Augustė Vickunaitė
Augustė Vickunaitė is a sound experimentalist with a background in physics. Augustė exclusively employs vintage reel-to-reel tape recorders to play, record, and create sounds, articulating diverse layers of recordings including found material, field recordings, voice, music instruments, objects, and the whole spectrum of malfunctions of decaying technology. Auguste specializes in tape music, noise, and collage music, known for her theatrical and darkly humorous approach, often exploiting errors of analog audio equipment. Her solo work encompasses tape loops and collages of found audio tapes.
Her notable performances include appearances at venues such as Studium P and Retrito Smarsas in Vilnius, Cafe Oto in London, Km28 and Volksbuehne (Psychic Liberation series at Roter Salon) in Berlin, Fylkingen in Stockholm, and many others. She has also participated in festivals like Seanaps (Leipzig), Braille Satellite (Lithuania), and Troglobatem (Stuttgart), Gražuolė Smegduobė (Lithuania) and has created Radio art works for Radio Art Zone in Esch, Luxembourg; Cashmere Radio in Berlin; Rasų Radijas in Vilnius; KunstRadio in Vienna, among others.