Beladrys was invited to take over the entire room at DOT Gallery and create an installation of her choice.
As the exhibition coincided with the Christmas season, she proposed a queer reinterpretation of one of the most iconic scenes in Western religious iconography the Cave of the Nativity.
Echoing the statement of the M.A.R.S collective
“In a world of self-made culture, where you are told you were born alone and will die alone, it’s good to remember that you were not born alone. Someone carried you in their womb and in their arms.”
The visitor is invited to enter the womb, the symbolic cave of birth and generosity.
In this reimagined scene, divine light becomes camp and tender:
The Christ, here as a queer person, sits on a gamer chair under the warm and bleeding gaze of his mother, embodied by Amandine — both grotesque and sacred, playful and profound.
The installation was open to visitors for two weeks, culminating in a closing night featuring performances :
Emilia, playing a traditional ancient instrument,
Liina Magnea, as the second mother, expanding the image into a queer family,
and Christina, guiding a meditation on life and trauma release.
The entrance was free; visitors were invited to offer hygiene products for refugee associations, turning devotion into a gesture of solidarity.
Concept & Realisation : Beladrys
Production : Beladrys & DOT gallerie
Performers : Flavio Stella, Liina Magnea, Amandine, Emilia
Meditation facilitator : Xtina
