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Agnė Jokšė: Lezbynai

City Art Centre event

24th August 24 - 24th August 24

PAST EVENT: This was part of the 2024 programme

Presented by EAF and Auto Italia, a performance by Lithuanian artist Agnė Jokšė. Their work explores language normativity, autoethnography, reflections on intimacy and parallel histories.

Jokšė performed their work Lezbynai, an erotic story about lesbian love against the background of Lazdynai, a district of Vilnius where the artist grew up. The residential houses of Lazdynai are reminiscent of a panopticon, situated in a way that allows everyone to watch each other, making any intimate gesture simultaneously private and public. In Jokšė’s story, this setting becomes a medium for spreading an unbridled sexual fantasy, which unfolds alongside the artist’s and their lovers’ relationships. It reveals the dynamism of the seemingly silent concrete walls of these buildings and the lives and thoughts of people living there.

Performance duration 20 min. 


This event is part of events programme Queer Histories from the Baltic Region initiated and led by Auto Italia (UK) and international partners 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. Karol Radziszewski’s exhibition Filo is supported by the PLACE Programme, a partnership between Edinburgh Festivals, Scottish Government, City of Edinburgh Council and Creative Scotland. 

Date & Time

Saturday 24 August

3pm—3:30pm

Venue

City Art Centre

2 Market Street Edinburgh EH1 1DE Google Maps

Website

0131 529 3993

Ticket Information

Ticketed

£4 — £20

Visitor information

  • Step-free access
  • Accessible Toilets
  • Toilets
  • Babychange
  • Café
  • Shop
Header image credit: Agnė Jokšė, Lezbynai, EAF24. City Art Centre. Photo: Jules Lacave-Fontourcy

Karol Radziszewski: Filo

This performance took place in conjunction with the exhibition by Karol Radziszewski: Filo.

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City Art Centre

2 Market Street Edinburgh EH1 1DE