Unatoč dostupnosti informacija na internetu, obrazovnim programima i usmenoj predaji, gubljenje nevinosti tema je koja je još uvijek obavijena raznim mitovima i o kojoj se rijetko iskreno govori.
Gubljenje nevinosti djevojkama se često predstavlja kao romantičan i sanjiv trenutak u životu, vrhunac povjerenja i intimnosti dvoje ljudi, što je najčešće daleko od stvarnosti. Prvi seks za većinu je djevojaka neugodno i bolno iskustvo zbog pucanja himena i krvarenja ali i zbog straha i srama koje se često vežu uz prva i rana seksualna iskustva. Mnoge djevojke će zato prvi seks ‘odraditi’, riješiti se ‘tereta’ nevinosti, kao svojevrsnog obreda inicijacije u odraslost kojeg se kasnije ne valja prisjećati.
U sobi se zato isprepliću proturječni osjećaji, osjećaji uzbuđenja, potrebe, želje, nježnosti, neugode, straha i boli. Ona je na razmeđi djetinjstva i odraslosti. ‘Soba za izgubiti nevinost’ je rad posvećen tom nedefiniranom, teško predvidljivom osjećaju koji snažno definira našu seksualnost.
Rad se sastoji od dva dijela. Prvi dio je serija od 18 crteža na A4 formatu papira ‘Porto tiles/tales’, koji su nastali za vrijeme likovne rezidencije u Portu u svibnju 2019. godine. Radovi su inspirirani tradicionalnim portugalskim pločicama i činjenicom da je mjesto rezidencije prvobitno bio bordel.
Drugi dio rada je instalacija nastala iz navedenih crteža. Taj dio prikazuje sobu za gubljenje nevinosti s tapetama i krevetom kao glavnim elementom. Dio te instalacije je pjesma ‘Sanjam’ umjetnika DieZoone napravljena za izložbu ‘Mama je bila u pravu’ (2017.).
Monday, November 4th, 6:00PM
Rina Barbarić: Room for Losing Your Virginity | installation and exhibition
In spite of there being a lot of readily available information on the internet, educational programmes and oral tradition, losing one’s virginity is still a topic enveloped in myths and one that is rarely spoken about openly.
Often times, losing their virginity is presented to girls as a romantic and dreamy moment, a peak of trust and intimacy between two people, which if usually far from truth.
For most girls, their first sex is an uncomfortable and painful experience, due to tearing of the hymen and bleeding, but also due to the fear and shame often assigned to first or early sexual experiences. This is why many girls have the “get over with it” attitude concerning their first time and want to “get rid of” the burden of virginity as a kind of initiation ritual that grants them access to adulthood and that is to be suppressed in the future.
Therefore, in the Room, there are intertwined contrasting emotions such as excitement, need, desire, gentleness, discomfort, fear and pain. The Room for Losing Your Virginity exists at the intersection of childhood and adulthood. It is a piece dedicated to this undefinable, difficult-to-foresee feeling that has a strong influence on the definition of our sexuality.
The piece can be divided into two sections. The first consists of a series of 18 A4 drawings on paper entitled “Porto Tiles/Tales” made during an art residence in Porto in May 2019. The drawings draw inspiration from traditional Portuguese tiles as well as the fact that the venue of the residence originally functioned as a brothel.
The second section is an installation produced from the aforementioned drawings. It presents a room for losing your virginity, featuring wallpaper and a bed as focal points. A part of the installation is also the song “Sanjam” (“I’m dreaming”) by the artist DieZoone made for the exhibition “Mom was right” (2017).
Rina Barbarić (1991., Slovenia) is a visual artist currently freelancing in between Zagreb, Rijeka and Ljubljana.
