The Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art (LCCA) marks its 25th anniversary with a series of performative walks and events titled Time, Dawn, or a Passing Train. The anniversary programme began with an almost 25-hour-long celebration on May 31 in Riga and continues with monthly events until October 2025.
Since its founding in 2000, the LCCA has significantly influenced the development of contemporary art in Latvia by providing a platform for artistic expression and increasing the international recognition of Latvian contemporary art. The LCCA has also launched a series of significant processes in the cultural sphere in Latvia, developing educational methods and encouraging inclusive approaches in the arts.
Without being tied to a specific location or exhibition venue, events organized by the LCCA mostly take place in the spaces of other art institutions. The organization’s nomadic way of working has inspired the format of the 25th anniversary celebration, which encourages visitors to look at the LCCA as a living organism – a mycelium – whose threads of activity and influence spread through walks led by artists, writers, poets, philosophers, researchers and curators, who collectively carry out cultural mapping of the urban environment.
The name of the event series – Time, Dawn, or a Passing Train – is a reference to one of the most iconic practices in Latvian avant-garde art: the Walks to Bolderāja, carried out in the 1980s by members of the artist group NSRD (“The Workshop For The Restoration Of Unfelt Feelings”).
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