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Portal lrytas.lt You have already written that the rainbow flag, created by artists Karolina Rimkutė and Linas Salačka in one of Vilnius’ underground passages on March 11, was soon painted in Lithuanian tricolor. A few days later, the inscription supporting the LGBT community appeared again in the tricolor: “DO NOT COLOR OURS – WE ARE LITHUANIAN CHILDREN too!”
The men who painted the flag in the colors of the rainbow at the time said they were supposedly not anti-LGBT, but felt that too much attention was being paid to this group of society.
On Wednesday, another symbol, especially significant for the LGBT community, appeared on the Lithuanian flag: the pink triangle.
About that to the news portal lrytas.lt Karolina Rimkutė, an art critic, told one of the initiators of the initiative.
“That triangle was created by the Nazis as an identification sign to mark gay, bisexual and transmotor men in concentration camps. Later, in the 1960s, it began to be used by the LGBT community as a symbol of solidarity, and later the Silence = Death project appeared in New York, which created and popularized a poster with this triangle. Only he was already upside down. That change marks resistance to homophobic power structures. “ said the art critic K. Rimkutė.
Not so many reactions were expected
“About 60 percent of all the people marked with pink triangles died in these camps, and most of those who survived the torture remained in other prisons after the defeat of Nazi Germany,” explained the creator a little earlier.
According to her, seeing the situation when a drawing on the wall encountered such resistance was interesting, but she did not expect to receive it so soon.
“It was interesting, at first we did not expect our rainbow to close so quickly. At first, we reacted calmly, because a strong reaction was transmitted, which says a lot about this issue in the society in general,” said K. Rimkutė.
He stressed that street art can contribute to solving certain social problems and stimulate debate.
“I think that in the first place, street art and the aim of creative initiatives reveal certain moods and portray them. In this case, it is during those “paint wars”. I think it is very important to show that there is a problem.
Although in one case it may seem like an overthrow, on the other hand, visibility can help solve problems, since it generates debate not necessarily in the artistic space. lrytas.lt K. Rimkutė spoke.
The art critic also shared her impressions on social media on Wednesday.
“On Tuesday various graffiti were painted for the fourth time. This intrusion of these people, the painting on the wall and then even the surveillance on the wall and the attempt to silence all street artists in general, even those whose works do not they are related to this human rights issue, they are intolerable.
We think this painting perfectly illustrates that the actions of these homophobes are driven by completely irrational paranoia and that enemies are being sought everywhere. We all know very well from history what xenophobia leads to, which is covered by patriotism.
Not only is the wall constantly being painted in an aggressive way, the drawing of a tricolor wants or does not want to be politicized. We think, well, this is a new contextual background that needs to be taken into account. An LGBT rainbow and a message that promotes tolerance, after which graffiti of various people appear on it, and then everything is exploded in a homophobic tricolor, in it graffiti, in it armed tricolor, in it graffiti, in it armed tricolor , etc.
That is silence. Once it was … well, a strong reaction is conveyed, the wall is all there is. But now it is a tireless silence and a very disrespectful border hijacking, the symbolism of the country is used to oppose the people. Such actions remind something. We visually remind ourselves of what reminds us, ”wrote K. Rimkutė on the social network.
He noted that even though the drawings in support of the LGBT community are constantly painted by others, this does not prevent them from expressing their support.
How can such silence be politely suffered? How many can be considered second-class people? We have always been, are and will be part of Lithuanian society. By suffering and waiting politely, some of the negative attitudes in society have been replaced by tolerance, which is very rewarding.
But there are people who will not change their darkness. Human rights are not an opinion. We can no longer allow ourselves to be pushed to the margins of society.
PS: We want to address all those who have expressed their resistance to the occupation of the border and have been silenced – we see them and we hear them! The fact that we are painted every day means that we are visible! We are constantly documenting your eye resistance, but if you’ve captured it yourself, share it! ”Wrote the art critic.
