Laconica: ZIMOUN

ZIMOUN “216 prepared dc-motors, cotton balls, cardboard boxes 50x50x50 cm, 2010/2026” 2026 10 16 – 2026 11 20 Opening: Friday, October 16, 18:00

Zimoun (b. 1977 in Bern) is a Swiss artist, musician, and composer who creates sound sculptures and sonic architectures. Zimoun grew up in a home where he was awakened in the mornings by his mother playing the piano, while his father’s workshop tools invited experimentation. Later, John Cage’s ideas about silence, noise, randomness, and the value of the sounds surrounding us became an important starting point.

In Zimoun’s work, objects from everyday life and industry take on the form of precisely calculated, unique sound structures. Box upon box, ball upon ball, shifting and overlapping movements and sounds. A cotton ball moved by a mechanical motor strikes differently each time, making every voice in this sea of sound—or contemporary organ—singular. We can enter this pulsating space, hear, see, dwell, leave, and take away our own experience.

Zimoun’s work is presented in Lithuania for the first time, within the context of “Laconica,” a continuous event series developed by the Pamėnkalnis Gallery.

“Laconica” is conceived as a platform for artists who develop minimalist modes of expression in their work. Minimalist expression in the project is understood broadly—not limited to the tradition of minimalism that formed in the 1960s, but by seeking its characteristic principles of thought in contemporary art practices. These practices emphasize the capacity of idea and form, the conditionality of narrative, the economy of means, the critique of excess, and the ecology of thought.

Previous “Laconica” events explored the connections between monochrome and minimalist poetry (2021) and investigated the field of color and scent phenomena (2023). The third “Laconica” invites us to focus on sound—the counterpoint to silence and pause, a carrier of intangible experience. In the project, sound becomes a conceptual layer of artistic language, connecting music, visual art, and interdisciplinary practices.