Adomas Palekas (Vilnius/Den Haag) is a sound and bio artist, engineer working at the intersection of the non-human and art. His current research focus is on circuits of extended phenotype – sound practice that invites biotic, abiotic worlds to enact together in the process of sounding. With interfaces and instruments of extended phenotype, Adomas sonically investigates complex non-human worlds beyond our sensory perception: microbial metabolism and growth, (in)organic matter or chemical reactions, all of which become the primary compositional forces in his emergent sound works. His approach combines design of musical instruments and environmental sensing interfaces, microbial research, attention to site and non-human ears, field recordings, sonification mapping, electroacoustic composition and other mediums.
Adomas’s further sound practice extends towards electroacoustic performances, composition for theater as well as sound engineering for live acts. His solo works and collaborations have been presented in various spaces across Lithuania, Italy, Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands, UK, Czechia, also international festivals such as “Ars Electronica”, “ŪMĖDĖ“, “REWIRE 2023“, “Gaudeamus“, Venice Architecture Biennial. Currently Adomas is a research associate at the Institute of Sonology, where he does research on microbial voicing and listening. He is also involved with Lithuanian DIY communities Studium-P and Palanga Street Radio.
2024
Performance, Seeding, the great church of Kintai
Residency, Kintai Kitaip, Kintai/Vilnius
Stage Manager, Gražuolė Smeguobė festival, LT
Performance, Vanilla DJX, @Sand Nudes, Den Haag
Electroacoustic concert, Spectrum of Mutations: Myosin III, @Institute of Sonology, Den Haag
Solo Exhibition, Microbiophonic Emergences, @Trixie, Den Haag
Installation, Infected, @West, Den Haag, as part of Vibrotaxis
Performance, Pyšmanye, in collaboration with Elif Gulin Soguksu, Den Haag
Performance, Rehydration, @Institute of Sonology, Den Haag
Performance, Fryzbye, in collaboration with Paulius Večera, @Ideas Block, Vilnius
Performance, Stork Diet, in collaboration with Kamilė Dambrauskaitė, @Studium-P, Vilnius
2023
Tour, Stork Diet, in collaboration with Kamilė Dambrauskaitė:
Performance, Stork Diet, in collaboration with Kamilė Dambrauskaitė,