Location: MKC Gallery – Dom mladih Split (Ulica slobode 28)

Dates: 5 February – 14 February 2026

Opening: Thursday, 5 February at 7:00 PM

Two artworks of differing sensibilities and aesthetics are brought together through birds and a shared question they pose: How do queer bodies resist normalization, disciplining, and erasure?

Rather than resolving the differences between the two approaches, the exhibition holds them in tension: the grounded persistence of pheasants alongside the flamboyant visibility of pink flamingos; noise and celebration, refusal and rehearsal. Both works are grounded in the belief that queer resistance is not only opposition to violence, but also the invention of ways of living that exceed prescribed frameworks—through queer bodies, relationships, and temporalities. Both works incorporate non-human figures, animals, as ethical provocations that invite alternative ways of thinking about survival, visibility, and being together.

Artists’ Biographies.

Anja Mergeduš was born in Nova Gradiška. She completed the two-semester educational programme of the Centre for Women’s Studies in Zagreb in 2016, after which she enrolled in the undergraduate programme in Cinematography at the Academy of Dramatic Art. She graduated in 2025 from the Department of Animated Film and New Media, specialising in New Media. She has participated in numerous group exhibitions, performances, and performative works, as well as solo exhibitions. Her practice is based on experimental, multidisciplinary, research-oriented, and collaborative approaches. In parallel, she works in the field of performing arts, creating scenography and music for various productions and developing authorial concepts within both independent and institutional contexts. She lives and works in Zagreb.

Sacha Rey is a visual artist and film director based in Marseille, France. In recent years, Sacha has participated in numerous group exhibitions and film festivals, including Het Paviljoen, La Villette, La Villa Vassilieff, Bétonsalon, CAC Brétigny, the Amiens Film Festival, Festival Parallèle, and Hungry Eyes’ Festival. He recently received the Sud Émergence Award at the OVNi 2024 video art festival for his film But I Am a Cheerleader, which was also presented as a solo exhibition at FID Marseille.

More information: mkcsplit.hr

MKC Gallery opening hours: Monday–Friday, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM