Madrid. Introducing ON THE FLY by Roman/Ramona Valynkin, a queer photographer and LGBTQ+ activist based in Madrid, Spain. A photo review of the opening of the exhibition at SINIESTRO MADRID. Featuring Georgian actor and dancer Levan Gelbakhiani.
CONCEPT ‘ON THE FLY’
SINCE STARRING IN A LEAD ROLE AND THEN WE DANCED’ – A 2019 FILM BY LEVAN AKIN THAT CAUSED MAJOR CONTROVERSY IN GEORGIA DUE TO ITS OPEN DEPICTION OF QUEER LOVE – LEVAN GELBAKHIANI BECAME A SYMBOL OF UNABASHED BRAVERY WITHIN THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTRY.
TODAY, HE CONTINUES TO CREATE THE SPACE FOR QUEER VISIBILITY THROUGH HIS COLLABORATIONS WITH MADRID-BASED PHOTOGRAPHER ROMAN/RAMONA VALYNKIN, WHO IN HIS WORK EXPLORES FIERCE SEXUALITY, BODY LANGUAGE AND THE MULTIFACETED NOTIONS OF GENDER.
GELBAKHIANI AND VALYNKIN WORKED TOGETHER ON ‘ON THE FLY’ – A SERIES OF DYNAMIC IMAGES THAT ARE A LOVE LETTER TO GEORGIAN NATURE AND PEOPLE.
Levan Gelbakhiani is a Georgian actor and dancer based in New York, USA. He is a lead actor in the Drama ‘And Then We Danced’ (2019) by award-winning Swedish-Georgian director Levan Akin.
@levangelbakhianiii
19 never before seen prints are the result of experimentation with the 35mm film negatives through double exposure. All prints are hand-blotched and customized individually, signed and numbered by the author, Limited edition of 10.
The Exhibition ‘ON THE FLY’ is open until 31 December 2022.
Photography and Production by Roman/Ramona Valynkin / Instagram: @bold__and__young
Style by Matt Shally and Nora Tsiteladze / Instagram: @shallymatt / @noratsiteladze
Photography Assistant Iuliia Latygan
Backstage photography by Sergo / Instagram: @salbu12
Georgian Designers are Lado Bokuchava, KEBURIA, Aleksandre Akhalkatsishvili, PITOSETURI / Instagram: @ladobokuchava Instagram: @georgekeburia
Instagram: @aleksandreakhalkatsishvili Instagram: @pitoseturi
Space is SINIESTRO MADRID / Instagram: @siniestromadrid
