Disruptions Marija Davydenka
Friday - Saturday
<…> Today, most Lithuanians experience the Israel–Palestine conflict through screens. <…>
As if writing a diary, I provide updates: in my view, the relevance of this topic in Lithuania has now reached 6/10 (it was 7/10 last semester). In news media, I still see selectively presented and fragmented information, a steadily increasing collaboration with Israel, and a cautious political position maintained by Lithuania.
In my own mind, the urgency of this issue remains 10/10. More specifically, my thoughts revolve around reducing the normalization, support, and empowerment of Israel as an occupying power and aggressor state within Lithuania.
At the same time, I am presenting this work while living in Lithuania, and I am aware that shouting rarely encourages engagement. For this reason, I have chosen not to approach the work from a purely one-sided perspective. Instead, I focus on the confusion experienced by many Lithuanians as they navigate conflicting news reports, opinions, and narratives circulating across social media and news platforms regarding Palestine and Israel.
As much as I sometimes feel the urge to shout, perhaps I will find another place and time for that.
Tattoo Station with @hey.waxer
Saturday
Esu tatuiruočių meistras/meninkas iš Baltarusijos, šiuo metu gyvenantis Vilniuje. Praėjusiais metais dalyvavau Sapfo festivalyje ir labai norėčiau šiemet vėl surengti tatuiruočių stendą :-)
Hand poke tattoo with @ieva_tattoo
I tattoo using both a machine and the hand poke technique, but at Sapfo I'd love to work exclusively with hand poke. I'll be offering a selection of small tattoo flash designs, created with the queer community in mind—but not limited to it. I'll be doing finger tattoos only, making that my signature offering at the festival.
Saturday
Open mic x Lesbiariumas with Dovile Bagdonaite ir Giedre Kazlauskaite
Saturday 16:30 - 18:00
A brief update on this summer’s hottest news – the launch of Dovilė Bagdonaitė’s poetry collection Lesbiariumas. The event is moderated by the book’s editor, Giedrė Kazlauskaitė, who describes the collection as follows: ‘*Lesbiariumas* – much like a herbarium or a bestiary, only about lesbians. It doesn’t cover every possible type, but in collections like this, what matters most to our curious gaze is fantasy or even pathology, rather than a realistic description. The genres are mixed; concrete poetry flows into lyric poetry just as naturally as an artist Dovilė transforms into a poet after a feast. The book is somewhat reminiscent of a zine, but would all poets be able to produce a zine? It would not be easy to turn it into an audiobook; it preserves the status of a visual publication: a poem as an object, not merely sound. This identity contradicts what is proclaimed in the title and in one of the book’s most important texts: ‘I no longer want / this sweet / lesbian / suffering’.
The book was designed by the author and published by ‘Baziliskas’.
An open mic for anyone who wants to read their own poems;
Play dress up: trashion show with Angel
Saturday 20:00 - 21:30
Clothing can help express who we are, our identity, sexuality, gender. But first and foremost, this activity is an invitation to play: to express yourself creatively through clothing, much like you may have done as a child when you pulled unfamiliar clothes, scarves, beads, and other treasures from a wardrobe and experimented with them. Let yourself go and express yourself freely in a space where binary norms and other restrictive social constructs no longer apply.
Lesbian Classics? But Make It Eastern Europe with MOX collective
Films that are considered lesbian classics are majorly from Western Europe. Trying to fill this void from an Eastern European perspective, MOX collective reimagines classic lesbian movies as if they were filmed just around the corner with your friends and neighbours, as well as that hat mom forced you to wear to school. Please join us at the world premiere of this project at SapfoFest!
Saturday 22:30 - 23:30
Sapfo Cinema
Award-winning short films that reimagine connection, identity and liberation across different generations and cultures
Saturday 23:30 - 01:30
SapfoFest is independent, community-initiated festival in Lithuania, which seeks to empower & connect the queer-feminist community since 2012 (growing from PiLeFe). Discussions, music, arts, and much more.pen for all!
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