Brigita Gedgaudas

Žilvinė

"Žilvinė" is a screen-dance film investigating the connection between ancestors, nature, and descendants through the reimagination of the Lithuanian folktale, “Eglė Žalčiū Karalienė”. Drawing on pagan Lithuanian relationships with land and nature, the dancer takes on the persona of the “King of Serpents” (a character in the folktale) becoming all at once human, natural, and mythic. This work is featured in Diasporic Futurism's database of diasporic speculative artwork, "Temporal Tempest"