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Movement. Migration
Riga Cathedral, 07/06 - 08/07
Doma laukums 1, Rīga, LV 1050
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Coloured Metal
Collaboration with Klavs Upaciers
International contemporary art festival SURVIVAL KIT 3
One of the things we have on us daily is money. Its material form is banknotes and coins. Banknotes are coloured and we are usually aware of them, i.e. they are of sufficient value for us to know exactly how many of them we possess and where we store them. Coins have little value. Even though they are decorated with a variety of images they are constantly neglected - they have turned into one- colour, or sooner - non-colour objects with the sole practical and commonplace purpose to serve as a means to make small purchases. Besides, these days, the role of money in its material form is decreasing. More trust is put into virtual money, even though it exist only in computer memory, intangible as it is, has more value than the material version. We want to bestow coins with a new meaning, and colour to them and encourage people to view them with 'different, more impractical, eyes'.
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Venus of Willendorf 21st century
Venus of Willendorf 21st century is my searches in depth of female identity. It is 4.5 m high, made of glued foam rubber sheets and covered with peaces of mirror plastic creating peculiar replica to the Stone Age masterpiece. Venus of Willendorf 21st century is conceptual work allowing women of nowadays to shine in their reflection while Venus is shining for herself. She is surprising with her female shapes. Maybe she is even shocking for some. This work if of women but not of feminism.
BA diploma work at the Art Academy of Latvia / 2010
Thank's to Dizainstudija-A, State Culture Capital Foundation, Design Information Centre, Culture Department of the Riga City Council.
Photo: Didzis Grodzs
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Burn!
Technique: glass, match / 70 x 40 cm / Latvia / 2009
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Installation
Technique: float glass, box, water, engine oil, steel cable
400 x 130 x 80 cm / 2007
Photo: Didzis Grodzs
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Latvian Ethnography
Technique: glued glass bottles / 150 x 130 x 23 cm / Rucava, Latvia / 2007
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Sandbox
A mans youth always has taken up with the idea that the ability to influence their destiny and alter the world's plant. And that's an individual who succeeds is the earth after his, and only the one that listens, is attentive to their senses, understands that Greek culture life has always taken place in shade. Life is sandbox vary only in details.
Each has its own sand castle builder. Hands in contact with the sand resulting from the short - and the mind finds the material and starts to like it. So much to create its own material reality? And the sandbox is the start of all, one might have no box, but the sand is already located. Equal opportunities for all, but as a different approach. And then with 'occurs - Heroes, recruit, beauty, degenerate, academic and nice pair fragile. Where the course of those roles? Take a summer - school starts. When the first snow, sandbox lure fall asleep to wake the spring and the start of the end-all. Have you seen a change to become the hero of the recruit, or otherwise?
And who are those who preach change? Inspired by dope? Maybe admit that nowhere in more than sandbox not because we are people. Creatures vested in mind. A lot of time and so little. What is your sand box? And whether it is to change?
Work technique: hot cast glass, sand, wood box / Latvia / 2009
Photo: Didzis Grodzs
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Angel
Technique: slumped float glass, stainless steel / 180 x 150 x 130 cm
Latvia / 2007
Photo: Didzis Grodzs
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Axis Vetebra
Technique: float glass, stainless steel / 200 x 74 x 37 cm / Latvia / 2007
Photo: Didzis Grodzs
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Organic – Synthetic
Technique: blown glass, grass, 43 x 52 x 10 cm / University of Sunderland UK / 2008
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Migration - Movement
Everybody follow the one in front but nobody know whether he knows the way! The World population is constantly moving. People from poorer countries migrate to richer countries for a better life, replacing and filling up the workforce deficit at the same time. People always move for a better life, they change cities, countries, continents; they move around the world trying to improve their lives - looking for better education, job, climate and social structure. Maybe they are born in the wrong place and they feel that the best please, for example, is in Africa, India, UK or Russia. We can choose where we want to live, where is the place we can call home, who are our people.
Technique: Pate de Verre, polishing / 12,5 x 47 x 70 cm / Conches-les-Ouches, France / 2010
Object are created In Antoine Leperlier studio when I work there like a assistant.
Photo: Didzis Grodzs
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Sheep
Many people from Latvia are working in the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland. It is a way to get faster money, better social services and benefits, like free house, financial supply and possibilities to study English. The situation is almost similar to the “gold rush” sickness in the USA, where people were looking for better and easier life, but the reality comes out different – much harder work, more working hours and very often - bad conditions at the working place, but still they stay and work much more harder as in their own country.
Technique: cast glass, wood / 16 x 64.5 x 64.5 cm / University of Sunderland UK / 2008
Photo: Didzis Grodzs
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The Hub of The Universe
The centre of the world - absolute calmness and no rush. Place and time where human is happy, is able to love and to be sad. The breast is the centre of the world. The centre of feelings, happiness, love, and pain. A place to find a soul and feelings.
Who is the happiest person in the world? You are! Because your happiness is only yours, no one can feel it apart from you. You can just imagine happiness belonging to someone else but only your happiness belongs to you. We have different skin color, different body, different traditions but all around the world people equally tend to fall in love, have problems, fall in euphoria or are in pain. It can happen to everyone no matter if the person comes from Kiev, Tokyo, or Riga. Some things do not change and are not related with century, country or social status. When being in love you are full of inexpressible emotions. When you loose you feel like stone is being hanged on your neck. Humans use to point on their breast to show the place of their soul. They look for their soul at the place of heart and breast.
As pointed out my friends, a hat of Viking, towers of World Trade centre, mountains, and knees are things associated with my work.
Material: Glass, metal, copper wire / 70 x 50 x 30 cm / Latvia / 2007
Technique: plates of melted glass - wreathed on metal construction
Photo: Didzis Grodzs
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Amphitheatre
Amphitheatre is an open-air venue for spectator sports, concerts, rallies, or theatrical performances. Theatre is like reflection of yourself from distance. You have your emotions that after the performance have their own live. View from the edge. Light games scope, dwindling acceptance of the moment lies in impressionistic score fixation. Water enters reflection.
Technique: cast glass, sheet glass / 10 x 64 x 64 cm / Latvia / 2008
Photo: Didzis Grodzs
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Energy
Energy as fuel for everything, as movement forward, as progress, as aim and as symbol in Latvian mythology- God in world of pagan. Belief that in general nothing changes just changes structure! I hope that my performance can help to stay our world better and try to keep nearer different people!
Material: Glued flat transparent sheet glass / 38 x 46 x 8 cm
Technique: The basic module is structured from cubes. Every cube is constructed from 4 sheets of glass glued to one another / Latvia / 2008
Photo: Didzis Grodzs
