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KOSMOS LAB'26

The eighth laboratory. Together with Fabrice Murgia, we opened the section of Magic under the open sky and ventured into the woods. Alchemy flowed between moving bodies, organic materials, images, and contemporary media. Artists and researchers explored a reflective relationship with what is born in the collective, creating the conditions for a ritual that belongs to no pre-existing tradition.

Mentors

Mentor team

FABRICE MURGIA A Belgian director, writer, and multidisciplinary artist working in theatre, opera, and film. Founder of the company “Cie Artara”. Winner of the Silver Lion at the Venice Theatre Biennale and the Rotterdam Operadagen Award in the field of new opera. His work combines poetic visual storytelling with technological innovation, and he has become the voice of a generation growing up amidst digital technologies and global crises.

RACHEL BRAHY A lecturer and researcher, she coordinates the “Maison des Sciences de l’Homme” (MSH) at the University of Liège — an institution she helped found to foster collaborative research spaces. As a dramaturgy and methodology consultant, she supports other artistic research and creative projects. She develops interdisciplinary research combining sociology, anthropology, and arts studies, centred on the question of what it means to be together.

ZORA SNAKE (Zobel Raoul Tejeutsa) A Cameroonian choreographer, performer, and dancer. One of the most prominent figures in contemporary African performance art, with international appearances and winner of the “Acogny Prize” and the “Golden Artistic Awards”. Founder of “Compagnie Zora Snake” and the international festival “Mouvements, Danses et Performances” (MODAPERF). Creating a unique performative language that blends public space, the stage, and installation art, he brings more than just movement to the stage — he brings an experience shaped by street culture, hip-hop, and local traditions.

PARTICIPANTS

Participants

Kamilė Lebedytė, Greta Gudelytė, Lukas Dirsė, Domantas Pūras, Kasparas Bujanauskas, Paulius Juška, Edvardas Kažarnovičius, Vaidas Bartušas, Ieva Brikė, Rugilė Barzdžiukaitė, Gabrielė Penčylaitė, Elmyra Ragimova, Marius Eidrigevičius, Ana Novickaja, Dominyka Šeibok, Milena Scepakova.

The showcase

This LAB is based on one thing, which is trust.

Pierre Jodlowski

LAB'24 mentor

We are proud that visual theatre is finding its place in Lithuania’s cultural field ever more clearly and firmly. We are glad that this field keeps expanding every year – from the smallest Lithuanian towns to the biggest art events.

D. Vizbaras

Producer

Kosmos LAB is one of the most meaningful projects for us; its value cannot be measured in words or numbers. Many workshop participants have continued to explore these ideas in their own creative work.

Žilvinas Vingelis

Director

It’s rare to find an organisation so open. Maybe it’s a shot to discover potential.

“Cie Mossoux-Bonté”

LAB'25 mentors

Professionals from different artistic fields together can have a dialogue here. Sharing know-how and experience between different disciplines is very favourable for the development of theatre.

Duda Paiva

LAB'19 mentor

We are in the world where adaptation is one of the keywords. We can move a lot, but therefore we need to adapt. So this LAB really prepares us for this adaptation.

Pierre Jodlowski

LAB'24 mentor

It’s a real potential. Open to do things that go further than the world.

“Cie Mossoux-Bonté”

LAB'25 mentors

It’s my first time here (in Lithuania) and I’m discovering a wonderful city, a wonderful atmosphere, wonderful people… so why not keep going with this as much as you can?

Pierre Jodlowski

LAB'24 mentor

The new generation of artists is promising, but they need a stronger foundation and opportunities to grow, innovate, and share culture with one another.

Duda Paiva

LAB'19 mentor

Beyond the theatre, beyond the technology that we are using, beyond the artistic aim, the pedagogical aim – there is an encounter. I hope that we will never replace the human encounter.

Pierre Jodlowski

LAB'24 mentor

We are looking for strange atmospheres between theatre and dance, and also deep in irrational thinking.

“Cie Mossoux-Bonté”

LAB'25 mentors

We must see light art as a separate field of art that needs to be studied.

Žilvinas Vingelis

Director

This is something so exciting because then you blend dance and you blend feet and it goes in a surreal way of thinking.

Duda Paiva

LAB'19 mentor

Projections in theatre are not that rare, but in many cases they aren’t fully explored as an equally important element...

Rimas Sakalauskas

LAB'19 mentor

Theatre saved my life because otherwise I don’t know if I would be so happy, satisfied, and full of interest and meetings like in another life without theatre.

Matteo Spiazzi

LAB'20 mentor

My dream was like… in a cellar with red curtains. Talking with an Italian guy, and suddenly came a cherry cake.

Adrian Schvarzstein

LAB'20 mentor

For me it’s very important to create the group where everybody is on the same level, including the people that work outside.

Adrian Schvarzstein

LAB'20 mentor

As a performance designer I don’t draw any line between set design and lighting design. I’m interested in the link, how light can be independent, but also amplify the scenography, and how scenography can metamorphose and serve the lighting.

Dr. Y. Abulafia

LAB'22 mentor

Light on stage can be both a character, and a set design, and a physical space, and one of the main engines for the development of dramaturgy or the narration of history.

Yaron Abulafia

LAB'22 mentor

It’s the occasion to go out a little bit of their comfort zone. Figure out their position on the stage, not only doing what they are supposed to do by definition

Pierre Jodlowski

LAB'24 mentor

Disconnection between the body and the brain is something completely dramatic, and I hope this lab shows one possible change for stage art in the future

Pierre Jodlowski

LAB'24 mentor

The showcase

2026

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