programme
July 13-31, 2013
Welcome to Baltic Pride 2013 in Vilnius
A message from the organisers
July 2013 marks the 20th anniversary of decriminalisation of homosexuality in Lithuania. Since then the LGBT movement has made significant steps towards equality. The first LGBT organization Lithuanian Gay League was registered in 1995. Accession to the EU in 2004 saw the introduction of important anti-discrimination legislation. In 2009, Baltic Pride was established, with the three Baltic capitals taking turns to host the event. After years of LGBT people being denied their freedom of assembly, the first Pride in Lithuania was held in 2010.
There is of course still much to be achieved. Recent surveys have shown that homophobia, biphobia and transphobia continue to be a serious concern in our society. LGBT people are afraid to be open about their sexual orientation and gender identity. Proposals for homophobic amendments to the law are being introduced in parliament.
Now we celebrate the second Pride in Lithuania, bringing together the LGBT community, activists and allies from the Baltic countries and the wider European community. It is a time to look back: the exhibition
From Dusk till Dawn will present the 20-year history and achievements of the LGBT movement in Lithuania. It is also a time to look to the future: the international human rights conference will gather experts and activists to discuss a roadmap for LGBT equality. We want Baltic Pride to look as diverse as its participants, with events ranging from poetry readings and zine workshops to a film festival and discussions on human rights, all culminating in Saturday’s March for Equality.
We warmly invite you to Vilnius and Baltic Pride to participate, discuss, be inspired and take an important step towards equality and diversity.
On behalf of Baltic Pride organisers, Vladimir Simonko, Lithuanian Gay League Board Chair
Greetin G s from a mnesty i nternational d enmark
Amnesty International supports Baltic Pride because it is about fundamental rights like freedom of expression and assembly. A Pride parade is an important manifestation of the freedom of assembly and gives the kind of visibility that can help
in creating change and tolerance in a society. Furthermore Amnesty is marching in solidarity with LGBTI people from the Baltic countries to demand equality. Amnesty participates in 2013 with 40 activists from all over Europe.
13-21 July
Opening 13 July, 18:00
I Am the Other
photography exhibition by Remigijus Venckus
A collection of nude photos created between 2007 and 2013, where the artist invites to meet the male body as the Other, who is only hinted at in Lithuanian public discourse. The artist’s main and newest photo series I Am the Other explores truths discussed in the Bible. In his other photography series, the artist uses the power of visual art to explore the sexuality and intimacy of the male body.
Organised by Meno Duobė.
Curator: Monika Šlančauskaitė
Location: Vilniaus Kamerinis theater Konstitucijos pr. 23B
friday 19 July
18:00 Banner workshop
Get creative and make your own banner for the March for Equality.
Location: LGBT Centre A. Jakšto g. 22-15
23 July6 august
Opening Tuesday 23 July 18:00
From Dusk till Dawn - 20 years of LGBT Freedom in Lithuania
“From Dusk till Dawn” is the first exhibition of queer history and culture in Lithuania, showing pivotal moments of LGBT activity and related art projects from 1993 till 2013. The historical documentation (photographs, TV reportages, publications) together with art works reveal the political, social and individual struggle for equal rights and recognition. The exhibition combines anthropological and visual perspectives and invites the viewer to follow an interactive timeline.
The exhibition spaces create a symbolically subversive context. The CAC basement is a reminder of marginal queer places of the 1990s and stands for a metaphor of the closet. Now it is open to everybody willing to explore queer reflections in contemporary Lithuanian art: manifestations of different sexualities, homoerotic passion, censorship, performative bodies, marginalisation, living together.
Wednesday 24 July
13:00 – 18:00
The Reading Room is a place for active remembering, being together, spending time reading and discussing. Queer narratives spread out from the timeline to the walls, windows, tables and shelves of the library. (De) constructions of historical context happens in the present together with readings of queer poetry. The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue in English and Lithuanian.
Curator: Laima Kreivytė, assistant: Dalia Mikonytė, architect: Julija Reklaitė
Location: Contemporary Art Centre Vokiečių g. 2
Parallel event: Photography exhibition by Aušra Volungė at Marija and Jurgis Šlapeliai House-Museum Pilies g. 40
Queer Zine Fair
Fair for independent, non-profit selfpublications with a queer sensibility. Zines from around the world, talks and workshops.
Location: Contemporary Art Centre Reading Room Vokiečių g. 2
More information: queerzinefair.tumblr.com
24 July – 7 August
Opening 24 July 17:00
Photography exhibition by Aušra Volungė
In 2001-2002 Aušra Volungė rented a flat in Kaunas street together with her drag queen friends. She documented mundane performances of femininity with empathy and fascination. The photographer shares her close observations from the position of an insider, continuing Nan Goldin’s tradition of intimate photography.
Curator: Laima Kreivytė
Location: Marija and Jurgis Šlapeliai House-Museum, Pilies g. 40, Vilnius
19:00
Literature reading with Eileen Myles
Eileen Myles is a poet and writer from New York City who has produced more than twenty volumes of poetry, fiction, nonfiction and performance pieces over the last three decades. Winner of the 2011 Lambda award for lesbian fiction.
Location: Contemporary Art Centre Reading Room Vokiečių g. 2
Language: English
16:00
Language: English thursday 25 July
Presentation: Gender Equality Index
The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)’s presentation will focus on presenting the Gender Equality Index, a composite indicator that synthesises the complexity of gender equality into a user-friendly and easily interpretable measure.
The presentation will focus on the Index results and the value it adds to provide an overview of how far or close the EU and its Member States have come towards achieving gender equality.
Subsequently, the session will outline the key messages arising from this first Gender Equality Index as well as highlight the existing data gaps in particular in the domains measuring Violence and Intersecting Inequalities.
Location: European Institute for Gender Equality Resource and Documentation Centre Entry Point Vilniaus g. 10
25 – 31 July
Opening 25 July 18:00 by invitation only
Kitoks Kinas LGBT Film Festival
The second edition of the LGBT film festival Kitoks Kinas is taking place in Vilnius on 25–31 July 2013. All the films are screened in original language with Lithuanian and English subtitles. Admittance to screenings and festival events is completely free.
More about the festival, films and events: www.kitokskinas.lt.
Location: Skalvija Cinema A. Goštauto g. 2/15
21:00
Official Baltic Pride Party
Location: SOHO Club Švitrigailos g. 7/16
friday 26 July
10:00 – 16:00
13:00
International Human Rights Conference: Towards a European Roadmap for LGBT Equality
The conference provides an opportunity to look at the progress of LGBT* rights across Europe and assess the work that is still to be done to ensure that EU citizenship rights are followed.
Location: Tolerance Centre Naugarduko g. 10/2 Registration required
LGBTQ youth on EU youth policy agenda?
IGLYO presents a workshop on inclusion of LGBTQ youth and student issues in the EU Youth policymaking, also presenting IGLYO’s work in the policy and advocacy field, the latest research on LGBTQ youth and student issues. Come and discuss your ideas on how better to serve and
15:00
17:30
represent LGBTQ youth and students around Europe.
Location: European Institute for Gender Equality Resource and Documentation Centre Entry Point
Vilniaus g. 10
Language: English
People like ME
Young activists from Mozaika (Latvia) and Estonian LGBT Association present a workshop where you’ll be able to meet other LGBTIQ people, encourage each other, soak up positive energy and strengthen your identity.
Location: European Institute for Gender Equality Resource and Documentation Centre Entry Point
Vilniaus g. 10
Language: English
From a Strange
Vantage Point
Photography exhibition by Virgilijus Šonta (1952–1992)
“Photography helps to make the junction with the world. If we want this junction to be true, not
22:00
imaginary, we must be able to look at the world with the eyes of a stranger. Then it opens more clearly”. Photographs from the series “Flight” (1977-1979) and “School is my home” (1980-1983) reveal the fragility of the human body and the loneliness of mentally disabled children. High and low, inside and outside, private and public are in constant tension in Šonta’s photographs from the collection of the Modern Art Center.
Curator: Laima Kreivytė
Location: Modern Art Center, Literatų g. 8, Vilnius
Official Baltic Pride
Party Starring BETTY
Location: SOHO Club Švitrigailos g. 7/16
s aturday 27 July
12:00 Gather for March for Equality
Please check up-to-date information and instructions at www.lgl.lt or www.facebook.com/BalticPride
13:00 – 16:00
19:00
22:00
The Interpreter
Free performance of the play ‘The Interpreter’ written by Laima Vincė and directed by Alicia Gian (USA) and Marius Mačiulis (LT). Seating is on a first come first serve basis and subject to capacity. Please arrive early for best seating. The house opens at 6:30. For more information on the production please visit www.vkamerinisteatras.lt
Language: Mixed language production –Lithuanian and English
Location: Vilniaus Kamerinis Teatras / Vilnius Chamber Theatre Konstitucijos pr. 23B
Official Baltic Pride
Closing Party
Location: SOHO Club Švitrigailos g. 7/16
sunday 28
July
19:00
tuesday 30
July
19:00
The Interpreter
Free performance of the play ‘The Interpreter’ written by Laima Vincė and directed by Alicia Gian (USA) and Marius Mačiulis (LT). Seating is on a first come first serve basis and subject to capacity. Please arrive early for best seating. The house opens at 6:30. For more information on the production please visit www.vkamerinisteatras.lt
Language: Mixed language productionLithuanian and English
Location: Vilniaus Kamerinis Teatras / Vilnius Chamber Theatre Konstitucijos pr. 23B
Queer words –poetry and prose readings
Lithuanian poets and writers present literature readings with a queer angle.
Location: Contemporary Art Centre Reading Room Vokiečių g. 2
Language: Lithuanian
A. Jakšto g. 22-15, LT-01105
Vilnius
Lithuania
Phone: +370 5 2610314
Fax: +370 5 2130762
E-mail: office@gay.lt
www.lgl.lt/en/lgl/baltic-pride-2013/ https://www.facebook.com/BalticPride
Cover illiustration by Joana Estrela
Concept and editing by Anna Shepherd, Tomas Reves and Eduardas Platovas
@ Copyright by LGL, 2013 www.lgl.lt
The second edition of the LGBT film festival Kitoks Kinas is taking place in Vilnius on 25–31 July 2013. All the films are screened in original language with Lithuanian and
English subtitles. Admittance to screenings and festival events is completely free.
More about the festival, films and events: www.kitokskinas.lt.
Programme in cinema Skalvija
A. Goštauto g. 2/15, Vilnius
*25, 18.00 – Festival opening film (with invitations). The film is also screened on the 28th.
*26, 21.00 – Film “She Male Snails” presented by its director Ester Martin Bergsmark.
*27, 17.15 – Film “My Love – The Story of Poul and Mai” presented by its director Iben Haahr Andersen.
*28, 16.15 – José Arroyo’s lecture “Almodóvar’s cinema as gay cinema in the Spanish transition to democracy.” After the lecture – P. Almodóvar’s “Labyrinth of Passion.”
*31, 21.00 – Festival closing film (screened from 16mm film).
from dusk till daW n
20 Years of LGBT Freedom in Lithuania
June 23 – August 6, 2013
Contemporary Art Centre, Vokiečių g. 2, Vilnius
“From Dusk till Dawn” is the first exhibition of queer history and culture in Lithuania, showing pivotal moments of LGBT activity and related art projects from 1993 till 2013. The historical documentation (photographs, TV reportages, publications) together with art works reveal the political, social and individual struggle for equal rights and recognition. The exhibition combines anthropological and visual perspectives and invites the viewer to follow an interactive timeline.
Adomas Danusevičius. Becoming minority, 2012. Oil on canvas, 140x170
The exhibition spaces create a symbolically subversive context.
The CAC basement is a reminder of marginal queer places of the 1990s and stands for a metaphor of the closet. Now it is open to everybody willing to explore queer reflections in contemporary Lithuanian art: manifestations of different sexualities, homoerotic passion, censorship, performative bodies, marginalisation, living together. The Reading Room is a place for active remembering, being together, spending time reading
and discussing. Queer narratives spread out from the timeline to the walls, windows, tables and shelves of the library. (De)constructions of historical context happens in the present together with readings of queer poetry. The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue in English and Lithuanian.
Curator – Laima Kreivytė.
Assistant – Dalia Mikonytė.
Architect – Julija Reklaitė.
Organiser – Lithuanian Gay League (LGL).
Collateral events:
Photography exhibition by Aušra Volungė
Wednesday, 24th July, 5 pm
Marija and Jurgis Šlapeliai HouseMuseum, Pilies g. 40, Vilnius
Poetry reading with Eileen Myles, winner of the 2011 Lambda Award for Lesbian Fiction
Wednesday, 24th July, 7 pm CAC Reading Room
With support from:
Photography exhibition by Virgilijus Šonta (1952–1992)
Wednesday, 26th July, 5.30 pm
Modern Art Center, Literatų g. 8, Vilnius
Queer Words. Poetry and prose readings
Tuesday, 30th July, 7 pm CAC Reading Room
from “An American Poem”
POETRY READING WITH
EILEEN MYLES
Contemporary Art Centre - Reading Room Wednesday 24th July 7pm (Vokiečių g. 2, Vilnius)
Winner of the 2011 Lambda Award for Lesbian Fiction Poetry
Baltic Pride 2013 presents a poetry reading with Eileen Myles, a poet and writer from New York City whose works include numerous poetry collections and novels over three decades. info: anna@gay.lt
