Gogelmogel, an independent artist from Lithuania, creates witty stuff from mashup images to videos to street art and whatnot. In most cases mocking our perception of things, other times plainly comic, his creations always have a pinch of surprise to them. Why gogelmogel? “I always associated word “gogelmogel” with a mess, a hotchpotch, so I figured it would be perfect for naming all those different things – trash, mashup, experimental images, objects, videos or whatever it may be,” he says.
The artist stores his ideas in his “idea folder”, a seperate file where he saves everything that seems interesting to him. Every piece takes different amount of time to complete, depending on its nature, although Gogelmogel says he does like to rush things up. At the end of the day, the artist just wants the viewer to smile: ”I want to provoke him a little bit. I try to seek for universal ideas, that could be understood regardless of language or context.”
Website: gogelmogel.lt
Aureola Effect
Aureaola effect praises simplicity, because simply by being in the right place on the right time you can see the holiness in every person waiting for a bus – doesn’t matter if it’s a shoemaker, pensioner or an old lady coming back from her homestead.
The Sound of Burning
Munch’s “Scream” On Mute
Birthday Candle Cake
This is a small round birthday candle cake. Number of candle wicks depends on age of the hero of the evening. Very easy to blow out after you make a birthday wish.
The Bag T-Shirt
“Maxima” is the biggest retailer in Lithuania. Maxima is the symbol of Lithuanian consumerism. For some ecological reasons, I decided to turn this bag into a stylish t-shirt.
Blah Blah Blah Book
Blah Blah Blah Book is about mocking graphomania and excessively intellectual, snobbish literature, which is often of questionable value.
Educated Dogs
This sign helps a dog to behave in a right and cultural way. Now every dog should know: do your thing only where you see a special sign, not where you want to do it.
Egg Cure
We have interesting traditional Easter game in Lithuania. It’s called an egg-breaking contest. Two players face off, each holding an Easter egg and hit each other’s egg. The one whose egg remains intact is the winner. This picture shows, how to cure a broken egg.
Karlsson’s Leg
Karlsson lives on the roof. He has very long legs.
Kinder Egg
Masochist Match
Paper Airplanes Attack
Trick a Bird
Perspectives of Vilnius
