Chimney
Kinetic sound installations on 5 wooden manor houses in Pārdaugava, 2014
The work "Chimney" takes the viewer to Pārdaugava – to Schwartz Manor, Hamann Manor, Hartmann Manor, the ensemble of Wolfschmidt manor and House of Schroeder – five summer or so-called "leisure" manor houses belonging to the Baltic German culture. These manor houses are long past their prime and now mostly resemble introvert corpses. It is more than obvious that they interfere with the free passage of contemporary residents of Riga. They interfere with their greyness, the peculiar odour of an old, long-unheated wooden house, their location on the very edge of pavement. They interfere with their unruly affinity to another time, another culture, another standard and flow of life. Besides, they have a history of interference – since the early 20th century. It is a half-crumbled, half-burnt wrong on the soil of Riga. And one can lose one’s footing.
Artists' Bios:
Rasa Jansone: "I mostly paint and often use text, or references to text, in my work. I have previously held solo exhibitions and taken part in projects which speak about the so called "women’s issues." I have taken part in discussions at the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art about the role of Latvian women in art, and about women’s experiences in practicing their art."
Evelīna Deičmane (1978) has studied at the Art Academy of Latvia and the Berlin University of the Arts. She has taken part in several notable international exhibitions – the 15th Biennale of Sydney (2006), the 2nd Moscow Biennale (2007) and "Manifesta 7" (2008). Deičmane also represented Latvia at the 53rd International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale with the multimedia project "Passing Sorrow" in 2009.