Interdisciplinary performance ALPHONSO LINGIS | CONTACT ø MUSIC AUTUMN 2026

On October 7 at 7 PM, the contemporary Lithuanian music festival MUZIKOS RUDUO invites audiences to the interdisciplinary performance “ALPHONSO LINGIS | CONTACT” at the Energy and Technology Museum, bringing together contemporary music, documentary film, and hand shadow theatre.

Created by the ensemble Bottlenecks / Susigrūdimai, the theatre company Budrugana Lietuva, musical dramaturg Diemantė Merkevičiūtė, and director Vytautas Oškinis, the performance draws on the ideas of Lithuanian-American philosopher Alphonso Lingis on passions, emotions, and extreme human experiences.

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𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗠𝗘
7 OCTOBER | 7 PM
The Energy and Technology Museum

ALPHONSO LINGIS | CONTACT
Interdisciplinary performance

Ensemble Bottlenecks / Susigrūdimai
Hand shadow theatre company Budrugana Lietuva
Musical dramaturgy Diemantė Merkevičiūtė
Video film director Vytautas Oškinis

ABOUT THE PROGRAMME

“ALPHONSO LINGIS | CONTACT” - interdisciplinary performance exploring passions, emotions, and extreme human experiences through the ideas of Lithuanian-American philosopher Alphonso Lingis (1933–2025), particularly those developed in his book “Dangerous Emotions”.

The three media function as equal layers of the performance. Music performed by Bottlenecks / Susigrūdimai transforms Lingis' philosophical insights into a sonic experience, the documentary film reveals aspects of the philosopher's life and everyday world, while hand shadow theatre visualises the multilayered and ephemeral nature of human experience. Sound, image, and movement come together in a unified stage form.

Alphonso Lingis was a renowned Lithuanian-American philosopher and interpreter of phenomenology and existentialism whose work explored passions and emotions, community, and our relationship with the Other.

MORE INFORMATION:
Full festival programme: https://www.facebook.com/events/2565965444198371/
www.muzikosruduo.lt
Instagram: @muzikosruduo

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Organized by: VšĮ Muzikos ruduo
Funded by: Lithuanian Council for Culture
Strategic partner: Lithuanian Composers’ Union
Information partner: LRT Klasika

Partners: Lithuanian Music Information Centre, Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Energy and Technology Museum, Contemporary Art Platform Smala, Lithuanian Theatre, Music and Cinema Museum, Muzeoteka, Vilnius Automuseum, LENsemble, Chordos, Office for Contemporary Art Norway, Tarp tylos.