Ruedi Schorno is an artist from Switzerland, currently working in Riga on a project called “How to become Latvian” – a visual anthropological research experiment than analyzes the identity of an everyday Latvian and investigates if and how it is possible for a stranger to become a part of our society.
... Ruedi says farewell to his Swiss citizenship, questions Ojārs Kalniņš, the head of the Latvian Institute, friends, passers-by, flower vendors... he goes to the nigh market, goes mushroom-picking and zealously collects data on the survival practices of Latvians, their hobnobbing with neighbours, superstitions, hidden dangers and other Latvian things...