Artist and filmmaker Emilija Škarnulytė works primarily with deep time, the realm of extremely slow change. Exploring the indisputable problems of our historical era, such as climate change, she tries to look at them from the imaginary perspective of a future archaeologist or geologist. Her works often take place in ecologically unique places: the deserts of the American West or the Middle East, nuclear power plants in Europe, Cold War bases, and aphotic (lightless) zones. The camera becomes an archaeological tool that pierces through various layers: cosmical, geological, ecological, and political.

Emilija Škarnulytė (b. 1987, Vilnius) lives and works nomadically. She most recently presented works at Gwangju Biennale, Henie Onstad Triennale, Vilnius Biennale, and Helsinki Biennale, and was nominated for the Ars Fennica Award. Her work was presented in solo exhibitions at Ferme-Asile, Sion (2023); Tate Modern, London (2021); Kunsthaus Pasquart, Biel/Bienne (2021); Den Frie, Copenhagen (2021); National Gallery of Vilnius (2021); Contemporary Art Centre CAC of Vilnius (2015), Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (2017). She represented Lithuania at the XXII Triennale di Milano and participated in the Baltic Pavilion at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale. She has films in the collections of the IFA, Kadist Foundation and Centre Pompidou, and her works have been screened at the Serpentine Gallery, London; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Museum of Modern Art, New York, and numerous film festivals.