ūmėdė festival 2025: garden, heap of stones, laboratory and ether

2025-10-01

The umede.lt team is pleased to announce a preliminary list of artists, which includes more than 50 participants.

The festival and symposium will begin on the morning of October 16 and end late on the evening of October 19, so reserve these days for the full festival experience.

The third festival ūmėdė 2025 welcomes us down to earth to question why we are so awkwardly placed here.

After media and screen fatigueness and sensory overload we invite you down to earth, down to body, down to roots to exchange on what we have learned out there and was it worth the trip?
New media integration into art and society was done in a happy-go-lucky way, now we would like to rewind and freeze some of the best moments. Lets watch and listen to them in slow motion all together around the real bonfire.

Third edition of umede.lt festival will happen on October 16-19th at SODAS 2123 (Vilnius, LT) site and invites you to experience all four festival stages (strands): sodas (garden), krūsnis (heap of stones), laboratory and ether.

TICKETS:
All 3 days ticket October 16-18th (19€)
1 day ticket October 16th (7€)
1 day ticket October 17th (10€)
1 day ticket October 18th (10€)

Festival curators: Vytautas Michelkevičius, Gailė Griciūtė, Ignas Pavliukevičius

Contributing curators: Nazaré Soares (Bathing & Beyond), Johanna Zanon, Anna Mikkola, Katažyna Jankovska and others

Curatorial assistant and producer Emilija Zakarauskaitė

Transmediale film programme curator: Anna-Lena Panter

Curators of the Young Artists’ Film Program: Milda Trimakaitė and Agnė Balandžiūnaitė

Artists’ films: Juozas Žutautas, Sonata Vilkevičiūtė, Jorė Černiauskaitė, Ignotas Kuprys, Sofija Laurušonytė, Robertas Nevecka, Markas Montvilovas, Eglė Davidavičė, Dominykas Andriuškevičius, Ignas Montvilovas, Beatričė Jackutė

Sound engineer: Kipras Dominas

Sonic landscape and amplifiers: Vytautas Budzejus

Visuals Ignas Pavliukevičius

Location: SODAS 2123, and various locations in the city

Organized by NGO MENE in collaboration with Vilnius Academy of Arts

Partners: FAMM department of Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuanian Interdisciplinary Artists’ Association (LTMKS), SODAS 2123, Estafetė, Downtown forest, Yauya.lt, Eden Baths and others

Festival is supported by Lithuanian Council for Culture, Vilnius City Municipality, Nordisk Kulturfond – Globus Program, OCA (Office for Contemporary Art Norway), all participants and their supporters