Yaga invites you into a world of sensory exploration through visual art, installations, and performance. Taking place in the Ežeraitis forest of Varėna, this year’s program expands the gathering’s artistic terrain with the theme Off the Map – blurring borders, bending perception, and guiding participants through intuition rather than directions.
Scattered throughout the mist and light, this year’s artistic works trace invisible coordinates. Each piece interprets the Off the Map theme through sensation, disorientation, and altered navigation. The forest becomes a site of unexpected encounters, ritual zones, and subtle provocations – created by artists from Lithuania and across the globe.
Highlights include:
• Claywoman (US): a legendary 500-million-year-old being from the Mirillion Galaxy returns to Earth for a surreal, drag-infused mission.
• Vaivorykštės Miuziklas (LT): a queer, community-devised musical based on real stories and autobiographical theatre.
• Lyra Pramuk (US): a vocal artist blending folk, spirituality, and care through transformative performance on Pinegrove stage.
• Ella Skinner (UK): presents Death of the Box, a haunting piece exploring isolation and the tension of bodies under pressure.
The program also features sculptural soundworks by Viltė Gustytė, a dark installation by Indrė Ercmonaitė, and an experimental set by Artūras Bumšteinas & Gaile Griciūtė. Visual artist Jurga Marcinauskaitė brings sustainable scenography to Pinegrove using recycled materials.
Photography and performance collide with Ignas Maldžiūnas, while Kaunas 3022 returns with an immersive urban magic space. Meanwhile, Magnetinės Dainavos (Lukas Klimkevičius & Džiugas Bražiūnas) offer a uniquely Lithuanian cultural taste ritual, and Andrej Polukord twists daily life into absurd, layered experiences.
Follow the mist. Let sound and vision distort your path. Step off the map.