In the present we can follow a trend of social engagement, which results in many works yet it happens to often that projects are made without depth, staying in art space and not reaching the public space as they were supposed to.

 

 It derives from art content. The initial stage takes part in the city in a taxi that Aprilija uses as her media; the project respects ethical codes and protects the integrity of victim/ survivals. It creates the atmosphere of coming out communication, which is hard to achieve and Aprilija has an incredible feeling how to make it happen. The success of the project is in opening of both sides.

 

The exhibition is set in a monumental gallery in which every woman got her space. Without listening to the stories the first effect was very strong. Women are exhibited as large portraits except those who wished/had to stay anonymous.

 

The success of such project measures in public sphere, as culture professionals we can follow and lean on the theories that are excellent, fantastic, stimulants  and parallels of the happening of the art world.

 

The criterion for the success of such project is the break through to the public space and the reaction it gets. It depends of the artist how good media he/ she can be for the voices of other. That is never only looking at the other it has to be a two way view communication. Aprilija derives from painting where she researched auto portrait for a long time, as she went into engagement, in a sincere and direct way by dealing with herself, auto portraits and I believe it is the reason that conditioned such intensity and in a way rescuing her-self and the stamina of winning over this problem.