Ringailė Demšytė: Interdisciplinary Art & New Media Design

Ringailė Demšytė is a Lithuanian interdisciplinary artist and visual designer whose work exists at the intersection of technology, biology, and visual communication. Based on her fascination with the underground—referencing both electronic club culture and subterranean mycelium networks—Ringailė Demšytė crafts immersive worlds where fiction meets reality. Her practice often involves digital tools, virtual reality (VR), and raw organic materials to explore the unseen and distort human perceptions. Notable projects include Invisible Fungi, a VR experience that visualizes the essential role of fungi in ecological degradation, and Visual Fungi Language, which speculates on a binary-based communication system derived from fungal electrical activity. Ringailė Demšytė also documents cultural history through works like Vilnius Nightlife Graphics 1992-2024, a project preserving three decades of visual aesthetics. Her award-winning research-based projects foster empathy for the natural environment by making the invisible visible through poetic and abstract visualizations. As a visual designer, she has collaborated with prominent clients such as Ars Electronica, Het Nieuwe Instituut, and various electronic music labels to challenge the boundaries between real and fictitious environments.