. In this recording you can hear "this is how visual fungus language sounds like"
Listen Here
Square and circle based symbols felt too artificial and digital for a speculative language of fungi. Mushrooms come in various shapes and forms, so why not use their visual appearance as inspiration?
4th iteration evolved to be a simplified version of the 3rd one. It resembled ancient Irish language - Ogham script. It reminded me of ethnic Lithuanian folk symbols.
For the 5th iteration of the visual fungal language, I thought to convert traditional baltic patterns into readable scripts.
Vilnius Nightlife Graphics 1992 - 2024
The book, consisting of 350 selected visuals and eight interviews with the artists Saulius Ibrasas, Marius Kneipferavičius, Regis Pranaitis, Vygandas Šimbelis, Žilvinas Noriušis, Rasa Špokauskaitė, Domantė Nalivaikaitė, and Gailė Pranckūnaitė, reveals the evolution of nightlife design. It is chronologically organised into thematic chapters that reflect the different stages of Vilnius club culture, from early DIY experiments to the dominance of professional posters and the rise of digital communication.
The project is funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture, with the assistance of photographer Andrew Mikšys. The book is planned to be published this year or next.
The book is ready. Now we need your help to get it to the printing press. Support it on Kickstarter and share the info with your friends. Every contribution is important. <3
Link to pre-oerder book
Special thanks to Katažyna Jankovska for her proofreading and support.
Adomaitis Dovydas
Aerobica Matas
Arklio Galia
Bačiliūnas Mindaugas
Balčiūnaitė Ugnė
Belikov Art
Bernotas Mantas
Blažys Ervinas
Bražiūnas Džiugas
Briedytė Kotryna
Bubinas Evaldas
Burakas Pijus
Bužinskas Povilas
Capablanca Hugo
Chinaskis Henris
Damaševičius Nerijus
Dargytė Meda
Degutis Žilvinas Demšė Vytautas
Demšienė Ina
Dr.Head
Dubauskas Gytis
Dzikaraitė Aistė
Federavičius Juliusfunk crax
Garijonis Martynas
Gasiūnas Paulius
Gavrilovas Mindaugas
Gilys Ramūnas
Giriūnas Romas
Grigaitis Mantas
Griškevičiūtė Morta
Gruzdys Tomas
Gruzdys Vytis
Grybas Sigitas Ignacio Jose
Ilevičius Paulius
Imbrasas Saulius
Jagėla Žilvinas
Jakubka Gediminas
Jankovska Katažyna
Jarowski Karol
Jarušauskas Rolandas
Jasionis Kęstutis
Jautakas Paulius
Jelisejevas Justas
Jurgelis Jogaila
Juršėnas Jokūbas
Juškaitė Emilija
Kačinskas Mindaugas
Kairys Daumantas
Karpavičius Tadas
Kaukėnaitė Dalija
Kažukauskas Daivaras
Kirslys Artūras
Kiškis Lukas
Kiškytė Rūta
Klimaitis Marijus
Klimavičiūtė Akvilė
Kneipferavičius Marius
Kosmosas Mindaugas
Kostikovaitė Justė
Krilavičius Kęstutis
Kunčinas Domininkas
Kurkinas Andrius
Lacey James Laukaitis Antanas
Lėkštutis Andrius
Liaugminas Marius
Linčius Paulius
Lingienė Kotryna
Lozano Luca
Lukoševičius Mantas
Lukova Luba
Mamania Artūras
Mantas T.
Matonis Normantas
Meleškaitė Monika
Miceika Lukas
Mikalajūnė Egla
Mikulskytė Jolanta
MOJO
Morkūnas Mantas
Mrazauskas Tomas
Muromec Ilja
Nalivaikaitė Domantė
Noruišis Žilvinas
Onis Edvinas Orlovas Romanas
Pakarklis Gvidas
Pauplys Povilas
Petreikis Tomas
Pranaitis Regis
Pranckūnaitė Gailė
Pranka Raimondas
Praspaliauskas Egidijus
Praspaliauskas Remigijus
Purvinytė Vilma
Puzyriov Vitalijus
Repšys Mindaugas
Rusteika Martynas
Ryklys Emanuelis
Šafoval Denis
Savickis Martynas
Schenker Olivia
Selenis Imantas
Šimbelis Vygandas
Šimonytė Dovilė
Sinonis Tomas
Skominas Arnas
Soft ParadeSokolov Aljoscha
Solncev Eduard
Špokauskaitė Rasa
Stalnionis Tauras
Stulpinas Rokas
Suraninas Jonas
Syrtha Stasys Žak
Techstylism
Ter Braak Bernie
Tomas Boo
Trakimas Benas
TWODICKS
Ušackas Gediminas
Vaidaugas Vincas
Vaitkus Loranas
Valiulis Marius
Vanderhaghen Benoit
Vasiliūnas Vytis
Ventral is Golden
Verbickas Deivydas
Victor Diawara
Voida Marek Vosylius Tadas
Vuleta-Djukanov Marko
Vyšniauskaitė Lina
Whisper Stevie
Zasčiurinskas Edvinas
Zubrickas Evaldas
Žiogas
Universal Explanation of Nothing
How does one illustrate something that does not exist?
This publication explores the philosophical and complicated idea of nothingness. Inspired by the fact that without zero, modern technology would not exist, I created a fictitious language that is based on the binary notion (a method of mathematical expression that uses only two numbers: “0” and “1”) to explain nothing from a scientific point of view. My goal is to ironically comment on the inefficiency of Carl Sagan’s Golden Record, which went into space onboard Voyager in the 1970s.
The final result was a double bind a5 publication printed with a risograph. One side of the zine serves the purpose of the vocabulary, which is there to help you to decipher information on the black pages.
The Creation of the Symbols
Vocabulary
Reading Pages
de_fog
Work shown at the (im)material ruins ehibition, Het Nieuwe Instituut, 2022
Ringailė Demšytė
Johannes Heißenberg
Victoria McGuire
Mikolaj Stojanowicz
ConceptJohannes Heißenberg
Federico Ramírez Hönack
Yasemin Kevser
Mikolaj Stojanowicz
Dasha Starostin
Soundscape
Mikolaj Stojanowicz
3D objects byRingaile Demšytė
Johannes Heißenberg
Eli Hooper
Yasemin Kevser
Kirwin Lonwijk
Victoria McGuire
Hasna El Ouali
Federico Ramírez Hönack
Vera Serlier
Dasha Starostin
Mikolaj Stojanowicz
Vanya Tretyakov
All pictures taken by
Mikolaj Stojanowicz
IF WALLS COULD TALK
While many expected an increase in collectivity and solidarity alongside the shared pain of restriction and isolation, differences flourished online. The internet could have been a democratic symphony of a multitude of voices, but instead it became an insular platform for 'the individual'.
Many social justice movements also migrated to the internet, yet it is common for organisations such as Instagram and Facebook to regulate what is shared, how, and to whom. This networked dialogue sometimes results in advice, education and support, but it can also engender collective guilt or outrage. While efforts are made to improve it, performative posturing has become a new social currency in itself.
Zawija
(A)WAKE
(A)WAKE collective
Sound design by Reda Senhaji
Technical lead: Ringailė Demšytė
VR design by Ringailė Demšytė and Remi Datora
Guided by Salim Bayri
In collaboration with Muhcine Ennou
Exhibition design by Hanane Mouhdi
Production Tugba Bahceci
Script and text by Shirin Mirachor