Välkomna på invigning av utställningen State of Mind - Queer lives in Russia.(Scroll down for English) Utställningen visar två verk som båda belyser lesbiska och bisexuellas livssituationer i Ryssland idag: installationen State of Mind (2006-2008) av konstnärerna Annica Karlsson Rixon och Anna Viola Hallberg, och ett urval fotografier från serien At the Time of the Third Reading (2013) av Karlsson Rixon. Fri entré PROGRAM: 16:00 Seminarium. Queer Art in Russia (in English). How can one make and show art on queer issues and lives in Russia? How has this changed over time? Participants: Nadia Plungian, independent curator and researcher, Moscow, and Annica Karlsson Rixon, visual artist/photographer. Moderated by Louise Wolthers, head of research and curator at Hasselblad Foundation. The event is sponsored by Project Campus Näckrosen, University of Gothenburg and is part of West Pride. 17:15 Invigning. Britta Söderqvist, Världskulturmuseet, hälsar välkommen och en introduktion av utställningen av Annica Karlsson Rixon. Utställningen visas till den 4 september och är en del av Karlsson Rixons avhandlingsarbete Queer Community through Photographic Acts vid Akademin Valand, Göteborgs universitet. Disputationen kommer att äga rum kl. 14.00 den 26 augusti på Världskulturmuseet. Utställningen är ett samarbete mellan Världskulturmuseerna och Akademin Valands forskningsråd, Göteborgs universitet. Tack också till Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Hasselbladstiftelsen och Flügger färg, Järntorget. Foto: Annica Karlsson Rixon (beskuren) State of Mind - Queer lives in Russia 8 June kl 16:00 Welcome to the opening of State of Mind – Queer lives in Russia. The exhibition shows two important works higlighting life conditions for lesbians and bisexual woman living in Russia: the installation State of Mind (2006-2008) by the artists Annica Karlsson Rixon and Anna Viola Hallberg, and a selection from Karlsson Rixon’s photographic series At the Time of the Third Reading (2013). PROGRAM: 16:00 Seminar. Queer Art in Russia (in English). How can one make and show art on queer issues and lives in Russia? How has this changed over time? Participants: Nadia Plungian, independent curator and researcher, Moscow, and Annica Karlsson Rixon, visual artist/photographer. Moderated by Louise Wolthers, head of research and curator at Hasselblad Foundation. The event is sponsored by Project Campus Näckrosen, University of Gothenburg and is part of West Pride. 17:15 Opening. Welcome speech by Britta Söderqvist, Museum of World Culture and an introduction of the exhibition by Annica Karlsson Rixon. The exhibition will be open until the 4th of September and both the artworks are part of Karlsson Rixon's PhD project Queer Community through Photographic Acts, at Valand Academy, University of Gothenburg. The dissertation will take place 2 pm on the 26th of August at the Museum of World Culture. The exhibition is made possible with support from World Culture Museum and Valand Academy Research Board, University of Gothenburg. Also thanks to Gothenburg Art Museum, Hasselblad Foundation and Flügger färg, Järntorget. Photography: Annica Karlsson Rixon (cropped)