Adomas Palekas

Adomas Palekas (Vilnius/Den Haag) – sound and bio artist, engineer working at the intersection of the non-human and art. His research focus is on Circuits of Extended Phenotype – sound devices that invite biotic and abiotic worlds to enact upon the music making process. With self-derived instruments and interfaces, Adomas explores processes beyond our sonic perception: microbial metabolism, (in)organic bodies or chemical reactions, which become the primary compositional forces in his emergent sound works.

His approach combines design of musical instruments, microbial research, attention to site and non-human ear, field recordings, sonification, electroacoustic composition and other mediums. Adomas’s works and collaborations have been presented in various spaces across Lithuania, Italy, Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands, UK, Czechia as well as international festivals such as “Ars Electronica”, “ŪMĖDĖ“, “REWIRE 2023“, “Gaudeamus“, Venice Architecture Biennial. Currently Adomas is a research associate at the Institute of Sonology. He’s also involved with Lithuanian DIY communities Studium-P and Palanga Street Radio.