Obscene Readings. Naglis | Video art programme
We continue our exploration of the 90s in “Obscene West. Naglis”. This time on the reflections of queer culture in video art. On the 19th of September at 7 pm. an intriguing evening with films by Latvian, Estonian and Lithuanian artists will be screened at Kaunas Artists' House.
The curators of the video programme have spent hours in various archives of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania searching for works by artists that at least somewhat reflect the queer spirit of the Baltic States in the 1990s.
Here is our eclectic programme:
Estonia |
Anna-Stina Treumund “Mothers”, 2008, 8 min, Estonian with English subt.
Anna-Stina Treumund “Loser”, 2011, 1 min, English with Estonian subt.
Mark Raidpere “Shifting focus”, 2005, 9 min 27 s, Estonian with English subt.
Lithuania |
Laura Stasiulytė “From the Life of Young Ladies“, 2001, 14 min, Lithuanian and English
Santa Lingevičiūtė “And Death Shall Have No Dominion” 2008, 4 min 34 s, English
Latvia |
Arta Biseniece “I Love You”, 1992, 2 min 35 s, English
Dace Džeriņa “Liberation”, 2002, 12 min
The programme will travel to Riga on 28 September and Tallinn on 29 September.
We thank the curators Maria Helen Kand (Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia, EKKM) and Andra Silapetere (Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, LCCA) for their hard research work.
The project "Obscene West" aims to create a space for the analysis of the change in the discourse of sexuality in 90s' culture. The second part of the project "Naglis" aims to explore the then-forming queer culture and its social environment relations in the country and region. "Obscene West. Naglis" programme consists of 8 events (performative readings, performative excursion, exhibition, video art program, performance evening-party) with curators, researchers and artists from the Baltic countries and the Eastern European region.
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Project Curators: Agnė Bagdžiūnaitė, Edvinas Grinkevičius
Project Communication: Skaistė Kiaurynaitė-Beniušė, Darius Matonis
Project Design: Kornelija Zizaitė
Project partners: Association "In corpore", PI Artnews.lt
The project "Obscene West. Naglis" is funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture.
