Aizpute, Latvia, 01.09.-15.09.2024

Upon invitation from SERDE a Latvian non goverment culture and hertiage association, in the first half of September 2024 I was back in Latvia for a new interdisciplinary project, this time in the town of Aizpute. The place is only 65 km away from Pedvale Art Park in Sabile, Latvia, where I had a project in May last year. However, both places and projects are different from each other. It will be an interdisciplinary project again, this time on the theme of time and harvest. The project was implemented in conjunction with the Appel Culture Festival. I created a site-specific video, a site-specific  installation and presented a revision of my performance “The Plant”.

I created two spite specific works and presented an existing live performance adapted to the site. The two site specific  works include the video work “Ornaments of the Empty Times in Autumn”. The video was shot in the house at Atmodas iela 9, in Misiņkalnaparks and in the rural surroundings of the town of Aizpute. The house itself is a national moment under the care of SERDE. The second site-specific work is the spatial installation “9052” or “a touch of shadows of time and harvest”. The third work was my live performance “The Plant”, which, as I mentioned, was adapted to the space and for a part integrated my installation into the performance. 

All three works together reflect the themes of time, reflection, transitions, emptiness, standstill and harvest in a broader sense. In addition, all works contain autobiographical elements and thoughts. But beyond that, the terms and titles “Empty Times” and “a touch of shadows of time and harvest” refer to a special time between late summer and early autumn in my personal vision. A phase in the annual cycle characterized by a calm, almost magical, melancholic atmosphere, in which nature comes to rest before autumn begins. This empty time is a phase of pause and reflection, in which nature and life stand still and prepare for the coming change. This period is very short, only a few days, and I wish it would never, ever end... the empty time in between.

The project was made possible with the kind support of SERDE

Video work - “Ornaments of the Empty Times in Autumn”.

Site-specific installation “9052” or “a touch of shadows of time and harvest”. 

Live Performance - The Plant