Marx FM
Radio station, 2013
The slow propaganda machine – radio, where poetry is like a motor. Transmitting poems over the air takes great courage. Creating poetry on the radio means doing what poetry can’t afford to do, due to licencing, copyright, and its unprofitable nature, difficult to perceive form or individual expression. The era of capitalism makes us accelerate and live fast, overcoming time and competitors, and achieving success, to get up the ladder as quickly as possible. Consequently, everything which needs more time and depth, for example, the genre of poetry, gets excluded from the process of movement. Influenced by the recent crisis, a re-evaluation has taken place in the community, which can be applied not just to personal, but also to social values, often moving social welfare, the growth and development of society, and people’s personal qualities rather than just material well-being to the forefront.
The goal of the project is to bring about an opportunity to slow down time and have a discussion on the influence of the subculture on the life of ideas in the community, as well as to examine the boundaries of freedom that the authorities, business and the individual have, and to examine at which moment they come into conflict.
(“Orbīta”)
Artists' Bio:
A non-government organization which unites Latvia’s Russian poets, photographers, musicians and multimedia artists. Since 1999, creates performances as well as publishes bilingual literature, collections of writings, photo- catalogues and investigative literature. The association regularly participates in Latvia’s cultural life, for example, in “Poetry Days” festivals, Survival Kit and “White Nights” – with readings, by organizing events and inviting foreign guests.
The association works not only with the promotion of Latvia’s Russian poets, but also reproduces contemporary Latvian poetry into the Russian language, creating an active and successful collaboration between Russian speakers and Latvian poets and artists within the framework of various projects.