Saulė Barley (b. 1997) – interdisciplinary artist, photographer living and creating in Vilnius. In 2019 graduated photography and media arts studies in Vilnius Arts Academy. While creating, Saulė explores the topics of corporeality, intimacy, perception. She questions the boundaries and definitions of the rules, social norms and medium concepts.

Melanin print
2019 
Metal, solarium lamps

Tanning is photography because during the photographic process the light-sensitive surface is altered with the help of light rays. Light and informations can only appear on the body with the help of light - our skin has the ability to remember. The skin in this work is interpreted as a photographic surface and as socially sensitive, a corporeal, ever-changing envelope. People adjust this envelope, decorate it, as well as identifies self and other. It is admired and judged. The installation of solarium lamps is a forest of artificial suns that leave an impression on the viewer's skin in memory.