Fly doves, fly
2024
The title of the exhibition Fly doves, fly refers to a historical warning signal among gay men in Moscow: "Летите, голуби, летите". This phrase was used to warn of police and KGB raids, as men cruised public spaces and parks in the Russian capital. Golubój or голубой in Russian is a coded word that simultaneously refers to pigeons, the color light blue and gay men.
The works in the exhibition juxtapose historical references and materials, queer codes and birds as a linguistic and coded image for, among other things, queerness. Several of the works refer to a not too distant past where visibility did not necessarily mean safety for queer people.
Photo: Susann Jamtøy, from the exhibition "Fly doves, fly" at Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst in Trondheim, Norway.
Photo: Susann Jamtøy, from the exhibition "Fly doves, fly" at Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst in Trondheim, Norway.
Photo: Evelina Elere, from the exhibition "Fly doves, fly" at Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst in Trondheim, Norway.
Photo: Susann Jamtøy, from the exhibition "Fly doves, fly" at Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst in Trondheim, Norway.
Photo: Susann Jamtøy, from the exhibition "Fly doves, fly" at Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst in Trondheim, Norway.
Photo: Susann Jamtøy, from the exhibition "Fly doves, fly" at Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst in Trondheim, Norway.
Photo: Susann Jamtøy, from the exhibition "Fly doves, fly" at Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst in Trondheim, Norway.
Photo: Evelina Elere, from the exhibition "Fly doves, fly" at Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst in Trondheim, Norway.
Photo: Susann Jamtøy, from the exhibition "Fly doves, fly" at Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst in Trondheim, Norway.
Photo: Susann Jamtøy, from the exhibition "Fly doves, fly" at Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst in Trondheim, Norway.
Photo: Susann Jamtøy, from the exhibition "Fly doves, fly" at Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst in Trondheim, Norway.
Photo: Susann Jamtøy, from the exhibition "Fly doves, fly" at Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst in Trondheim, Norway.
Photo: Susann Jamtøy, from the exhibition "Fly doves, fly" at Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst in Trondheim, Norway.
Photo: Susann Jamtøy, from the exhibition "Fly doves, fly" at Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst in Trondheim, Norway.
Photo: Susann Jamtøy, from the exhibition "Fly doves, fly" at Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst in Trondheim, Norway.
Photo: Susann Jamtøy, from the exhibition "Fly doves, fly" at Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst in Trondheim, Norway.
Photo: Susann Jamtøy, from the exhibition "Fly doves, fly" at Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst in Trondheim, Norway.
Photo: Evelina Elere, from the exhibition "Fly doves, fly" at Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst in Trondheim, Norway.
Photo: Evelina Elere, from the exhibition "Fly doves, fly" at Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst in Trondheim, Norway.
Photo: Susann Jamtøy, from the exhibition "Fly doves, fly" at Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst in Trondheim, Norway.