Voice from Latvia (44)

The Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art invites artists to participate in “Survival Kit 5”

The Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art invites artists to participate in “Survival Kit 5”

  The Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art (LCCA) invites artists to submit ideas for the “Survival Kit 5” International Contemporary Arts Festival which will take place from the 5th to the 15th September, 2013. Each year artists have been encouraged…
23 January 2013
Photo reportage from "Seven Thursdays" by Miks Mitrēvics in collaboration with Kristīne Kursiša

Photo reportage from "Seven Thursdays" by Miks Mitrēvics in collaboration with Kristīne Kursiša

  Most of the time when making decisions people unknowingly use already known and proven solutions which sooner or later imposes certain limits on our imagination and solutions become predictable. Seven Thursdays in a row I will conduct a draw;…
17 January 2013
Photo reportage from Voldemārs Johansons exhibition “Attractors” at Arsenāls

Photo reportage from Voldemārs Johansons exhibition “Attractors” at Arsenāls

Voldemārs Johansons is a Renaissance-type artist whose artworks merge interests in visuality, sound and science.  He is one of the most convincing representatives of contemporary art in Latvia today, and he has won international attention with his sound and light…
10 January 2013
Photo reportage from "Inside and Out" exhibition at kim?

Photo reportage from "Inside and Out" exhibition at kim?

Whether it be a question of vestiges or the body of another person, we need to know how an object in space can become the eloquent relic of an existence; how, conversely, an intention, a thought or a project can…
26 December 2012
LCCA news: Digitising Contemporary Art project has reached its midterm

LCCA news: Digitising Contemporary Art project has reached its midterm

The project Digitising Contemporary Art (DCA) is contributing significantly to the presentation of contemporary art available on Europeana, the single access point to Europe's digital cultural heritage. In addition to the artworks and contextual documents, the project  delivers practical guidelines…
23 November 2012
Photo reportage from "(10 000) Melancholy Folds" by Artūrs Virtmanis

Photo reportage from "(10 000) Melancholy Folds" by Artūrs Virtmanis

  Modern society consists of scenarios, which are made up of routines of things to happen.  In his exhibition (10 000) Melancholy Folds, Artūrs Virtmanis is making us understand re-examine one of these collectively established experiences – a melancholy clinic.…
13 November 2012