The exhibition is dedicated to exploring the connection between photographer Jānis Gleizds’ (1924–2010) creative experiments and the scientific research in surgery of that era, the exhibition intertwines themes such as disability and Soviet-era eroticism, the aesthetics of medically transformed bodies, and society's initial steps toward embracing otherness.
The exhibition highlights the work of photographer Jānis Gleizds during the 1970s and 1980s, emphasizing his longstanding collaboration with medical professionals from the Scientific Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics. At a time when official art was required to align with the dictates of the Soviet state, Gleizds-an "untrained" photographer from the institute’s photo lab-alongside innovative and creatively experimental medical professionals, developed aesthetic principles that used advanced technological solutions to endow the ideologically framed Soviet body with a hint of erotic fantasy, allowing a glowing aura to define its sexual features.