The gallery summer cinema programme will conclude with an essay film inspired by Virginia Woolf’s renowned work, exploring the freedom of identity and the right to be oneself beyond the constraints of social norms. 

Film Thursday: Orlando, My Political Biography (English subtitles, 98 min., 2023, dir. Paul B. Preciado)

Film by acclaimed writer and activist Paul B. Preciado is a bold and joyous celebration of trans identity, told through the lens of Virginia Woolf’s iconic novel. Woolf’s Orlando follows the centuries-spanning life of a young nobleman who awakens to find that they are a woman. Almost a century after its publication, Preciado claims that fiction has become reality and that Orlando’s story lies at the root of all contemporary trans and nonbinary life.Told through a myriad of trans and nonbinary voices living today—our new “Orlandos”—this documentary offers a dazzling example of how life, poetry, and gender can meet in the search for truth.

Paul B. Preciado is a philosopher, curator, transgender activist, and one of the leading thinkers in the study of gender and sexual politics.

More information at www.gampa.cz a matterof.art.