Queer Histories from the Baltic Region is an events series presenting innovative research into queer cultures and artistic practices in the Baltic States, highlighting the rich history of gender and sexuality discourses in the region. It will ask how LGBTQI+ artists across the region have informed contemporary understandings of queer identity, exploring the role of visual cultures in the early expansion and dissemination of queer politics in these contexts.
The programme will be presented on 22 June at Auto Italia, London and on 24 August at the Edinburgh Art Festival.
Events
In Conversation: Agnė Bagdžiūnaitė, Heinrich Sepp, Konstantin Zhukov
22 JUN 2024, 16:00 — 16:45
In-conversation event, exploring LGBTQIA+ activism and structural conditions for socially engaged work in the Baltic states.
Performance: Recital by Gregor Kulla
22 JUN 2024, 17:30 — 18:00
Recital, a performance by Estonian artist and oboist Gregor Kulla, juxtaposing electronic music compositions, archival experimental classical music and Kulla’s live oboe music.
The programme Queer Histories from the Baltic Region is led by Auto Italia (UK), Edinburgh Art Festival (UK), Editorial (Lithuania), Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art (Estonia), and Kim? Contemporary Art Centre (Latvia), and is generously supported by the Baltic Culture Fund, the Lithuanian Culture Institute and Culture Attaché in the UK, and The Estonian Embassy in London.