Nomeda Urbonas (b. 1968) and Gediminas Urbonas (b. 1966) are Lithuanian-born artists based principally in the United States.
Gediminas Urbonas is an Associate Professor in Art, Culture, and Technology programme at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where Nomeda Urbonas works as a research affiliate.
As co-founders of Urbonas Studio, they collaborate both as artists and educators. Through diverse nodes of knowledge production, they strive to foster new ways of thinking and novel forms of transformative collaboration.
Their installation in Helsinki Biennial is comprised of pipes used for draining peatlands. It transforms a former instrument of environmental subjugation into a platform for interspecies communication.
The artwork production is supported by National Endowment for the Arts, MIT CAST, UTM, and IPEX.
Artwork location: Vallisaari Island
Photo: Berta Tilmantaitė