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Plan:
Click on the desired section.


Section number:

# 1

Title:

Fear of Castration

Tags:
black hole  fear of castration  fear of the new  glory hole  labyrinths of freedom  nightmares of patriarchy  overcoming  penetration inside  "purity" / "dirt"  seed of fear  through the border of alienation          
 
Processes / slit:
Name of processes:

Fear // Overcoming

Slit:

Glory hole

Color:
Color number:

#000000

R, G, B:

0, 0, 0


Section plan: 
List of works:
A: slideshow Phantoms and video Berlin – My Midnight Lover
B: slogan on the wall and the sculptural object Fear of Patriarchy
C: photo Self-portrait in Glory Hole
D / E: photodiptych Untitled
F: a slit in the shape of a glory hole




A / 1:
Slideshow

Phantoms

From the cycle Lęk przed kastracją
2016, + 2023–2024
3’23”


Slideshow presents photographs from Polish cruising clubs for men. Most of these clubs, such as Fantom in Warsaw, have been closed.

New photos from 2023–2024 added to 2016 series

 A / 2:


Video

Berlin – My Midnight Lover

From the cycle Mandrake Gardens
2024
3’23”

The collage video shows images from Berlin, with its queer semiotics and cruising zones.

Video and editing: Sergey Shabohin. Music: Gray Mandorla (Mikita Bubashkin and Sergey Shabohin)
B:
Sculptural object

Strach patriarchatu

From the cycle Fear of Castration
2024


A model of a fragment of the darkroom space (resembling a confessional) with a glory hole cut out, in which a model of the archbishop's sceptre was inserted - a symbol of the power of the Orthodox patriarchate. The sculptural object is placed on a wall with the slogan "White Culture is Afraid to Look Into a Black Hole".

Idea: Sergey Shabohin. 3D modeling and printing: Roman Shabohin

С:
Photography

Self-Portrait in Glory Hole

From the cycle Fear of Castration
2016


The self-portrait-gesture repeats the terrifying image seen upon the first visit to the darkroom space.

The exhibition presents a black and white version of the photograph
D / E:
Photodiptych

Untitled

From the cycle Fear of Castration
2016


A vagina-like slit in a curtain and a phallic-shaped crystal chandelier, photographed in Warsaw's gay clubs in 2016.

The exhibition presents black and white versions of the photographs

F:
Slit:

A slit in the shape of a glory hole.



Photos: