PAKUI HARDWARE. CLEARVIEW
Pakui Hardware
CLEARVIEW
25.09.2026 – 7.02.2027
Arsenal Gallery power station
13 Elektryczna Street (entrance from Świętojańska)
Curatorial team: Eliza Urwanowicz-Rojecka & Jakub Wróblewski
Architecture: Sigita Simona Paplauskaitė
Light design: Julius Kuršys
The exhibition PAKUI HARDWARE. CLEARVIEW traces the material infrastructure, transformations, and footprint of the development of AI and machine vision. With the speed of data transmission crucial to smooth machine learning processes, fibre-optic cables wiggle at gargantuan data centers like an invisible nervous system. Those same cables cover war-torn landscapes with shimmering fiberglass webs spun by tirelessly buzzing drones. Weaving together natural, artificial and virtual elements, this fine thread creates new hybrid landscapes, or datascapes, inviting reflection on imminent implications of technological expansion.
The architecture of the installation consists of fibre-optic threads, creating fragile, shimmering, yet very tactile surroundings. These flickering surfaces will be animated by a specially designed choreography of light. Piercing the surfaces formed by the fiber-optic threads, several sculptures made of textile, resin, aluminum, and stainless steel will be distributed throughout the space. A new video sculpture will light up the second room with pulsating images of nature as seen by machinic gaze.
Pakui Hardware (Neringa Černiauskaitė and Ugnius Gelguda) is a Lithuanian artist duo founded in 2014. Their collaborative practice explores the relationship between materiality, the body, and technology through sculptural and spatial installations. The duo has presented solo exhibitions at institutions such as Zachęta National Gallery of Art (Warsaw), BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art (Gateshead), and MUMOK (Vienna). In 2024, together with Marija Teresė Rožanskaitė they represented Lithuania at the 60th Venice Biennale. Their work has been featured in international biennials, including Performa Biennial, the Bukhara Biennial, Istanbul Biennial, the 13th Baltic Triennial in Vilnius, and Biennale Gherdëina (Italy). They have also participated in group exhibitions at Kunsthalle Basel, MAXXI Rome, the national galleries in Prague and Vilnius, CAPC Bordeaux, and BOZAR Brussels.
ACCOMPANYING EVENTS
25 September (Friday), 6 pm
► Exhibition opening
26 September (Saturday), 9.45 am – 5.15 pm
► Digital Sustainabilities Conference
The event inaugurates the project The Makers: Mobilizing Arts, Knowledge, and Education to Reclaim Human Agency. Strategies for the Age of Machine Thinking.
Conference held in English, free admission
26 September (Saturday), 10.00 am
►Guided tour of the exhibition with artists
Due to the Digital Sustainabilities conference, the exhibition will be closed to visitors following the guided tour
25 October (Sunday), 12 pm
► Guided tour of the exhibition in Ukrainian with Yulia Kostereva
25 October (Sunday), 1.30 pm
► Guided tour of the exhibition in Belarusian with Alina Wawrzeniuk
29 November (Sunday), 12 pm
► Critical Philosophy of Technology: guided tour of the exhibition with Michał Krzykawski
Part of the New Ecophilosophies of Art series
30 January (Saturday), 11 am
► Soft Connections: a workshop for adults inviting participants to experience the exhibition through movement, the senses and mindfulness. Led by Ksymena Wojtkowska
7 February 2027 (Sunday), 12 pm
► Closing artist-curator tour of the exhibition in English with consecutive interpretation into Polish
WY-Twórcy / MAN-U-FACTURERS
6 October – 7 February 2026 (Tuesday – Sunday), 10 am-5 pm
► self-service baskets for families and friends, containing creative tasks designed to deepen engagement with the exhibition. No registration required. Included in the exhibition admission ticket.
Individual or group tours of the exhibition are available
Registration: m.mackenzie@galeria-arsenal.pl or by phone: 85 87 42 061
Tours with audio description (in Polish) available from 10 November 2026
Registration: j.bietkal@galeria-arsenal.pl or by phone: 85 87 42 041
CURATORIAL TEXT
Co-financed by the Lithuanian Council for Culture
PLAN YOUR VISIT
Opening times:
Thuesday – Sunday
10:00-18:00
Last admission
to exhibition is at:
17.30