Homage to the Tired Eyelid
>> at the Rainis and Aspazija House
Homage to the Tired Eyelid is dedicated to the investigation and acceptance of the female body, a conversation channeled towards body positivity. In her series of drawings, the artist’s hand and gaze documents her own body, which is transforming and aging – unique and alive, with its wrinkles, body hair, periods and folds.
This is a woman’s
corporeality, individual and private, at
the same time recognising the effects
of mediated, photoshopped women’s
bodies. It is a diary of self-perception
that analyses and dissects female body
fragments in regular service to capitalism’s
machines of desire.
“The body positivity movement is based on the idea that all types of bodies are good and have the right to love themselves. This movement is characterized by attempts to increase the representation of bodies that have been marginalized in the media. (...) There are many sub-directions in this movement that choose a different tone of conversation and a different kind of problematic. Some of them focus on eating disorders, fashion, weight, hair, disability, age, skin colour, sexual orientation, and so on. This movement is based on feminism.” (A.Krivade for feminist zine Samanta)