Luminous art installation ‘Peaks’
In my work, I usually explore themes of sustainability, femininity, birds and other aesthetic objects. However, sometimes I have to face challenges that are not typical and not entirely familiar to me. One of them is the art installation ‘Peaks’, which celebrates the 20th anniversary of the national development institution Investment and Business Guarantees (INVEGA). Finance is the key theme of this project. As soon as I heard this, many questions came to mind – how to portray such an abstract, broad topic with numbers and events in an artistic, interesting and aesthetic way? Moreover, it needed to reflect the growth of finance, the people who worked in business, the evolution of financial instruments to help businesses grow and the businesses themselves.
The 21 mountains represent the company’s entire year of operation – each peak representing the amount of funding applied that year, and the metal plants with mirror tops representing the businesses that received funding. The installation shows not only the history and development of the company itself, but also the dependence of Lithuanian businesses, the scale of investment and the impact it has had on improving the country’s economy.
I have chosen to depict the form of the installation as a cornucopia – a symbol of wealth and prosperity. This idea came from looking at the company logo, a fragment of which became the main form. It was also important that the large-scale installation, which was displayed next to the White Bridge, should not obscure the cityscape of Vilnius, but at the same time be clearly visible from all sides.
Dimensions: 5000 sq/m