Artist’s talk by Santiago Mostyn
Santiago Mostyn discussed his ongoing research into personal and historical cartographies. Subjects included the island of Tobago, the Couronian Empire, and our bodily engagement with the natural world.
Artist’s talk by Kasper Akhøj
Kasper Akhøj discussed his work and long-term investigations as part of a research-based artistic practice.
Discussion about the Hybridity of Cultures by Deniss Hanovs and Andrejs Strokins
Andrejs Strokins and Deniss Hanovs’ art project is devoted to cultural identities in the space of contemporary Riga and the changes experienced by the city in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Hybrid identities are widespread in the Latvian culture-space, yet they are rarely discussed. This discussion provided an opportunity to hear experts’ opinions on the functioning of cultural hybridities, the challenges posed by cultural indeterminacy to today’s collective identities, and cultural hybridities in contemporary Latvia.