Alex Kochan\u2019s work draws on lived observations of a transgender person about gender and the functioning of the LGBT+ community in society. Alex translates misunderstandings, paradoxes and marginalisation into a peculiar language of animals and symbols. In search for connections between the beastly or devilish image and non-normative manifestations of gender and sexuality, Alex uses various printmaking techniques such as etching, silkscreen and illustration.<\/p>\n
The works in the exhibition bring together various creatures found in Alex\u2019s work, drawing on myths and rituals. Characters are used as symbols: the unicorn as freedom and \u201cotherness\u201d, the jester as what the LGBT+ community is often made out to be in the eyes of homophobes, and the others as different expressions of gender and sexuality. Community is also an important aspect. More than a product of shared oppression, it is also an empowering and liberating way of being. Alex\u2019s works embody a paradox: while night or darkness is not usually associated with safety, for LGBT+ people it often provides a safe haven for socialising and celebration. Freedom only becomes possible in hidden or underground places in the dark, and to be in the light is to be visible and vulnerable.<\/p>\n
The exhibition is open 19-28 May, Thursdays-Saturdays 16:00-19:00.<\/em> Curated by \u201ci\u0161girsti\u201d, Augustas \u010ci\u010delis and Viktorija Kolbe\u0161nikova. The activities of \u201ci\u0161girsti\u201d are supported by the Active Citizens Foundation, EEA Grants.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex Kochan\u2019s work draws on lived observations of a transgender person about gender and the functioning of the LGBT+ community in society. Alex translates misunderstandings,…","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/festivaliskreives.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/festivaliskreives.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/festivaliskreives.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/festivaliskreives.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/festivaliskreives.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/festivaliskreives.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2617,"href":"https:\/\/festivaliskreives.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2615\/revisions\/2617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/festivaliskreives.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/festivaliskreives.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/festivaliskreives.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAddress: \u201ci\u0161girsti\u201d, Darbinink\u0173 Street 8-1 (apartment building, one flight up from the entrance).<\/em>
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