Untitled, 2019
by Jorė Gritėnaitė
Jorė Gritėnaitė (*2001) is a Lithuanian artist based in Zürich. In 2024, she graduated with a BA in Fine Arts from the Zürich University of the Arts. Jorė is currently studying for a MA in Fine Arts at the same institution. In her artistic practice, Jorė composes sound pieces based on both original and found text using her own voice as a core medium. It is utilized as an instrument when invasive and intimate qualities of sound are investigated.
Tų norinčių tave visą išdulkinti
Paklodėmis uždengtų veidrodžių
Plynų laukų kurių tiek mažai belikę
Akių kurios vis nepavargsta
Sutiksi mane basą ir norėsi apauti
Aš kartosiu kad aš tau nepriklausau
Aš tau kaip miestui bažnyčia
Žinau—
šitų žiedų šalna nesugels
Amids balconies crumbling with remnants of cigarettes
Among those who long to fuck you entirely
Sheets covering the mirrors
In the plain fields, which remain so seldom
The eyes that never seem to tire
You’ll meet me bare, wishing to clothe me
Yet I’ll insist I don’t belong to you
I am to You as a church is to a city
I know -
The frost will not wither this blossom