through a daily sojourn, to Grutras Park, touching both the past and the present. Discussing this work on exhibition at the Kadist in the San Francisco Chronicle, art critic Charles Desmarais wrote, "Emilija Škarnulytė follows a blind woman through a park populated by ghostly stone remnants of the Soviet era in Lithuania. The old woman sees with her hands the silenced heroes who, in life, would have been far out of reach." Representing Lithuania at XXII Triennale di Milano, Škarnulytė responded to the Triennale's them of "Broken Nature" by creating work that "invited the audience to reflect on the issue of the cracked relationship between humans and nature by diving into the physical and mythological landscapes of the Cold War." Meditating on Škarnulytė's body of work, philosopher Timothy Morton remarked, "We’re all mermaids already, we just don’t know it yet." Future Generation Art Prize The PinchukArtCentre in Kyiv, Ukraine, named Emilija Škarnulytė the winner of its 2019 Future Generation Art Prize, which recognizes one artist age 35 or younger roughly every other year. She received $100,000, with $60,000 in the form of an unrestricted cash prize. (The other $40,000 is to be used to “fund [the winner’s] artistic practice,” according to a release.) Additionally, Škarnulytė will have a solo show at the museum in 2020. Škarnulytė was recognized for her work "t 1/2" (2019), a video installation that deals with ecological disaster and nuclear warfare. Shown in a room with a mirrored ceiling, the video includes 3D scans that allude to architectural structures found at a nuclear power plant in Lithuania and a neutrino observatory in Japan, among other locations. Commenting on Škarnulytė's work "t 1 / 2," the jury noted that it “found its scale, rhythm, and pace mesmerizing.” “Her use of video expands into a multi-dimensional experience, confronting many of the major issues facing humanity which are often left unspoken. Without being overtly didactic, the work stays open-ended and poetic while raising fundamental questions about where we come from, who we are and where we might end-up.” Citations 1987 births 20th-century Lithuanian people 21st-century Lithuanian people Film people from Vilnius Lithuanian experimental filmmakers Lithuanian film directors People from Williamsburg, Brooklyn Recipients of the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art Brera Academy alumni Living people