{"id":231193,"date":"2026-05-06T22:30:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T19:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vilnius-events.lt\/?post_type=event&p=231193"},"modified":"2026-05-06T22:30:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T19:30:49","slug":"paroda-ta-gele-atrodo-kaip-dronas","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.vilnius-events.lt\/en\/event\/exhibition-that-flower-looks-like-a-drone\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibition \u201cThat Flower Looks Like a Drone\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

The exhibition \u201cThat Flower Looks Like a Drone\u201d is based on a series of painting workshops that Danish artist Eske Touborg organized in Kyiv together with Ukrainian children who have been liberated from Russian-occupied areas. During the workshops, 20 metres of canvas was rolled out together with acrylics and spray paint which resulted in joyful painting sessions where the children had the chance to be children again.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After the workshops the canvas roll was brought back to Denmark where Touborg cut out ten squares from the canvas. These squares were mounted on frames and Touborg finalized the artworks with blurred portraits of the children on top of the previous background painted by the children during the workshops.<\/p>\n

The works are a combination of the children\u2019s playful and vividly painted backgrounds and Touborg\u2019s blurred portraits of the children. The result is a striking contrast between the children\u2019s erased identities, shaped by years of Russian indoctrination, and the childhood that is inevitably pushed into the background as a consequence.<\/p>\n

By blurring the children\u2019s faces, Touborg visualizes the systematic erasure many abducted children have endured: new names, new languages and new loyalties forcibly imposed upon them. In a time where identity has become a battleground in Ukraine the children\u2019s joyful backgrounds are an insistent claim to their right to simply be kids.<\/p>\n

The title of the exhibition is a direct quote from one of the children who, after painting a flower, spontaneously remarked: \u2018That flower looks like a drone.\u2019 The project is non-profit and all profits from sold paintings will be donated to Save Ukraine.<\/p>\n

The exhibition opens at the Bastion of the Vilnius Defence Wall on May 20, 2026, at 6 PM and will run until September 6, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Organizer
\nNational Museum of Lithuania<\/p>\n

Sponsor
\nDanish Cultural Institute in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania<\/p>\n

Media partner
\nJCDecaux<\/p>\n

Author
\nEske Touborg<\/p>\n

Project lead
\nIndr\u0117 Gervelyt\u0117<\/p>\n

Architect and graphic designer
\nIeva Cic\u0117nait\u0117<\/p>\n

Editor
\nMaryt\u0117 Slu\u0161inskait\u0117<\/p>\n

Education coordinators
\nAdomas Gricius, R\u016bta Tolka\u010devskien\u0117<\/p>\n

Communications and marketing
\nAkvil\u0117 Matulionyt\u0117, Raminta Pak\u0161yt\u0117, Au\u0161ra Stra\u0161evi\u010dien\u0117, Jurga Strimaitien\u0117<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":231194,"template":"","categories":[10],"tags":[],"ticket-vendor":[29],"class_list":["post-231193","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-parodos","ticket-vendor-renginio-vietoje-2-val-pries-rengini"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t