Karolis Jankus

Biography

Karolis Jankus is a transdisciplinary artist who treats the act of filmmaking as a radical form of performance art. His practice is defined by the deconstruction of traditional cinema, shifting the focus from the final industrial product to the raw, ephemeral process of creation.

Jankus’s trajectory as a moving image artist was shaped by a resistance to conventional narrative, a journey that gained significant momentum in 1997 with his work in Paris, Ils vous baisent la main. This early exploration of social tension and the "atmosphere of hate" established his signature approach: using the camera not merely as a recording tool, but as a provocative witness and an extension of the artist's b...