The exhibition brings together key motifs of Viktor Timofeev’s artistic practice, forming a unified multimedia installation that includes new paintings, drawings, video works, and a specially composed soundscape, created in collaboration with artist Miša Skalskis (FI/LT). The exhibition elements intertwine autobiographical references with broader societal processes, developing a socio-critical metaphor in a scenographically structured environment. As visitors gradually move through the three exhibition spaces, a dramaturgy unfolds – revealing the coexistence and clash of two parallel realities – prompting an exploration of the boundaries between fact and fiction, objectivity and subjectivity.
Deeply connected to the artist’s ongoing creative explorations, which include games, worldmaking, and an interest in irrational systems, the exhibition works extend long-developed concepts while seeking new modes of expression. One of Viktor Timofeev’s key pieces, Alphabet Clock, which systematically and infinitely mutates letter forms, is reinterpreted within the exhibition, addressing issues of alienation, power, and societal norms.
Working between Riga and New York, Viktor Timofeev has long examined identity, language, and modes of communication, investigating their multilayered, shifting nature and the possibilities of integration or resistance within dominant systems. His work often explores governance structures and communication mechanisms. These serve as both a reaction to the turbulent, uncontrollable processes of contemporary reality and as an opportunity to construct an environment that subverts the norms of daily life with absurdity and play.
Viktor Timofeev is a multidisciplinary artist from Riga, Latvia currently based between Riga and New York. Recent solo exhibitions include 427 Gallery in Riga (2024), Interstate Projects in New York (2021), and Karlin Studios / Futura in Prague (2020). Recent group exhibitions include Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-On-Hudson (2025), kim? Contemporary Art Center in Riga (2024), Tallinn Photomonth in Tallinn (2023), the National Gallery Prague in Prague (2021) and the 14th Baltic Triennial at Contemporary Art Center in Vilnius (2021).
Artist: Viktor Timofeev
Exhibition curator: Andra Silapētere (LCCA)
Exhibition Title: Other Passengers
Venue: Latvian National Museum of Art
Dates: 22.03.2025-15.06.2025
Sound artist Miša Skalskis
Graphic designer Daria Melnikova
Architect Līva Kreislere
Producer Elīza Anna Reine / Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art
Project manager Katrīna Vastlāve / Latvian National Museum of Art
Organisers Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art (LCCA), Latvian National Museum of Art
Photography: Ansis Starks
