Ode to the salt in the wound

Gabija Joctye, the Bbeyond New Commission Belfast School of Art Graduate Awardee for 2024 will make their final New Commission performance as part of the 2025 Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival.

Gabija Jocyte (b. 2003) is a Lithuanian and Belfast-based installation and performance artist. Exploring the relationships that can exist between a viewer and exhibited object. Her practice manifests through a hybrid of sculpture, found objects, writing and lens work to delve into these themes within immersive spaces. 

With the persistent surveillance we are under, the work aims to invite self-reflection in the questioning of the performative; building to bring awareness in how and why we look, while examining the methods in which creative practice can bring voyeuristic, emotive or intimate experiences.