Performance and installation by Goda Palekaitė 'Lunar Sisterhood' at the opening of 'Silver Girls' - an exhibition at National Gallery of Art in Vilnius, presenting the works by early women photographers from the Baltic States.
"The Moon, the mysterious queen of the sky, has always captured attention in ancient cosmologies. It is the Moon that affects sea tides, fish spawning, and animal migration. It has long been linked to female reproductive cycles, and it determines the duration of the month in lunar calendars. In Chinese mythology, the lunar goddess Changxi gave birth to twelve daughters, who became twelve months. In Lithuanian, mėnuo has a double meaning - moon and month. Mėnesinės (monthlies, moonies) denotes the female period...." read more
