Wednesday, March 22, at 18:30 we invite you to an artist talk by our artists-in-residence Elizabeth Glauser and Martyna Nitkowska, and kuš! artist-in-residence Asuka Okajima! They will speak about their work and present the projects they are working on during their stay in Riga.
Elizabeth Glauser is a Swedish photographer and visual anthropologist based in Berlin. Her documentary-based work focuses on people and their relationships to their inner and outer worlds, always inspired by a sense of curiosity and play. In her previous projects, she has been exploring subjects of death and bureaucracy. During her residency in March, Elizabeth is walking around Rīga’s cemeteries and experimenting with Polaroid film.
www.elizabethglauser.com
Martyna Nitkowska is a Polish photography artist with a background in film. In her practice, she likes to reconstruct the meanings of images and texts, giving them a completely new form. Lately, she has been engaged in a number of community and activist projects. She will talk about her previous work - both personal and collective - and about the “Amber project” that she started during her residency in Riga.
www.martynanitkowska.myportfolio.com
Asuka Okajima is a comic artist/illustrator from Japan, currently based in Leipzig. He is interested in drawing as a waking dream and the way cities and people exist. In the presentation, he will talk about his past and future work while incorporating a perspective on urban culture.
www.asukaokajima.com
The talk will be held in English at ISSP (Marijas iela 13 k.3, Berga Bazārs, Riga). Free entrance.
The Riga Residency is curated by ISSP in partnership with kuš!. Supported by Nordic Culture Point.
Šo sestdien, 29. aprīlī, laikmetīgā teātra režisores Elīnas Cērpas multimediju izstādes “Jūtīgā virsma” ietvaros notiks darbnīca jauniešiem, kas veltīta pašportreta žanram. Darbnīca notiks ISSP telpā Berga Bazārā plkst. 12.00-15.00.
Laikmetīgā teātra režisores Elīnas Cērpas multimediju izstādes “Jūtīgā virsma” ietvaros ISSP Galerija aicina iepazīties ar irākiešu fotogrāfa Jasīna Al-Obeīdī uzņemto portretu arhīvu un noklausīties mākslinieces stāstījumu par Bagdādes fotosalonu kultūru 27. aprīlī plkst. 20.00.
Last year we were happy to organise a residency exchange with the Eyes on Main Street photography festival in Wilson, North Carolina (USA). While Italian photographer Andrea Torrei was working in Riga, Latvian photographer Andrejs Strokins spent the month of November documenting the everyday moments in Wilson.
No 25. marta līdz 4. maijam ISSP Galerijā būs skatāma laikmetīgā teātra režisores Elīnas Cērpas multimediju izstāde “Jūtīgā virsma”, kas ir veltīta fotografēšanai kā sevis izzināšanai un pieņemšanai, pētot dziļi personiskus attēlu tapšanas iemeslus. Izstādes atklāšana notiks 24. martā plkst. 18.00.
From 25 March to 4 May the ISSP Gallery will host the multimedia exhibition Sensitive Surface by Latvian contemporary theatre director Elīna Cērpa. The exhibition is dedicated to photography as a tool for self-discovery and acceptance. The exhibition will open on 24 March at 18.00 at the ISSP Gallery.
ISSP turpina meistarklases labāko Latvijas un Baltijas profesionālo fotogrāfu vadībā tiem, kas jau strādā vai vēlas profesionāli strādāt ar fotogrāfiju. Meistarklases sniedz iespēju attīstīt savu radošo vīziju un papildināt amata prasmes. Šajā pavasarī piedāvājam meistarklases ar fotogrāfiem Sandiju Ruļuku, Mārtiņu Cīruli, Jāni Upmali un Elenu Kononovu.
Happy to announce five artists nominated by ISSP for the European FUTURES Photography platform in 2023 – Reinis Hofmanis (LV), Zane Priede (LV), Jurģis Peters (LV), Cloe Jancis (EE), and Ieva Baltaduonytė (LT).
ISSP Artist-in-residence Sam Margevicius (USA) will present new works made in Riga during the first months of 2023 in his exhibition Winter Sketchbook at Bolderāja 27. Opening and zine launch will be held on February 25 at 20:00-23:00.
Atvērta pieteikšanās ISSP Skolas intensīvajam divu mēnešu kursam “Ievads fotogrāfijā”, kas sāksies 16. martā! Nodarbības vadīs pieredzējuši fotogrāfi un pasniedzēji Kristīne Krauze-Slucka un Ingus Bajārs. Pieteikšanās līdz 10. martam.
"Renegades" is a flash mob performance by Emma Bäcklund (SE/DE) that took place 8 February, 2023 in Victory Park in Riga, Latvia, next to where the Victory Monument used to stand.
No 2. februāra līdz 16. martam ISSP Galerijā ir skatāma mākslinieces Ievas Epneres izstāde “Laidi”. Tajā aplūkojama dokumentālā filma, kas vēsta par Laidu pamatskolas pastāvēšanas pēdējo – 101. gadu, un fotogrāfijas.
From 2 February to 16 March the ISSP Gallery is hosting the exhibition Laidi by artist Ieva Epnere. It features photographs and a documentary film dedicated to the 101st year of Laidi Primary school, which is also its last.
Izvērtējot izstādes un mākslinieku darbus, kas bija apskatāmi laika posmā no 2022. gada 1. oktobra līdz 31. decembrim, neatkarīgo ekspertu darba grupa nākamajai Purvīša balvai, kura tiks pasniegta 2023. gada pavasarī, ir izvirzījusi divus autorus: Evelīnu Deičmani un Reini Hofmani.
ISSP Jauniešu skola aicina uz vecākās grupas semestra darbu skati un atvērto durvju dienu otrdien, 3. janvārī, plkst. 18.00-20.00 ISSP telpās Berga Bazārā.