"THE YOUTH PLATFORM“: H. DOLINKIEWICZ IR M. PIOTROWICZ EXHIBITION „SONARIUM“

At the Kaunas Picture Gallery (K. Donelaičio St. 16, Kaunas), we continue the exhibition series “The Youth Platform” and invite you to the  exhibition “Sonarium” by Polish artists Hubert Dolinkiewicz and Marcin Piotrowicz.

The exhibition “Sonarium” explores the phenomenon of synesthesia, where different senses merge into a single, multilayered experience. Here, sound transforms from an acoustic wave into a visual, sculptural, and emotional structure, while the boundaries between artistic disciplines become fluid and undefined.

The exhibition will be complemented by a laser performance presented during the opening. Activated by vibration frequencies, the laser generates dynamic structures in the air. This becomes a recording of light that visualizes the invisible structure of sound in real time.

The conceptual point of departure for the exhibition is the work of M. K. Čiurlionis and his idea of the interaction between music and painting, in which color and line function as equivalents of rhythmic, musical structures. It also draws on Wassily Kandinsky’s theories of the inner “resonance” of color and sound.

Marcin Piotrowicz’s cycles of prints on paper and plexiglass precisely reflect the visual form of sound, translating specific sound frequencies into a universal geometric expression. Created using the aquatint technique, the works take on compositions reminiscent of mandalas, transforming the mathematical precision of sound waves into aesthetic and meditative harmony. The sculptural continuation of these explorations can be found in objects created using 3D printing technology and precise resin casts. These forms symbolize “frozen sound,” where invisible vibrations materialize into tangible, three-dimensional bodies with unique organic structures.

Hubert Dolinkiewicz’s cycle “Songs”, executed in egg tempera on wooden panels, takes the form of mysterious visual scores. An important source of the artist’s inspiration lies in medieval manuscripts: their ornamented margins, elaborate initials, and the motif of small “windows” create spaces for landscape imagery. The artist employs these compositional structures not as quotation or stylistic imitation, but as a means of organizing visual rhythm and narrative.

The cycle “Signs” appears as a sculptural ensemble of organic wooden forms permeated with intense color. In contrast to the contemplative nature of “Songs,” “Signs” operates in a direct and expressive manner, introducing an element of dynamic resonant energy into the exhibition space. Both cycles are united by an approach to painting and sculpture as carriers of rhythm – structures that not only reproduce sound but embody it.

The exhibition “Sonarium” is supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Poland and the Polish Institute in Vilnius.

The event is open to the public and may be filmed and photographed. By attending, you agree to be featured in photographs and videos of the event and are informed that these materials may be made public.