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Collage of five diverse artworks from the Hammer Museum Collections side by side. From left to right: 1) Contemporary painting of two embracing figures with surreal elements. 2) Post-impressionist style painting of trees with vibrant blues and greens. 3) Black and white illustration of a face with intricate patterns. 4) Japanese woodblock print style image of a figure in a checkered robe. 5) Photograph of a couple dancing, the woman in a black dress and the man in white

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Close up photograph of a person's head in 3/4 view, looking to the viewer's right. The person has light skin, blue eyesand closely shorn hair on the sides, and waers two small silver hoop earrings in the one ear visible.

Agnė Jokšė

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Agnė Jokšė, Dear Friend, 2019. Single-channel video, 24 min. Selected by the Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania

Dear Friend is a video by Lithuanian artist Agnė Jokšė. It is performed by Jokšė and is based on her letter-form text written in contemplation of friendship as platonic love between queer women. Balancing between reality and fiction, the work openly and sensitively speaks about various forms of love, affectionaffection, and care in the contemporary world.

Artist Q&A

Where are you from and how did you become interested in moving image work?

I grew up in Vilnius, Lithuania. My main practice is writing, however, as a reader I’ve always been more curious about the sense lived through the text, the unsaid or somehow by words and their agreed meanings—untellable. Moving image, as a medium, carries multidimensionality of elements that can contain layers and layers of information. It’s exciting, like finding a treasure—a box full of all kinds of tools to come closer and explore the space in between the lines.

What inspired/influenced you to make the work?

The passion for friends.

Biography

Agnė Jokšė (Lithuanian, b. 1993) is currently based in Copenhagen, studying for a master’s degree at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Media Arts. In 2017, Jokšė graduated from Vilnius Academy of Arts, Department of Monumental Painting and Stage Design. Since 2018, she actively participates in various art projects. Her work Dear Friend was produced by the Contemporary Art Centre in Vilnius and won the JCDecaux Award in 2019.