Other Places, Other People, 2026

A series of five paintings, 15 x 21 cm, framed dimensions variable

Acrylic, wood glue and dirt on wood panel with metal frames

The title refers to Michel Foucault’s concept of heterotopias: spaces that exist alongside everyday life, where social relations, behaviours, and norms are temporarily reorganized. During my residency at GlogauAIR, I am exploring nightlife in Berlin as such a space, focusing on the conditions that make these other spaces possible.

Dirt becomes a central element in my work, marking a refusal or inability to conform to societal expectations of cleanliness and order. As such, dirt emerges as a political aesthetic that shapes these alternative spaces. The goal is not simply to create images, but to create objects that hold the sensations of filth and dirt as forms of resistance. Texture and materiality are central to this process.

Photos // Laura Bikulčytė