Boring Revolution
Installation, interventions, 2013
By changing colour, is it possible to make a revolution?
Is an artist a worker?
Who gains from a revolution?
Are there permanent consequences?
Does an artist’s work influence social processes?
Is revolution only a social construct?
The artist-worker-revolutionary who you can meet at Survival Kit 5 will answer these questions practically and methodically over the 10 days.
Headquarters/One Day Residence
Installation, 2013
In the summer of 2013, 13 residents (Santa Rēmere, Platons Buravickis, Krišjānis Zeļgis, Liena Bondare, Aija Zariņa, Inga Brūvere, Valdis Jansons, Daiga Krūze, Gunta Riekstiņa, Kaspars Lielgalvis, Linda Sīle, Johanna Hästö (SE) and others) arrived one after the other at the secret headquarters at Sigulda Castle and manor complex, where they each spent one day and didn’t meet. The headquarters provide a specially configured environment for an accelerated reflection about the slow revolution. The intention of the residences is to provide an opportunity to come up with a concrete plan for implementing change, and to recognize the steps which should be taken first, whilst sitting in a comfortable club chair drinking tea from a revolution cup. Artefacts and evidence from the headquarters, schemes for revolution, images and songs which the residents came up with can be seen at Survival Kit 5.
The project was implemented in collaboration with the Sigulda County Council.
(L.P., E.V.)
Artists' Bios:
“Poetic Robotism” (since 2009) is Laura Prikule’s and Eva Vēvere’s creative collaboration series – a method which gets deeper into binary opposition (poetic/robotic, systemic/individual, real/imaginary, etc.), and in this way speaks of a “point of paradox“ as a specific location in our zone of perception. They create and play out interactive visual situations, create and dismantle larger and smaller structures and plan time and space. They investigate the qualities of colours. They focus on progress as a process, which takes place through clusters.
Laura Prikule
Uses diverse ways of communication in practicing her art. According to the idea for the work or the situation, these could be installations, painting, photography or other media. The artist investigates ideas about time, processes and games. Graduated from the Latvian Academy of Art Department of Painting, gained a masters degree at the San Francisco Art Institute, has studied for a doctorate at the LAA. Has exhibited in Latvia and other countries since 1999. Residences at FKSE (Budapest), Cite des Arts (Paris) and CF Polymer (Tallinn).
Eva Vēvere
Works with a variety of media, including installations, graphics and painting. Her centre of interest is space and the possibilities of its transformation, transforming it into a component of an art work, creating ‘internal spaces’ matrices and in this way finding out about the boundaries and trajectories of human existence. She has gained a Masters degree in Painting at the Latvian Academy of Art and the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland. Has taken part in exhibitions in Latvia and other countries since 2004.