Dear visitor,<\/p>\n
I hope you\u2019re doing well and have moments to enjoy the approaching summer. As I write you this letter, I\u2019m thinking about how beautifully the sun is shining outside the window. I start caressing rays of light with my eyes. Phrases about the exhibition swirl in my mind, and I wonder how to describe it without unnecessary formalities. I want its description to be inviting, sincere, and intimate. I want you to feel as a part of this exhibition.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve been dreaming about this exhibition for several years. All that time, I was deeply afraid to share my work \u2013 what would others think? Would anyone understand what I\u2019m trying to say? Now, I\u2019m no longer afraid. Now, I want to share. This exhibition is my final project, created over two years of studying for a Master degree in the Photography and Media Art department at the Vilnius Academy of Arts. I now joke that I set out to make a film and ended up with an exhibition. Sometimes it turns out like this : )<\/p>\n
I titled the exhibition \u201cRunning While Filming\u201d for a reason. The act of filming while running becomes both a gesture of resistance and survival \u2014 a way of existing even in silence. Over the past two years, I\u2019ve run many times while capturing moving images that became the core of this exhibition. The installation presents archival footage from childhood, an animation on gender instructions, a football scene, and screenshots of messages from my mom after I came out. \u201cRunning While Filming\u201d is an intimate and political story about queer aging, about the slow, painful, and fragmented coming of age into being oneself in a world that initially taught us to hide.<\/p>\n
I wholeheartedly thank the following people, without whom this exhibition would not have happened: Egidijus Skud\u017einskas (sound editing), Rapolas Grin\u010delaitis (video editing), Emilija Zak (text editing), Vilius Vingras (voice-over, idea for dissemination), Laura Var\u017egalyt\u0117 (graphic design of the publication), Bon Alog (filming), Augustas \u010ci\u010delis (curating), Marija Martinaityt\u0117 (curating) R\u016bta Spelskyt\u0117 (design of a visual), Aidas Ston\u010dius (graphic design for dissemination), Titas Antanas Vilkaitis (risograph printing), Julius Gai\u017eauskas (binding), Au\u0161ra Volung\u0117 Gri\u0161konyt\u0117 (funding, support), Miki Ambrozy (creative project supervision), Martyna Ratnik and everyone else who was there, supported, and contributed.<\/p>\n
With love,
\nR\u016bta Gru\u0300ma<\/p>\n
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The exhibition of R\u016bta Gr\u00f9ma is open on June 5\u201314, on Thursdays and Saturdays at 16.00\u201319.00. Address: \u201ei\u0161girsti\u201c, Darbinink\u0173 g. 8\u20131 (open entrance, three steps up), Vilnius.<\/p>\n
Graphic design: Aidas Ston\u010dius. Photos: Vilius Vingras.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","programa":[22],"class_list":["post-4325","renginys","type-renginys","status-publish","hentry","programa-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/festivaliskreives.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/renginys\/4325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/festivaliskreives.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/renginys"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/festivaliskreives.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/renginys"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/festivaliskreives.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"programa","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/festivaliskreives.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programa?post=4325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}