Justina Mykolaitytė. FOUNTAIN DREAMS

In her latest musical performance, *Fountain Dreams*, artist Justina Mykolaitytė creates a stage tableau in which a character trapped in liminal states emerges. Combining different practices in her work—performance, Baroque singing, and electroacoustic music—Justina uses an unconventional space as the primary landscape in which the dream unfolds.

This visual, which blurs the contours of time, is set in the former restaurant and nightclub “Bomond Tabero” on Tilto Street, in the Congress Hall. It is an anachronistic space, frozen in time. It once belonged to the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, where orchestral scores were stored and rehearsals took place, and today it operates as a cafeteria-café.

The abandoned fountain at the center of the space becomes the topography of a dream—it is one of the most striking symbols of the Baroque era, representing life, power, excess, and transience. Today, the fountain no longer serves its function; a situation forms around it in which time does not progress but accumulates and repeats itself. The performance character created by Justina Mykolaitytė seems to be trapped in this cycle: she moves through the space, performing Baroque arias that intertwine with works by Meredith Monk and Peggy Lee. How long does this dream last? Are we visiting here for the first time, or are we simply returning? – asks the artist.

 

Justina Mykolaitytė is an artist, actress, and performer who works in the fields of music, theater, and interdisciplinary art. Her work encompasses voice, music, movement, performance, visual art, and improvisation. In 2019, she completed her bachelor’s degree in photography and media art at the Vilnius Academy of Arts, and in 2025, she earned a master’s degree in Baroque opera performance (singing) from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater. The artist has collaborated with Lina Lapelytė, Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė, Vaiva Grainytė, Artūras Bumšteinas, Eglė Švedkauskaitė, Agnė Matulevičiūtė, Gaile Griciūtė, and others. In 2025, she presented the musical performance “Sporos” at the PERFORMA Biennial in New York, USA, with the artist duo “Pakui Hardware” and their team (produced by Operomanija). She also created the original musical performance “Longing” with performer Godo Yorke, which reinterprets arias by Baroque composers using electric guitar, vocoder-enhanced vocals, and improvisation.

 

Justina Mykolaitytė – Concept & Performer, Vocals Eglė Petraitienė – Performer, Baroque Violin

Jana Zariņa – Performer, Harpsichord

Beatričė Mockevičiūtė – Scenography, Light Design Elena Marija Veleckaitė – Costume Design

Iveta Macevičiūtė – Soundscape Author Monika Jagusinskytė – Poster Photographer Kamila Žygis - Decorator

Beatričė Misevičiūtė – Coordinator