Subsurfaces
2025, Borosilicate Glass, Gases, Electrodes, Transformers
A collaboartion between Emilija Povilanskaitė and Clara Schweers. On view during at Apiece Gallery, Vilnius (LT).
Contact for availability.At the heart of the installation is an embryo – suspended, encased, and pulsing with energy. Like the Earth’s core beneath layers of shifting crust, it is held within a system of protective enclosures. The piece evokes a metaphor of geological and biological nesting: a womb within the earth, a nucleus inside a shell, life suspended in warmth and tension. A central, three-layered glass structure houses the embryo, glowing with neon gas that evokes the heat of magma, the radiance of the sun, and the spark of new life. Two vertical tubes extend from this core – vein-like or spinal – delivering rhythmic pulses of energy. These glowing arteries animate the form, suggesting a continuous cycle of breath, growth, and emergence.