Sasha from Sphere
in Stockholm Pride Parade, August 2008, Stockholm, Sweden
(Spheres representaiton in Stockholm was possible by grant arranged from the artists)
The Exhibition State of Mind opened at The Municipal Gallery on July 17th. The innaguration was done by The Swedish Embassy in Kiev who for the event was present with two representatives. The closing date for the exhibition is August 7th 2009.
The tour also includes the Lezzie Think Tank (LTT) and the videoworkshop Leaving Your Trace. Both carried out in close collaboration with the Organization Sphere on July 19th. It was documented by the artists as well as the Kharkiv photographer, Tanyusha. In Kharkov the relay topics came from Gothenburg. The new set of issues to be discussed will be sent to Kiev. The result from the think tank in Kharkiv will be posted after conducting the Think Tank in the next destination, Kiev during 2009.
::: To get to know the response to the questions sent from LTT in Gothenburg and to get to know more about the work in Kharkiv please follow link to text summary, video and images>>>
(List of questions at bottom of this page)
::: Reception was held at 6 pm on July 17th.
::: Exhibition State of Mind 17.07.2009 - 07.08.2009.
::: A Masterclass was held on July 20th at The Municipal Gallery.
LTT PARTNERS FOR KHARKOV 2009
The generous support from Swedish Institute secured the State of Mind Tour in Ukraine. The Swedish Embassy in Kiev is giving additional support to the exhibition in both Kharkiv and Kiev.
::: Sphere, Womens Organization>>>
::: Exhibiting partner The Municipal Gallery in Kharkov>>>
::: Krona, Gender department at University
::: Café Agata
The work towards getting State of Mind and LTT on tour in 2009 began already in 2008 as Swedish Institute granted the artists, Annica Karlsson Rixon & Anna Viola Hallberg support for a contact trip to Ukraine to meet with art institutions, activists and academics.
Lezzy Think Thank - Questions to Kharkiv from Gothenburg
Host in Kharkiv, Ukraine: Sphere. Host in Gothenburg, Sweden: Womens community College
1. BEING OUT
How out can you be in various contexts (job, school, family. friends, public space)? How do you/can you express this both physically and by words? What do you call you partner in different contexts? What prevents you from being out if anything? Are there any out celebrities in Ukraine?
2. PUBLIC SPACE
Have there been any parades/rallies or other types of actions in Kharkiv (or in Ukraine) in concern for LGBTQ oriented human rights issues? What does it take to do such actions in public space? What would be the next step you would like to organize? In civic society what is it about LGBTQ that people react about? What are the prejudices?
3. POLITICS
Starting with Sphere what strategies and goals do you have? Do you have any mentor organization? Or where do you get your inspiration to carry out the work? What does the collaborations with other organizations look like? What brings together/divide gay men and lesbian women?
4. HISTORY
Is the LGBTQ history in Kharkiv (in Ukraine) documented? Is there any mentioning of LGBTQ people in any official history writing? What could/should be said?
5. IDENTITY
Is it of importance to identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual or queer? What is the benefit? What are the categories used? What do you call (label) yourself? Do the categories used by people from the LGBTQ group impact on the forming of stereotypes (both positive and negative)? How does one find “the community”?
Questions sent are subject to interpretation. They might be altered, by the next hosting organization, but will contain the same issues. The questions are given to the host at the beginning of the session there is no preparation time.
Lezzy Think Thank - Questions from Kharkiv to Kiev
About personal:
Where do children come from in a lesbian family? What are the criteria of a couple’s readiness for a child to appear? What problems can a child of a homosexual couple confront? What is the specificity of a biological child upbringing and of a non-biological child upbringing? Non-biological parent – what’s his/her positioning for the society? Is there a necessity in coming-out? What are the criteria of coming-out’s “necessity”?
LGBTQ-subculture:
Are the clubs/spaces for lesbians’ gathering? What people – ladies-representatives of art “out of closet” do you know? What arrangements/events for LGBTQ-people are there in Kiev? In Ukraine? Why do exactly sports-entertaining arrangements become the basis for LGBT-movement? What is the recognizing criteria of a lesbian “in a crowd” – in the sense of appearance, clothes, accessories and so on? What are the possibilities for meeting?
LGBTQ-issues in the academic (scientific) sphere:
Do you know anything about such a interaction? Do you know (what) gender research including LGBTQ-issues? What figures in this sphere do you know? What is your opinion concerning to such a scientific work? Is such a collaboration between academic sphere and social organizations necessary? What can forms and subjects of this interaction be?
Social activity:
Social organization of Kiev; how many GB and LB organizations? Why is this distribution? What can assist in interaction with regional organizations? What can forms and subjects of this cooperation be? What are the obstacles for cooperation between organizations? What are the possibilities for activity financing for homo- and bisexual women? Possibilities for interaction with the government and fixing LGBT-rights at the legislative level? Rights observance “de facto” – does it exist, what are methods?
Below are the questions in Russian.
О личном
Откуда берутся дети в лесбийской паре? Каковы критерии готовности пары к появлению ребенка? С какими проблемами может сталкиваться ребенок гомосексуальной пары? Какова специфика воспитания ребенка биологического и ребенка небиологического? Небиологический родитель – позиционирование для социума? Есть ли необходимость в каминг-ауте? Каковы критерии «необходимости» каминг-аута?
ЛБТК-субкультура
Есть ли клубы/места сбора для лесбиянок? Каких людей вы знаете представительниц искусства в каминг-ауте? Какие арт-мероприятия для ЛГБТК-людей есть в Киеве? В Украине? Почему именно спортивно-развлекательные мероприятия становятся базой для ЛГБТ-движения? В чем узнаваемость лесбиянки «в толпе» - в смысле внешности, одежды, аксессуаров и т.д.? Какие возможности для знакомства?
ЛГБТК-вопросы в академической (научной) среде
Знаете ли вы о таком взаимодействий? Знаете ли вы (какие) гендерные исследования, включающие ЛГБТК-вопросы? Каких деятелей в этой сфере вы знаете? Ваше отношение к такой научной работе? Нужно ли взаимодействие между академической средой и общественными организациями? Какие могут быть формы и темы взаимодействия?
Общественная деятельность
Киевские общественные организации: сколько ГБ и ЛБ организаций? Почему такое распределение? Что может способствовать сотрудничеству с региональными организациями? Какие возможны формы и темы сотрудничества? В чем препятствия для сотрудничества между организациями? Какие возможности есть для финансирования деятельности для гомо- и бисексуальных женщин? Возможности для сотрудничества с правительством и закрепления прав ЛГБТ на законодательном уровне? Соблюдение прав «де факто» - есть ли, каковы механизмы?
The tour is made possible with support from:
For more information on getting State of Mind and the LTT to a venue in your city please contact: aview(at)aview.se
The tour also includes the Lezzie Think Tank (LTT) and the videoworkshop Leaving Your Trace. Both carried out in close collaboration with the Organization Sphere on July 19th. It was documented by the artists as well as the Kharkiv photographer, Tanyusha. In Kharkov the relay topics came from Gothenburg. The new set of issues to be discussed will be sent to Kiev. The result from the think tank in Kharkiv will be posted after conducting the Think Tank in the next destination, Kiev during 2009.
::: To get to know the response to the questions sent from LTT in Gothenburg and to get to know more about the work in Kharkiv please follow link to text summary, video and images>>>
(List of questions at bottom of this page)
::: Reception was held at 6 pm on July 17th.
::: Exhibition State of Mind 17.07.2009 - 07.08.2009.
::: A Masterclass was held on July 20th at The Municipal Gallery.
LTT PARTNERS FOR KHARKOV 2009
The generous support from Swedish Institute secured the State of Mind Tour in Ukraine. The Swedish Embassy in Kiev is giving additional support to the exhibition in both Kharkiv and Kiev.
::: Sphere, Womens Organization>>>
::: Exhibiting partner The Municipal Gallery in Kharkov>>>
::: Krona, Gender department at University
::: Café Agata
The work towards getting State of Mind and LTT on tour in 2009 began already in 2008 as Swedish Institute granted the artists, Annica Karlsson Rixon & Anna Viola Hallberg support for a contact trip to Ukraine to meet with art institutions, activists and academics.
Lezzy Think Thank - Questions to Kharkiv from Gothenburg
Host in Kharkiv, Ukraine: Sphere. Host in Gothenburg, Sweden: Womens community College
1. BEING OUT
How out can you be in various contexts (job, school, family. friends, public space)? How do you/can you express this both physically and by words? What do you call you partner in different contexts? What prevents you from being out if anything? Are there any out celebrities in Ukraine?
2. PUBLIC SPACE
Have there been any parades/rallies or other types of actions in Kharkiv (or in Ukraine) in concern for LGBTQ oriented human rights issues? What does it take to do such actions in public space? What would be the next step you would like to organize? In civic society what is it about LGBTQ that people react about? What are the prejudices?
3. POLITICS
Starting with Sphere what strategies and goals do you have? Do you have any mentor organization? Or where do you get your inspiration to carry out the work? What does the collaborations with other organizations look like? What brings together/divide gay men and lesbian women?
4. HISTORY
Is the LGBTQ history in Kharkiv (in Ukraine) documented? Is there any mentioning of LGBTQ people in any official history writing? What could/should be said?
5. IDENTITY
Is it of importance to identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual or queer? What is the benefit? What are the categories used? What do you call (label) yourself? Do the categories used by people from the LGBTQ group impact on the forming of stereotypes (both positive and negative)? How does one find “the community”?
Questions sent are subject to interpretation. They might be altered, by the next hosting organization, but will contain the same issues. The questions are given to the host at the beginning of the session there is no preparation time.
Lezzy Think Thank - Questions from Kharkiv to Kiev
About personal:
Where do children come from in a lesbian family? What are the criteria of a couple’s readiness for a child to appear? What problems can a child of a homosexual couple confront? What is the specificity of a biological child upbringing and of a non-biological child upbringing? Non-biological parent – what’s his/her positioning for the society? Is there a necessity in coming-out? What are the criteria of coming-out’s “necessity”?
LGBTQ-subculture:
Are the clubs/spaces for lesbians’ gathering? What people – ladies-representatives of art “out of closet” do you know? What arrangements/events for LGBTQ-people are there in Kiev? In Ukraine? Why do exactly sports-entertaining arrangements become the basis for LGBT-movement? What is the recognizing criteria of a lesbian “in a crowd” – in the sense of appearance, clothes, accessories and so on? What are the possibilities for meeting?
LGBTQ-issues in the academic (scientific) sphere:
Do you know anything about such a interaction? Do you know (what) gender research including LGBTQ-issues? What figures in this sphere do you know? What is your opinion concerning to such a scientific work? Is such a collaboration between academic sphere and social organizations necessary? What can forms and subjects of this interaction be?
Social activity:
Social organization of Kiev; how many GB and LB organizations? Why is this distribution? What can assist in interaction with regional organizations? What can forms and subjects of this cooperation be? What are the obstacles for cooperation between organizations? What are the possibilities for activity financing for homo- and bisexual women? Possibilities for interaction with the government and fixing LGBT-rights at the legislative level? Rights observance “de facto” – does it exist, what are methods?
Below are the questions in Russian.
О личном
Откуда берутся дети в лесбийской паре? Каковы критерии готовности пары к появлению ребенка? С какими проблемами может сталкиваться ребенок гомосексуальной пары? Какова специфика воспитания ребенка биологического и ребенка небиологического? Небиологический родитель – позиционирование для социума? Есть ли необходимость в каминг-ауте? Каковы критерии «необходимости» каминг-аута?
ЛБТК-субкультура
Есть ли клубы/места сбора для лесбиянок? Каких людей вы знаете представительниц искусства в каминг-ауте? Какие арт-мероприятия для ЛГБТК-людей есть в Киеве? В Украине? Почему именно спортивно-развлекательные мероприятия становятся базой для ЛГБТ-движения? В чем узнаваемость лесбиянки «в толпе» - в смысле внешности, одежды, аксессуаров и т.д.? Какие возможности для знакомства?
ЛГБТК-вопросы в академической (научной) среде
Знаете ли вы о таком взаимодействий? Знаете ли вы (какие) гендерные исследования, включающие ЛГБТК-вопросы? Каких деятелей в этой сфере вы знаете? Ваше отношение к такой научной работе? Нужно ли взаимодействие между академической средой и общественными организациями? Какие могут быть формы и темы взаимодействия?
Общественная деятельность
Киевские общественные организации: сколько ГБ и ЛБ организаций? Почему такое распределение? Что может способствовать сотрудничеству с региональными организациями? Какие возможны формы и темы сотрудничества? В чем препятствия для сотрудничества между организациями? Какие возможности есть для финансирования деятельности для гомо- и бисексуальных женщин? Возможности для сотрудничества с правительством и закрепления прав ЛГБТ на законодательном уровне? Соблюдение прав «де факто» - есть ли, каковы механизмы?
The tour is made possible with support from:
For more information on getting State of Mind and the LTT to a venue in your city please contact: aview(at)aview.se