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Come and see the installation “The Playground” during RAW on 30th May @backdoor.market.home @bckdrmrkt

The event is part of Backdoor Market Home. Hard Launch – the official opening.

The Playground explores the fragile line between childhood innocence and the emotional reality of adult life. At the center of the work is the inflatable castle – a symbol of play, purity, fantasy, and temporary freedom. From the inside, it represents nostalgia, softness, and the naive joy of being fully present in a protected world. Yet, like any attraction, it comes with limits: age, height, and time. Entry is only allowed for a certain period.

This condition becomes a metaphor for human life. There comes a moment when a person is no longer allowed inside – not because the longing disappears, but because they no longer fit the rules. What remains is the experience of standing outside, looking in, while confronting the sharper textures of reality: bitterness, restriction, protest, and social pressure. In this contrast, the graffiti-covered exterior becomes a language of adulthood – marked by friction, resistance, and lived experience.

The work reflects on the transition from innocence to awareness, from freedom to structure, and from participation to observation. Even when access is denied, the child does not disappear. It remains within us – playful, sensitive, and pure – but increasingly separated from the world we are expected to inhabit.

📍Backdoor Market Home, Creative Factory Veldze, Matīsa iela 8
📅30 May 2026, from 12:00

(Apraksts latviešu valodā komentārā)

Only 3 days to go until Riga Art Week begins. 🔥

Explore the full programme on our website.

Among this year’s RAW highlights:
🟠’’Young art auction’’ (@jauna_maksla, @invego.latvia) opening at Kimmel Quarter (@kimmel_kvartals) on 25 May at 18.00.

🟠Baltic Analog Lab (@baltic_analog_lab) and the festival Skaņu Mežs (@skanumezs) presents – BAL Residents’ Performances: Tudor Etchells (UK), Andrés Joaquín Sendino (ES), Cian McCarthy (IE). BAL members will also perform: Sintija Andersone, Ieva Balode, Elīna Matvejeva, and the sound improvisation group Bernurits on 28 May starting from 19.00.

🟠Penthaus Calling Vol.9 (@penthauscalling) at Rocket Bean Roastery, VEF on 29 May from 23.00 to 08.00. Tickets via @penthauscalling’s Instagram bio.

🟠Long Saturday on the Zuzeum Rooftop Terrace (@zuzeum) on 30 May from 12.00 to 21.00.
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Tikai 3 dienas līdz RAW sākumam. 🔥

Iepazīsties ar pilnu programmu mūsu mājaslapā.

Daži no šī gada RAW notikumiem:
🟠”Jaunās mākslas izsole” (@jauna_maksla, @invego.latvia) atklāšana Kimmel kvartālā (@kimmel_kvartals) 25. maijā plkst. 18.00.

🟠Baltic Analog Lab (@baltic_analog_lab) un festivāls Skaņu Mežs (@skanumezs) piedāvā – BAL rezidentu priekšnesumi: Tudor Etchells (UK) , Andrés Joaquín Sendino (ES) , Cian McCarthy (IE). Uzstāsies arī BAL biedri: Sintija Andersone, Ieva Balode, Elīna Matvejeva un skaņu improvizācijas kolektīvs Bernurits 28. maijā sākot no plkst. 19.00.

🟠Penthaus Calling Vol.9 (@penthauscalling) Rocket Bean Roastery, VEF 29. maijā no plkst. 23.00 līdz 08.00. Biļetes ir pieejamas @penthauscalling Instagram bio.

🟠Garā sestdiena Zuzeum Jumta terasē (@zuzeum) 30. maijā no plkst. 12.00 līdz 21.00.

#RigaArtWeek #ArtFestival #ArtWeek #RAW26

Only 3 days to go until Riga Art Week begins. 🔥

Explore the full programme on our website.

Among this year’s RAW highlights:
🟠’’Young art auction’’ (@jauna_maksla, @invego.latvia) opening at Kimmel Quarter (@kimmel_kvartals) on 25 May at 18.00.

🟠Baltic Analog Lab (@baltic_analog_lab) and the festival Skaņu Mežs (@skanumezs) presents – BAL Residents’ Performances: Tudor Etchells (UK), Andrés Joaquín Sendino (ES), Cian McCarthy (IE). BAL members will also perform: Sintija Andersone, Ieva Balode, Elīna Matvejeva, and the sound improvisation group Bernurits on 28 May starting from 19.00.

🟠Penthaus Calling Vol.9 (@penthauscalling) at Rocket Bean Roastery, VEF on 29 May from 23.00 to 08.00. Tickets via @penthauscalling’s Instagram bio.

🟠Long Saturday on the Zuzeum Rooftop Terrace (@zuzeum) on 30 May from 12.00 to 21.00.
___

Tikai 3 dienas līdz RAW sākumam. 🔥

Iepazīsties ar pilnu programmu mūsu mājaslapā.

Daži no šī gada RAW notikumiem:
🟠”Jaunās mākslas izsole” (@jauna_maksla, @invego.latvia) atklāšana Kimmel kvartālā (@kimmel_kvartals) 25. maijā plkst. 18.00.

🟠Baltic Analog Lab (@baltic_analog_lab) un festivāls Skaņu Mežs (@skanumezs) piedāvā – BAL rezidentu priekšnesumi: Tudor Etchells (UK) , Andrés Joaquín Sendino (ES) , Cian McCarthy (IE). Uzstāsies arī BAL biedri: Sintija Andersone, Ieva Balode, Elīna Matvejeva un skaņu improvizācijas kolektīvs Bernurits 28. maijā sākot no plkst. 19.00.

🟠Penthaus Calling Vol.9 (@penthauscalling) Rocket Bean Roastery, VEF 29. maijā no plkst. 23.00 līdz 08.00. Biļetes ir pieejamas @penthauscalling Instagram bio.

🟠Garā sestdiena Zuzeum Jumta terasē (@zuzeum) 30. maijā no plkst. 12.00 līdz 21.00.

#RigaArtWeek #ArtFestival #ArtWeek #RAW26

Only 3 days to go until Riga Art Week begins. 🔥

Explore the full programme on our website.

Among this year’s RAW highlights:
🟠’’Young art auction’’ (@jauna_maksla, @invego.latvia) opening at Kimmel Quarter (@kimmel_kvartals) on 25 May at 18.00.

🟠Baltic Analog Lab (@baltic_analog_lab) and the festival Skaņu Mežs (@skanumezs) presents – BAL Residents’ Performances: Tudor Etchells (UK), Andrés Joaquín Sendino (ES), Cian McCarthy (IE). BAL members will also perform: Sintija Andersone, Ieva Balode, Elīna Matvejeva, and the sound improvisation group Bernurits on 28 May starting from 19.00.

🟠Penthaus Calling Vol.9 (@penthauscalling) at Rocket Bean Roastery, VEF on 29 May from 23.00 to 08.00. Tickets via @penthauscalling’s Instagram bio.

🟠Long Saturday on the Zuzeum Rooftop Terrace (@zuzeum) on 30 May from 12.00 to 21.00.
___

Tikai 3 dienas līdz RAW sākumam. 🔥

Iepazīsties ar pilnu programmu mūsu mājaslapā.

Daži no šī gada RAW notikumiem:
🟠”Jaunās mākslas izsole” (@jauna_maksla, @invego.latvia) atklāšana Kimmel kvartālā (@kimmel_kvartals) 25. maijā plkst. 18.00.

🟠Baltic Analog Lab (@baltic_analog_lab) un festivāls Skaņu Mežs (@skanumezs) piedāvā – BAL rezidentu priekšnesumi: Tudor Etchells (UK) , Andrés Joaquín Sendino (ES) , Cian McCarthy (IE). Uzstāsies arī BAL biedri: Sintija Andersone, Ieva Balode, Elīna Matvejeva un skaņu improvizācijas kolektīvs Bernurits 28. maijā sākot no plkst. 19.00.

🟠Penthaus Calling Vol.9 (@penthauscalling) Rocket Bean Roastery, VEF 29. maijā no plkst. 23.00 līdz 08.00. Biļetes ir pieejamas @penthauscalling Instagram bio.

🟠Garā sestdiena Zuzeum Jumta terasē (@zuzeum) 30. maijā no plkst. 12.00 līdz 21.00.

#RigaArtWeek #ArtFestival #ArtWeek #RAW26

Only 3 days to go until Riga Art Week begins. 🔥

Explore the full programme on our website.

Among this year’s RAW highlights:
🟠’’Young art auction’’ (@jauna_maksla, @invego.latvia) opening at Kimmel Quarter (@kimmel_kvartals) on 25 May at 18.00.

🟠Baltic Analog Lab (@baltic_analog_lab) and the festival Skaņu Mežs (@skanumezs) presents – BAL Residents’ Performances: Tudor Etchells (UK), Andrés Joaquín Sendino (ES), Cian McCarthy (IE). BAL members will also perform: Sintija Andersone, Ieva Balode, Elīna Matvejeva, and the sound improvisation group Bernurits on 28 May starting from 19.00.

🟠Penthaus Calling Vol.9 (@penthauscalling) at Rocket Bean Roastery, VEF on 29 May from 23.00 to 08.00. Tickets via @penthauscalling’s Instagram bio.

🟠Long Saturday on the Zuzeum Rooftop Terrace (@zuzeum) on 30 May from 12.00 to 21.00.
___

Tikai 3 dienas līdz RAW sākumam. 🔥

Iepazīsties ar pilnu programmu mūsu mājaslapā.

Daži no šī gada RAW notikumiem:
🟠”Jaunās mākslas izsole” (@jauna_maksla, @invego.latvia) atklāšana Kimmel kvartālā (@kimmel_kvartals) 25. maijā plkst. 18.00.

🟠Baltic Analog Lab (@baltic_analog_lab) un festivāls Skaņu Mežs (@skanumezs) piedāvā – BAL rezidentu priekšnesumi: Tudor Etchells (UK) , Andrés Joaquín Sendino (ES) , Cian McCarthy (IE). Uzstāsies arī BAL biedri: Sintija Andersone, Ieva Balode, Elīna Matvejeva un skaņu improvizācijas kolektīvs Bernurits 28. maijā sākot no plkst. 19.00.

🟠Penthaus Calling Vol.9 (@penthauscalling) Rocket Bean Roastery, VEF 29. maijā no plkst. 23.00 līdz 08.00. Biļetes ir pieejamas @penthauscalling Instagram bio.

🟠Garā sestdiena Zuzeum Jumta terasē (@zuzeum) 30. maijā no plkst. 12.00 līdz 21.00.

#RigaArtWeek #ArtFestival #ArtWeek #RAW26

Only 3 days to go until Riga Art Week begins. 🔥

Explore the full programme on our website.

Among this year’s RAW highlights:
🟠’’Young art auction’’ (@jauna_maksla, @invego.latvia) opening at Kimmel Quarter (@kimmel_kvartals) on 25 May at 18.00.

🟠Baltic Analog Lab (@baltic_analog_lab) and the festival Skaņu Mežs (@skanumezs) presents – BAL Residents’ Performances: Tudor Etchells (UK), Andrés Joaquín Sendino (ES), Cian McCarthy (IE). BAL members will also perform: Sintija Andersone, Ieva Balode, Elīna Matvejeva, and the sound improvisation group Bernurits on 28 May starting from 19.00.

🟠Penthaus Calling Vol.9 (@penthauscalling) at Rocket Bean Roastery, VEF on 29 May from 23.00 to 08.00. Tickets via @penthauscalling’s Instagram bio.

🟠Long Saturday on the Zuzeum Rooftop Terrace (@zuzeum) on 30 May from 12.00 to 21.00.
___

Tikai 3 dienas līdz RAW sākumam. 🔥

Iepazīsties ar pilnu programmu mūsu mājaslapā.

Daži no šī gada RAW notikumiem:
🟠”Jaunās mākslas izsole” (@jauna_maksla, @invego.latvia) atklāšana Kimmel kvartālā (@kimmel_kvartals) 25. maijā plkst. 18.00.

🟠Baltic Analog Lab (@baltic_analog_lab) un festivāls Skaņu Mežs (@skanumezs) piedāvā – BAL rezidentu priekšnesumi: Tudor Etchells (UK) , Andrés Joaquín Sendino (ES) , Cian McCarthy (IE). Uzstāsies arī BAL biedri: Sintija Andersone, Ieva Balode, Elīna Matvejeva un skaņu improvizācijas kolektīvs Bernurits 28. maijā sākot no plkst. 19.00.

🟠Penthaus Calling Vol.9 (@penthauscalling) Rocket Bean Roastery, VEF 29. maijā no plkst. 23.00 līdz 08.00. Biļetes ir pieejamas @penthauscalling Instagram bio.

🟠Garā sestdiena Zuzeum Jumta terasē (@zuzeum) 30. maijā no plkst. 12.00 līdz 21.00.

#RigaArtWeek #ArtFestival #ArtWeek #RAW26

OPENING EVENING SCHEDULE
EDEN: Wet Work Over Lap

Kim? is pleased to invite you to the opening evening of the festival “EDEN: Wet Work Over Lap” on May 29 as part of Riga Art Week (RAW).

Join us from 18:00–22:00 at Kim? off-site, Hanzas iela 22, for an evening of performances, music and encounters featuring Paula Zvane (LV), Cammisa Buerhaus (NY/Berlin), Liudmila (LT/BE/FI), and DJ sets by Žanete Liekīte and Edijs Vucēns.

18:00 DOORS
19:00 PERFORMANCE: Paula Zvane

Paula Zvane activates her sculptural environment through a live performance where body and material merge, dissolving the boundaries between artwork, artist, and viewer.

20:00 PERFORMANCE: Bookwoman by Cammisa Buerhaus

Cammisa Buerhaus presents Bookwoman, a dramatic monologue unfolding through dream logic, intimacy, and fragmented urban landscapes between New York and Berlin.

21:00 CONCERT: LIUDMILA

Liudmila is a collaborative interdisciplinary project by Milda Januševičiūtė and Miša Skalskis, blending melancholic pop, dance music, and early-2000s nostalgia while exploring intimacy, alienation, loneliness, and emotional life today.

⚡️ DJ sets throughout the evening by Žanete Liekīte and Edijs Vucēns

Please note that the exhibition contains erotic and sexual themes. The exhibition is not recommended for visitors under 18, and minors may enter only with an adult.

EDEN: Wet Work Over Lap
29.05.–12.07.2026
Kim? off-site, Hanzas iela 22, Riga

OPENING EVENING SCHEDULE
EDEN: Wet Work Over Lap

Kim? is pleased to invite you to the opening evening of the festival “EDEN: Wet Work Over Lap” on May 29 as part of Riga Art Week (RAW).

Join us from 18:00–22:00 at Kim? off-site, Hanzas iela 22, for an evening of performances, music and encounters featuring Paula Zvane (LV), Cammisa Buerhaus (NY/Berlin), Liudmila (LT/BE/FI), and DJ sets by Žanete Liekīte and Edijs Vucēns.

18:00 DOORS
19:00 PERFORMANCE: Paula Zvane

Paula Zvane activates her sculptural environment through a live performance where body and material merge, dissolving the boundaries between artwork, artist, and viewer.

20:00 PERFORMANCE: Bookwoman by Cammisa Buerhaus

Cammisa Buerhaus presents Bookwoman, a dramatic monologue unfolding through dream logic, intimacy, and fragmented urban landscapes between New York and Berlin.

21:00 CONCERT: LIUDMILA

Liudmila is a collaborative interdisciplinary project by Milda Januševičiūtė and Miša Skalskis, blending melancholic pop, dance music, and early-2000s nostalgia while exploring intimacy, alienation, loneliness, and emotional life today.

⚡️ DJ sets throughout the evening by Žanete Liekīte and Edijs Vucēns

Please note that the exhibition contains erotic and sexual themes. The exhibition is not recommended for visitors under 18, and minors may enter only with an adult.

EDEN: Wet Work Over Lap
29.05.–12.07.2026
Kim? off-site, Hanzas iela 22, Riga

OPENING EVENING SCHEDULE
EDEN: Wet Work Over Lap

Kim? is pleased to invite you to the opening evening of the festival “EDEN: Wet Work Over Lap” on May 29 as part of Riga Art Week (RAW).

Join us from 18:00–22:00 at Kim? off-site, Hanzas iela 22, for an evening of performances, music and encounters featuring Paula Zvane (LV), Cammisa Buerhaus (NY/Berlin), Liudmila (LT/BE/FI), and DJ sets by Žanete Liekīte and Edijs Vucēns.

18:00 DOORS
19:00 PERFORMANCE: Paula Zvane

Paula Zvane activates her sculptural environment through a live performance where body and material merge, dissolving the boundaries between artwork, artist, and viewer.

20:00 PERFORMANCE: Bookwoman by Cammisa Buerhaus

Cammisa Buerhaus presents Bookwoman, a dramatic monologue unfolding through dream logic, intimacy, and fragmented urban landscapes between New York and Berlin.

21:00 CONCERT: LIUDMILA

Liudmila is a collaborative interdisciplinary project by Milda Januševičiūtė and Miša Skalskis, blending melancholic pop, dance music, and early-2000s nostalgia while exploring intimacy, alienation, loneliness, and emotional life today.

⚡️ DJ sets throughout the evening by Žanete Liekīte and Edijs Vucēns

Please note that the exhibition contains erotic and sexual themes. The exhibition is not recommended for visitors under 18, and minors may enter only with an adult.

EDEN: Wet Work Over Lap
29.05.–12.07.2026
Kim? off-site, Hanzas iela 22, Riga

OPENING EVENING SCHEDULE
EDEN: Wet Work Over Lap

Kim? is pleased to invite you to the opening evening of the festival “EDEN: Wet Work Over Lap” on May 29 as part of Riga Art Week (RAW).

Join us from 18:00–22:00 at Kim? off-site, Hanzas iela 22, for an evening of performances, music and encounters featuring Paula Zvane (LV), Cammisa Buerhaus (NY/Berlin), Liudmila (LT/BE/FI), and DJ sets by Žanete Liekīte and Edijs Vucēns.

18:00 DOORS
19:00 PERFORMANCE: Paula Zvane

Paula Zvane activates her sculptural environment through a live performance where body and material merge, dissolving the boundaries between artwork, artist, and viewer.

20:00 PERFORMANCE: Bookwoman by Cammisa Buerhaus

Cammisa Buerhaus presents Bookwoman, a dramatic monologue unfolding through dream logic, intimacy, and fragmented urban landscapes between New York and Berlin.

21:00 CONCERT: LIUDMILA

Liudmila is a collaborative interdisciplinary project by Milda Januševičiūtė and Miša Skalskis, blending melancholic pop, dance music, and early-2000s nostalgia while exploring intimacy, alienation, loneliness, and emotional life today.

⚡️ DJ sets throughout the evening by Žanete Liekīte and Edijs Vucēns

Please note that the exhibition contains erotic and sexual themes. The exhibition is not recommended for visitors under 18, and minors may enter only with an adult.

EDEN: Wet Work Over Lap
29.05.–12.07.2026
Kim? off-site, Hanzas iela 22, Riga

@rigaartweek is soo back for its second round!

From 25–31 May, Riga becomes a meeting point for art, ideas, cultures, and unexpected encounters.

RAW brings exhibitions, lectures, workshops, pop-ups, international guests, and moments to think, laugh—or simply celebrate summer after the finals.

Art keeps changing, and you never know what you’ll discover, who you’ll meet, or what suddenly starts to make sense.

In this post, we’re sharing RAW highlights we’d go to ourselves—to help you navigate the programme.

Please note that some events require prior registration.

So, which ones are you adding to your route?

@rigaartweek is soo back for its second round!

From 25–31 May, Riga becomes a meeting point for art, ideas, cultures, and unexpected encounters.

RAW brings exhibitions, lectures, workshops, pop-ups, international guests, and moments to think, laugh—or simply celebrate summer after the finals.

Art keeps changing, and you never know what you’ll discover, who you’ll meet, or what suddenly starts to make sense.

In this post, we’re sharing RAW highlights we’d go to ourselves—to help you navigate the programme.

Please note that some events require prior registration.

So, which ones are you adding to your route?

@rigaartweek is soo back for its second round!

From 25–31 May, Riga becomes a meeting point for art, ideas, cultures, and unexpected encounters.

RAW brings exhibitions, lectures, workshops, pop-ups, international guests, and moments to think, laugh—or simply celebrate summer after the finals.

Art keeps changing, and you never know what you’ll discover, who you’ll meet, or what suddenly starts to make sense.

In this post, we’re sharing RAW highlights we’d go to ourselves—to help you navigate the programme.

Please note that some events require prior registration.

So, which ones are you adding to your route?

@rigaartweek is soo back for its second round!

From 25–31 May, Riga becomes a meeting point for art, ideas, cultures, and unexpected encounters.

RAW brings exhibitions, lectures, workshops, pop-ups, international guests, and moments to think, laugh—or simply celebrate summer after the finals.

Art keeps changing, and you never know what you’ll discover, who you’ll meet, or what suddenly starts to make sense.

In this post, we’re sharing RAW highlights we’d go to ourselves—to help you navigate the programme.

Please note that some events require prior registration.

So, which ones are you adding to your route?

@rigaartweek is soo back for its second round!

From 25–31 May, Riga becomes a meeting point for art, ideas, cultures, and unexpected encounters.

RAW brings exhibitions, lectures, workshops, pop-ups, international guests, and moments to think, laugh—or simply celebrate summer after the finals.

Art keeps changing, and you never know what you’ll discover, who you’ll meet, or what suddenly starts to make sense.

In this post, we’re sharing RAW highlights we’d go to ourselves—to help you navigate the programme.

Please note that some events require prior registration.

So, which ones are you adding to your route?

@rigaartweek is soo back for its second round!

From 25–31 May, Riga becomes a meeting point for art, ideas, cultures, and unexpected encounters.

RAW brings exhibitions, lectures, workshops, pop-ups, international guests, and moments to think, laugh—or simply celebrate summer after the finals.

Art keeps changing, and you never know what you’ll discover, who you’ll meet, or what suddenly starts to make sense.

In this post, we’re sharing RAW highlights we’d go to ourselves—to help you navigate the programme.

Please note that some events require prior registration.

So, which ones are you adding to your route?

@rigaartweek is soo back for its second round!

From 25–31 May, Riga becomes a meeting point for art, ideas, cultures, and unexpected encounters.

RAW brings exhibitions, lectures, workshops, pop-ups, international guests, and moments to think, laugh—or simply celebrate summer after the finals.

Art keeps changing, and you never know what you’ll discover, who you’ll meet, or what suddenly starts to make sense.

In this post, we’re sharing RAW highlights we’d go to ourselves—to help you navigate the programme.

Please note that some events require prior registration.

So, which ones are you adding to your route?

Hi from Rosie Gibbens (@rosiegibbens) 👋

Her performance “To Dust: A Memorial for Robot Vacuum Cleaners” is coming to Riga next Friday.

📍VERDE office complex (@verdebiroji)
📅 29 May 2026 (17.00 / 18.00 / 19.00)

RSVP via link in bio

RAW x TVNET

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Sveicieni no Rosie Gibbens (@rosiegibbens) 👋

Viņas performance “To Dust: A Memorial for Robot Vacuum Cleaners” nākamajā piektdienā Rīgā.

📍Biroju komplekss VERDE (@verdebiroji)
📅 2026. gada 29. maijs, 17.00/18.00/19.00

Reģistrējies pasākumam - saite bio

RAW x TVNET

#RigaArtWeek #ArtFestival #ArtWeek #RAW26

👨‍🎨 30. un 31. maijā @rigaartweek nedēļas ietvaros Mākslas muzejā RĪGAS BIRŽA būs Latvijā nebijusi iespēja pieredzēt Šveices mākslinieka Tobiasa Gūtmana (@tobiasgutmann) starptautiski atzīto portretu zīmēšanas akciju “Face-o-mat”! 🖌️
 
Mākslas projekts realizēts vairāk nekā 38 pilsētās visā pasaulē, tostarp Centre Pompidou Parīzē un Art Central Honkongā. Projekta laikā mākslinieks līdz šim radījis vairāk nekā 5500 portretu.
 
🪞 Katrs akcijas dalībnieks varēs doties mājās ar savu personīgo portretu! Viens portrets top aptuveni 7 minūšu laikā. Pasākums ir bez maksas.
 
❗️Vietu skaits ir ierobežots! Nepieciešama iepriekšēja pieteikšanās. Saiti meklē mūsu mājaslapā www.lnmm.lv sadaļā “Pasākumi”.
 
📷 Foto: Domas Rimeika.

RAW presents: Rosie Gibbens (@rosiegibbens) (UK)performance “To Dust: A Memorial for Robot Vacuum Cleaners”

Rosie Gibbens presents a performance from her ongoing series Technocreep, exploring the intersections of intimacy, labour, and surveillance within domestic technologies and robotics. Combining absurdity with speculative ritual, the work imagines a near future in which broken robot vacuum cleaners are mourned through elaborate funeral ceremonies and memorial objects cast from their discarded parts. Inspired by real accounts of owners forming emotional attachments to household robots, the performance reflects on how technological dependency reshapes human relationships with everyday objects.

At the same time, the work addresses growing concerns around surveillance and data extraction in domestic spaces. Reworking “found” audio imagined as recordings collected by a robot vacuum over its lifetime, the performance transforms private traces of everyday life into a haunting memorial soundtrack. Through irony, dark humour, and ritualistic staging, the piece examines how emotional attachment, consumer technology, and corporate data collection increasingly intertwine.increasingly intertwine.

📍VERDE office complex
📅 29 May 2026, 17.00/18.00/19.00

RSVP via the link in bio

📸: @jonbakerpeople

(Apraksts latviešu valodā komentārā)

Get ready for the RAW Gallery Late (@rigaartweek) x Riga Last Thursdays (@rigalastthursdays) evening on 28 May ✨

Riga’s galleries, museums, and art spaces will stay open late for an evening of exhibitions, encounters, performances, and art across the city. Many spaces will also host special events, including exhibition openings, curator-led tours, performances, and opportunities to meet the artists.

Participating 29 spaces:

427 (@427gallery), ALMA @alma_galerija, ASNI (@galerija_asni), Birkenfelds (@galerija_birkenfelds), Chekhov Theatre Gallery (@teatragalerija), CUT ART (@cutart.art), DOM (@domgalerija), Grand Poet by Semarah Hotels (@grandpoet_by_semarah), ISSP Gallery (@issp_gallery), Jēkabs (@galerija.jekabs), Kalnciema Quarter Gallery (@kalnciemaiela), Kim? (@kim_cac), LOOK! (@look.itsagallery), Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art (@lcca.lv), M/Gallery (@mgallery_riga), Māksla XO (@maksla_xo_gallery), MASA (@masa.gallery), Maxim Boxer Gallery (@maximboxergallery), PILOT (@pilot_lma), Part Time Gallery (@part_time_gallery), RAA.SPACE (@raa_riga), RIGA CONTEMPORARY ART SPACE (@makslastelpa), RIXC gallery (@rixcriga), Sābrs Workroom (@sabrsworkroom), Signet Bank (@signet_bank), Smilga (@smilga.xyz), Stella (@stella_art_lv), TUR (@tur_telpa), Young art auction.

See you on the gallery route 🌙

7 days to go until Riga Art Week begins. 💥

Explore the full programme on our website and get ready for a week full of art!

Among this year’s RAW highlights:
🟠Performative workshop “3D Jewellery Fortune Telling” Darja Popolitova (@darja_popolitova) (EE) at Signet Bank on 28 May from 18.00 till 21.00. RSVP via link in bio.

🟠Gallery Late, in collaboration with @rigalastthursdays, takes place on 28 May, when many art spaces across Riga remain open until 22:00. It is a unique opportunity to discover new exhibitions, take a relaxed evening stroll, and experience Riga’s art scene beyond regular working hours. Visitors are invited to explore exhibition openings, pop-up events, curator-led tours, performances, and meet artists.

🟠Sophia Giovannitti’s (@sophia_giovannitti) performative lecture “Confession Prototype 1” (18+) as part of the “Kim? festival Eden: Wet Work Over Lap.” (@kim_cac) on May 30 from 16.00 till 17:00.

🟠Justina Semčenkaitė’s (@justina.semcenkaite) fashion workshop “Wearable Manifesto” at Art centre Zuzeum on May 31 from 11.00 to 13.00. RSVP via link in bio.
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Vēl tikai 7 dienas līdz RAW sākumam. 💥

Iepazīsties ar pilnu programmu mūsu mājaslapā.

Daži no šī gada RAW notikumiem:
🟠Darja Popolitova (EE) (@darja_popolitova) - performatīvā darbnīca “3D Jewellery Fortune Telling” Signet Bank 28. maijā no 18.00 līdz 21.00. Reģistrācijas links bio.

🟠“Gallery Late” sadarbībā ar @rigalastthursdays - īpašs vakars, kad daudzas mākslas telpas visā Rīgā būs atvērtas līdz 22.00. Tā ir unikāla iespēja atklāt jaunas izstādes, nesteidzīgi doties vakara pastaigā, izbaudot Rīgas mākslas dzīvi pēc ierastā darba laika, apmeklēt atklāšanas pasākumus, pop-up notikumus, kuratoru vadītas ekskursijas, performances, kā arī satikt māksliniekus.

🟠Sofijas Džovanniti (US) (@sophia_giovannitti) performatīvā lekcija “Confession Prototype 1” (18+) - daļa no “Kim?” festivāla “Ēdene: Wet Work Over Lap” (@kim_cac) 30. maijā no 16.00 līdz 17:00.

🟠Justina Semčenkaitė (LT) (@justina.semcenkaite) - modes darbnīca “Wearable Manifesto” mākslas centrā Zuzeum 31. maijā no 11.00 līdz 13.00. Reģistrācijas links bio.

#RigaArtWeek #ArtFestival #ArtWeek #RAW26

7 days to go until Riga Art Week begins. 💥

Explore the full programme on our website and get ready for a week full of art!

Among this year’s RAW highlights:
🟠Performative workshop “3D Jewellery Fortune Telling” Darja Popolitova (@darja_popolitova) (EE) at Signet Bank on 28 May from 18.00 till 21.00. RSVP via link in bio.

🟠Gallery Late, in collaboration with @rigalastthursdays, takes place on 28 May, when many art spaces across Riga remain open until 22:00. It is a unique opportunity to discover new exhibitions, take a relaxed evening stroll, and experience Riga’s art scene beyond regular working hours. Visitors are invited to explore exhibition openings, pop-up events, curator-led tours, performances, and meet artists.

🟠Sophia Giovannitti’s (@sophia_giovannitti) performative lecture “Confession Prototype 1” (18+) as part of the “Kim? festival Eden: Wet Work Over Lap.” (@kim_cac) on May 30 from 16.00 till 17:00.

🟠Justina Semčenkaitė’s (@justina.semcenkaite) fashion workshop “Wearable Manifesto” at Art centre Zuzeum on May 31 from 11.00 to 13.00. RSVP via link in bio.
____

Vēl tikai 7 dienas līdz RAW sākumam. 💥

Iepazīsties ar pilnu programmu mūsu mājaslapā.

Daži no šī gada RAW notikumiem:
🟠Darja Popolitova (EE) (@darja_popolitova) - performatīvā darbnīca “3D Jewellery Fortune Telling” Signet Bank 28. maijā no 18.00 līdz 21.00. Reģistrācijas links bio.

🟠“Gallery Late” sadarbībā ar @rigalastthursdays - īpašs vakars, kad daudzas mākslas telpas visā Rīgā būs atvērtas līdz 22.00. Tā ir unikāla iespēja atklāt jaunas izstādes, nesteidzīgi doties vakara pastaigā, izbaudot Rīgas mākslas dzīvi pēc ierastā darba laika, apmeklēt atklāšanas pasākumus, pop-up notikumus, kuratoru vadītas ekskursijas, performances, kā arī satikt māksliniekus.

🟠Sofijas Džovanniti (US) (@sophia_giovannitti) performatīvā lekcija “Confession Prototype 1” (18+) - daļa no “Kim?” festivāla “Ēdene: Wet Work Over Lap” (@kim_cac) 30. maijā no 16.00 līdz 17:00.

🟠Justina Semčenkaitė (LT) (@justina.semcenkaite) - modes darbnīca “Wearable Manifesto” mākslas centrā Zuzeum 31. maijā no 11.00 līdz 13.00. Reģistrācijas links bio.

#RigaArtWeek #ArtFestival #ArtWeek #RAW26

7 days to go until Riga Art Week begins. 💥

Explore the full programme on our website and get ready for a week full of art!

Among this year’s RAW highlights:
🟠Performative workshop “3D Jewellery Fortune Telling” Darja Popolitova (@darja_popolitova) (EE) at Signet Bank on 28 May from 18.00 till 21.00. RSVP via link in bio.

🟠Gallery Late, in collaboration with @rigalastthursdays, takes place on 28 May, when many art spaces across Riga remain open until 22:00. It is a unique opportunity to discover new exhibitions, take a relaxed evening stroll, and experience Riga’s art scene beyond regular working hours. Visitors are invited to explore exhibition openings, pop-up events, curator-led tours, performances, and meet artists.

🟠Sophia Giovannitti’s (@sophia_giovannitti) performative lecture “Confession Prototype 1” (18+) as part of the “Kim? festival Eden: Wet Work Over Lap.” (@kim_cac) on May 30 from 16.00 till 17:00.

🟠Justina Semčenkaitė’s (@justina.semcenkaite) fashion workshop “Wearable Manifesto” at Art centre Zuzeum on May 31 from 11.00 to 13.00. RSVP via link in bio.
____

Vēl tikai 7 dienas līdz RAW sākumam. 💥

Iepazīsties ar pilnu programmu mūsu mājaslapā.

Daži no šī gada RAW notikumiem:
🟠Darja Popolitova (EE) (@darja_popolitova) - performatīvā darbnīca “3D Jewellery Fortune Telling” Signet Bank 28. maijā no 18.00 līdz 21.00. Reģistrācijas links bio.

🟠“Gallery Late” sadarbībā ar @rigalastthursdays - īpašs vakars, kad daudzas mākslas telpas visā Rīgā būs atvērtas līdz 22.00. Tā ir unikāla iespēja atklāt jaunas izstādes, nesteidzīgi doties vakara pastaigā, izbaudot Rīgas mākslas dzīvi pēc ierastā darba laika, apmeklēt atklāšanas pasākumus, pop-up notikumus, kuratoru vadītas ekskursijas, performances, kā arī satikt māksliniekus.

🟠Sofijas Džovanniti (US) (@sophia_giovannitti) performatīvā lekcija “Confession Prototype 1” (18+) - daļa no “Kim?” festivāla “Ēdene: Wet Work Over Lap” (@kim_cac) 30. maijā no 16.00 līdz 17:00.

🟠Justina Semčenkaitė (LT) (@justina.semcenkaite) - modes darbnīca “Wearable Manifesto” mākslas centrā Zuzeum 31. maijā no 11.00 līdz 13.00. Reģistrācijas links bio.

#RigaArtWeek #ArtFestival #ArtWeek #RAW26

7 days to go until Riga Art Week begins. 💥

Explore the full programme on our website and get ready for a week full of art!

Among this year’s RAW highlights:
🟠Performative workshop “3D Jewellery Fortune Telling” Darja Popolitova (@darja_popolitova) (EE) at Signet Bank on 28 May from 18.00 till 21.00. RSVP via link in bio.

🟠Gallery Late, in collaboration with @rigalastthursdays, takes place on 28 May, when many art spaces across Riga remain open until 22:00. It is a unique opportunity to discover new exhibitions, take a relaxed evening stroll, and experience Riga’s art scene beyond regular working hours. Visitors are invited to explore exhibition openings, pop-up events, curator-led tours, performances, and meet artists.

🟠Sophia Giovannitti’s (@sophia_giovannitti) performative lecture “Confession Prototype 1” (18+) as part of the “Kim? festival Eden: Wet Work Over Lap.” (@kim_cac) on May 30 from 16.00 till 17:00.

🟠Justina Semčenkaitė’s (@justina.semcenkaite) fashion workshop “Wearable Manifesto” at Art centre Zuzeum on May 31 from 11.00 to 13.00. RSVP via link in bio.
____

Vēl tikai 7 dienas līdz RAW sākumam. 💥

Iepazīsties ar pilnu programmu mūsu mājaslapā.

Daži no šī gada RAW notikumiem:
🟠Darja Popolitova (EE) (@darja_popolitova) - performatīvā darbnīca “3D Jewellery Fortune Telling” Signet Bank 28. maijā no 18.00 līdz 21.00. Reģistrācijas links bio.

🟠“Gallery Late” sadarbībā ar @rigalastthursdays - īpašs vakars, kad daudzas mākslas telpas visā Rīgā būs atvērtas līdz 22.00. Tā ir unikāla iespēja atklāt jaunas izstādes, nesteidzīgi doties vakara pastaigā, izbaudot Rīgas mākslas dzīvi pēc ierastā darba laika, apmeklēt atklāšanas pasākumus, pop-up notikumus, kuratoru vadītas ekskursijas, performances, kā arī satikt māksliniekus.

🟠Sofijas Džovanniti (US) (@sophia_giovannitti) performatīvā lekcija “Confession Prototype 1” (18+) - daļa no “Kim?” festivāla “Ēdene: Wet Work Over Lap” (@kim_cac) 30. maijā no 16.00 līdz 17:00.

🟠Justina Semčenkaitė (LT) (@justina.semcenkaite) - modes darbnīca “Wearable Manifesto” mākslas centrā Zuzeum 31. maijā no 11.00 līdz 13.00. Reģistrācijas links bio.

#RigaArtWeek #ArtFestival #ArtWeek #RAW26

7 days to go until Riga Art Week begins. 💥

Explore the full programme on our website and get ready for a week full of art!

Among this year’s RAW highlights:
🟠Performative workshop “3D Jewellery Fortune Telling” Darja Popolitova (@darja_popolitova) (EE) at Signet Bank on 28 May from 18.00 till 21.00. RSVP via link in bio.

🟠Gallery Late, in collaboration with @rigalastthursdays, takes place on 28 May, when many art spaces across Riga remain open until 22:00. It is a unique opportunity to discover new exhibitions, take a relaxed evening stroll, and experience Riga’s art scene beyond regular working hours. Visitors are invited to explore exhibition openings, pop-up events, curator-led tours, performances, and meet artists.

🟠Sophia Giovannitti’s (@sophia_giovannitti) performative lecture “Confession Prototype 1” (18+) as part of the “Kim? festival Eden: Wet Work Over Lap.” (@kim_cac) on May 30 from 16.00 till 17:00.

🟠Justina Semčenkaitė’s (@justina.semcenkaite) fashion workshop “Wearable Manifesto” at Art centre Zuzeum on May 31 from 11.00 to 13.00. RSVP via link in bio.
____

Vēl tikai 7 dienas līdz RAW sākumam. 💥

Iepazīsties ar pilnu programmu mūsu mājaslapā.

Daži no šī gada RAW notikumiem:
🟠Darja Popolitova (EE) (@darja_popolitova) - performatīvā darbnīca “3D Jewellery Fortune Telling” Signet Bank 28. maijā no 18.00 līdz 21.00. Reģistrācijas links bio.

🟠“Gallery Late” sadarbībā ar @rigalastthursdays - īpašs vakars, kad daudzas mākslas telpas visā Rīgā būs atvērtas līdz 22.00. Tā ir unikāla iespēja atklāt jaunas izstādes, nesteidzīgi doties vakara pastaigā, izbaudot Rīgas mākslas dzīvi pēc ierastā darba laika, apmeklēt atklāšanas pasākumus, pop-up notikumus, kuratoru vadītas ekskursijas, performances, kā arī satikt māksliniekus.

🟠Sofijas Džovanniti (US) (@sophia_giovannitti) performatīvā lekcija “Confession Prototype 1” (18+) - daļa no “Kim?” festivāla “Ēdene: Wet Work Over Lap” (@kim_cac) 30. maijā no 16.00 līdz 17:00.

🟠Justina Semčenkaitė (LT) (@justina.semcenkaite) - modes darbnīca “Wearable Manifesto” mākslas centrā Zuzeum 31. maijā no 11.00 līdz 13.00. Reģistrācijas links bio.

#RigaArtWeek #ArtFestival #ArtWeek #RAW26

Introducing RAW Ambassador Dārta Ceriņa (@dartsveiders)

Dārta Ceriņa is a film and theatre curator, critic, and researcher who develops interdisciplinary approaches and puts them into practice. She is a curator, digital catalogue editor, and author for the RIGA IFF, as well as Head of the Artistic Department and curator of international projects at Dailes Theatre. Over the past ten years, Ceriņa has published in several Baltic and Latvian culture and arts publications. Since 2025, together with Julien Nouhoum Coulibaly, she has co-created the weekly review program Where Critics Have No Place, broadcast every Thursday on Latvijas Radio channel LR1. Since 2022, Ceriņa has been a voter for the Golden Globe Awards. Since 2023, she has served as a board member of the Latvian chapter of FIPRESCI, and since 2024, she has been a member of the European Film Academy.

Dārta’s Tips for RAW include:

⚡Performance “⁠HA” Jana Jacuka (@jana.jacuka) | RSVP via link in bio
⚡Performative discussion “Double Bind” Cem A. (@cem_____a) | RSVP via link in bio
⚡Exhibition “I want to Be Glue!” Shana de Villiers (@shanadevilliers) @tur_telpa
⚡Performance “To Dust: A Memorial for Robot Vacuum Cleaners” Rosie Gibbens (@rosiegibbens) | RSVP via link in bio

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Introducing RAW Ambassador Dārta Ceriņa (@dartsveiders)

Dārta Ceriņa is a film and theatre curator, critic, and researcher who develops interdisciplinary approaches and puts them into practice. She is a curator, digital catalogue editor, and author for the RIGA IFF, as well as Head of the Artistic Department and curator of international projects at Dailes Theatre. Over the past ten years, Ceriņa has published in several Baltic and Latvian culture and arts publications. Since 2025, together with Julien Nouhoum Coulibaly, she has co-created the weekly review program Where Critics Have No Place, broadcast every Thursday on Latvijas Radio channel LR1. Since 2022, Ceriņa has been a voter for the Golden Globe Awards. Since 2023, she has served as a board member of the Latvian chapter of FIPRESCI, and since 2024, she has been a member of the European Film Academy.

Dārta’s Tips for RAW include:

⚡Performance “⁠HA” Jana Jacuka (@jana.jacuka) | RSVP via link in bio
⚡Performative discussion “Double Bind” Cem A. (@cem_____a) | RSVP via link in bio
⚡Exhibition “I want to Be Glue!” Shana de Villiers (@shanadevilliers) @tur_telpa
⚡Performance “To Dust: A Memorial for Robot Vacuum Cleaners” Rosie Gibbens (@rosiegibbens) | RSVP via link in bio

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Introducing RAW Ambassador Dārta Ceriņa (@dartsveiders)

Dārta Ceriņa is a film and theatre curator, critic, and researcher who develops interdisciplinary approaches and puts them into practice. She is a curator, digital catalogue editor, and author for the RIGA IFF, as well as Head of the Artistic Department and curator of international projects at Dailes Theatre. Over the past ten years, Ceriņa has published in several Baltic and Latvian culture and arts publications. Since 2025, together with Julien Nouhoum Coulibaly, she has co-created the weekly review program Where Critics Have No Place, broadcast every Thursday on Latvijas Radio channel LR1. Since 2022, Ceriņa has been a voter for the Golden Globe Awards. Since 2023, she has served as a board member of the Latvian chapter of FIPRESCI, and since 2024, she has been a member of the European Film Academy.

Dārta’s Tips for RAW include:

⚡Performance “⁠HA” Jana Jacuka (@jana.jacuka) | RSVP via link in bio
⚡Performative discussion “Double Bind” Cem A. (@cem_____a) | RSVP via link in bio
⚡Exhibition “I want to Be Glue!” Shana de Villiers (@shanadevilliers) @tur_telpa
⚡Performance “To Dust: A Memorial for Robot Vacuum Cleaners” Rosie Gibbens (@rosiegibbens) | RSVP via link in bio

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Introducing RAW Ambassador Dārta Ceriņa (@dartsveiders)

Dārta Ceriņa is a film and theatre curator, critic, and researcher who develops interdisciplinary approaches and puts them into practice. She is a curator, digital catalogue editor, and author for the RIGA IFF, as well as Head of the Artistic Department and curator of international projects at Dailes Theatre. Over the past ten years, Ceriņa has published in several Baltic and Latvian culture and arts publications. Since 2025, together with Julien Nouhoum Coulibaly, she has co-created the weekly review program Where Critics Have No Place, broadcast every Thursday on Latvijas Radio channel LR1. Since 2022, Ceriņa has been a voter for the Golden Globe Awards. Since 2023, she has served as a board member of the Latvian chapter of FIPRESCI, and since 2024, she has been a member of the European Film Academy.

Dārta’s Tips for RAW include:

⚡Performance “⁠HA” Jana Jacuka (@jana.jacuka) | RSVP via link in bio
⚡Performative discussion “Double Bind” Cem A. (@cem_____a) | RSVP via link in bio
⚡Exhibition “I want to Be Glue!” Shana de Villiers (@shanadevilliers) @tur_telpa
⚡Performance “To Dust: A Memorial for Robot Vacuum Cleaners” Rosie Gibbens (@rosiegibbens) | RSVP via link in bio

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Introducing RAW Ambassador Dārta Ceriņa (@dartsveiders)

Dārta Ceriņa is a film and theatre curator, critic, and researcher who develops interdisciplinary approaches and puts them into practice. She is a curator, digital catalogue editor, and author for the RIGA IFF, as well as Head of the Artistic Department and curator of international projects at Dailes Theatre. Over the past ten years, Ceriņa has published in several Baltic and Latvian culture and arts publications. Since 2025, together with Julien Nouhoum Coulibaly, she has co-created the weekly review program Where Critics Have No Place, broadcast every Thursday on Latvijas Radio channel LR1. Since 2022, Ceriņa has been a voter for the Golden Globe Awards. Since 2023, she has served as a board member of the Latvian chapter of FIPRESCI, and since 2024, she has been a member of the European Film Academy.

Dārta’s Tips for RAW include:

⚡Performance “⁠HA” Jana Jacuka (@jana.jacuka) | RSVP via link in bio
⚡Performative discussion “Double Bind” Cem A. (@cem_____a) | RSVP via link in bio
⚡Exhibition “I want to Be Glue!” Shana de Villiers (@shanadevilliers) @tur_telpa
⚡Performance “To Dust: A Memorial for Robot Vacuum Cleaners” Rosie Gibbens (@rosiegibbens) | RSVP via link in bio

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Introducing RAW Ambassador Dārta Ceriņa (@dartsveiders)

Dārta Ceriņa is a film and theatre curator, critic, and researcher who develops interdisciplinary approaches and puts them into practice. She is a curator, digital catalogue editor, and author for the RIGA IFF, as well as Head of the Artistic Department and curator of international projects at Dailes Theatre. Over the past ten years, Ceriņa has published in several Baltic and Latvian culture and arts publications. Since 2025, together with Julien Nouhoum Coulibaly, she has co-created the weekly review program Where Critics Have No Place, broadcast every Thursday on Latvijas Radio channel LR1. Since 2022, Ceriņa has been a voter for the Golden Globe Awards. Since 2023, she has served as a board member of the Latvian chapter of FIPRESCI, and since 2024, she has been a member of the European Film Academy.

Dārta’s Tips for RAW include:

⚡Performance “⁠HA” Jana Jacuka (@jana.jacuka) | RSVP via link in bio
⚡Performative discussion “Double Bind” Cem A. (@cem_____a) | RSVP via link in bio
⚡Exhibition “I want to Be Glue!” Shana de Villiers (@shanadevilliers) @tur_telpa
⚡Performance “To Dust: A Memorial for Robot Vacuum Cleaners” Rosie Gibbens (@rosiegibbens) | RSVP via link in bio

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Introducing RAW Ambassador Dārta Ceriņa (@dartsveiders)

Dārta Ceriņa is a film and theatre curator, critic, and researcher who develops interdisciplinary approaches and puts them into practice. She is a curator, digital catalogue editor, and author for the RIGA IFF, as well as Head of the Artistic Department and curator of international projects at Dailes Theatre. Over the past ten years, Ceriņa has published in several Baltic and Latvian culture and arts publications. Since 2025, together with Julien Nouhoum Coulibaly, she has co-created the weekly review program Where Critics Have No Place, broadcast every Thursday on Latvijas Radio channel LR1. Since 2022, Ceriņa has been a voter for the Golden Globe Awards. Since 2023, she has served as a board member of the Latvian chapter of FIPRESCI, and since 2024, she has been a member of the European Film Academy.

Dārta’s Tips for RAW include:

⚡Performance “⁠HA” Jana Jacuka (@jana.jacuka) | RSVP via link in bio
⚡Performative discussion “Double Bind” Cem A. (@cem_____a) | RSVP via link in bio
⚡Exhibition “I want to Be Glue!” Shana de Villiers (@shanadevilliers) @tur_telpa
⚡Performance “To Dust: A Memorial for Robot Vacuum Cleaners” Rosie Gibbens (@rosiegibbens) | RSVP via link in bio

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Introducing RAW Ambassador Dārta Ceriņa (@dartsveiders)

Dārta Ceriņa is a film and theatre curator, critic, and researcher who develops interdisciplinary approaches and puts them into practice. She is a curator, digital catalogue editor, and author for the RIGA IFF, as well as Head of the Artistic Department and curator of international projects at Dailes Theatre. Over the past ten years, Ceriņa has published in several Baltic and Latvian culture and arts publications. Since 2025, together with Julien Nouhoum Coulibaly, she has co-created the weekly review program Where Critics Have No Place, broadcast every Thursday on Latvijas Radio channel LR1. Since 2022, Ceriņa has been a voter for the Golden Globe Awards. Since 2023, she has served as a board member of the Latvian chapter of FIPRESCI, and since 2024, she has been a member of the European Film Academy.

Dārta’s Tips for RAW include:

⚡Performance “⁠HA” Jana Jacuka (@jana.jacuka) | RSVP via link in bio
⚡Performative discussion “Double Bind” Cem A. (@cem_____a) | RSVP via link in bio
⚡Exhibition “I want to Be Glue!” Shana de Villiers (@shanadevilliers) @tur_telpa
⚡Performance “To Dust: A Memorial for Robot Vacuum Cleaners” Rosie Gibbens (@rosiegibbens) | RSVP via link in bio

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Introducing RAW Ambassador Dārta Ceriņa (@dartsveiders)

Dārta Ceriņa is a film and theatre curator, critic, and researcher who develops interdisciplinary approaches and puts them into practice. She is a curator, digital catalogue editor, and author for the RIGA IFF, as well as Head of the Artistic Department and curator of international projects at Dailes Theatre. Over the past ten years, Ceriņa has published in several Baltic and Latvian culture and arts publications. Since 2025, together with Julien Nouhoum Coulibaly, she has co-created the weekly review program Where Critics Have No Place, broadcast every Thursday on Latvijas Radio channel LR1. Since 2022, Ceriņa has been a voter for the Golden Globe Awards. Since 2023, she has served as a board member of the Latvian chapter of FIPRESCI, and since 2024, she has been a member of the European Film Academy.

Dārta’s Tips for RAW include:

⚡Performance “⁠HA” Jana Jacuka (@jana.jacuka) | RSVP via link in bio
⚡Performative discussion “Double Bind” Cem A. (@cem_____a) | RSVP via link in bio
⚡Exhibition “I want to Be Glue!” Shana de Villiers (@shanadevilliers) @tur_telpa
⚡Performance “To Dust: A Memorial for Robot Vacuum Cleaners” Rosie Gibbens (@rosiegibbens) | RSVP via link in bio

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Explore performances and other events at the Riga Performance Festival STARPTELPA (@starptelpa) during RAW!

Curated by the Latvian Centre for Performance Art (@latviancentre4performanceart).

From 25–31 May, audiences are invited to experience a diverse programme of performances and events at St. Saviour’s Anglican Church and other venues across Riga, Latvia.

This year’s programme features live performances at Theater-Club “Hamlets” and St. Saviour’s Anglican Church, video screenings at Cinema K. Suns, networking opportunities, the interdisciplinary academic conference “Aesthetics of Protest and Legal Mobilization” at the Art Academy of Latvia, the VV Foundation award ceremony and a solo concert by Madame Nielsen (DK) at the Latvian National Museum of Literature and Music.

The 2026 theme, SONIC VIBRATIONS, explores the layered and dynamic presence of sound as a performative force. Moving beyond the understanding of sound as mere accompaniment, the festival foregrounds vibration, resonance, silence, and dissonance as active agents that shape bodies, spaces, and collective memory.

⁠Programme highlights:

⚡26, 28, 29 & 30 May – live performance evenings
⚡27 May – video performance night
⚡28–29 May – conference: “Aesthetics of Protest and Legal Mobilization”
⚡31 May – VV Foundation Award ceremony and Madame Nielsen’s solo concert

View the live performance programme on the STARPTELPA website, featuring both free and ticketed events.

📸: Laura Jasmane. “A Fugue for Trying Really, Really Hard”. 2025. Photo: Arthur Aizikovich

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Excited to introduce the artists of Kim? upcoming festival EDEN: Wet Work Over Lap!

ELZA SĪLE ⩙ ALY MILK

Elza Sīle, 2026

Elza Sīle
chandelier of mating season, 2025
Oil paint, bamboo, aluminium, plaster, collagen, cotton
80x5x15 cm
Photo: Conradin Frei

A few years ago, a critic at a prominent art magazine described Elza Sīle’s works as paintings-cum-objects on aluminium plates, at once paintings and forms like riot control shields. That duality still applies, with regard to both floor-bound paintings and shields; a more visceral, vulgar reading also remains valid. 
The new site-specific installation at EDEN consists of folded, reflective metal units, handmade and shipped from Switzerland, distributed site-specifically throughout the space. They are displayed variously as  furniture, protective shields, and signifying elements. On their surfaces, organic matter is preserved and transformed into painterly material, forming part of a Menu, an organised list of elements titled Units.

(..) Eden, once the most beautiful garden, demanded sacrifice – Eve’s nails left behind. A humid staircase leads upwards toward the Resurrected Fountain. Mirror-steel units form mechanised angel wings; Eve’s lost fingertips remain as poles.
Last squeeze, then a third round. The space tightens: small, narrow, cell-like, dense, moist, and almost torturous.

Elza Sīle (b. 1989) is a Latvian artist living and working in Zurich. Sīle combines mental imagery with analytic divisions and builds up an interwoven vocabulary of psycho-spatial typologies in flux. In 2019, Sīle graduated from ZHdK Zurich. In 2020, Sile was a recipient of the Werkschau Prize Zurich and, in 2021, of the City of Zurich art stipend. In 2022, Sile completed a residency at ISCP New York. Elza Sīle was a finalist for the Purvītis Award 2025. 

Aly Milk (b. 1988) is a soft-focus discipline art girl wrapped around low-grade chaos, excellent taste and a deeply questionable sleep schedule. She communicates in beeswax poetic, incense smoke, texture archives and major life crises disguised as aesthetics. Nominated for The Annual Art Award of Latvia in 2026.

Excited to introduce the artists of Kim? upcoming festival EDEN: Wet Work Over Lap!

ELZA SĪLE ⩙ ALY MILK

Elza Sīle, 2026

Elza Sīle
chandelier of mating season, 2025
Oil paint, bamboo, aluminium, plaster, collagen, cotton
80x5x15 cm
Photo: Conradin Frei

A few years ago, a critic at a prominent art magazine described Elza Sīle’s works as paintings-cum-objects on aluminium plates, at once paintings and forms like riot control shields. That duality still applies, with regard to both floor-bound paintings and shields; a more visceral, vulgar reading also remains valid. 
The new site-specific installation at EDEN consists of folded, reflective metal units, handmade and shipped from Switzerland, distributed site-specifically throughout the space. They are displayed variously as  furniture, protective shields, and signifying elements. On their surfaces, organic matter is preserved and transformed into painterly material, forming part of a Menu, an organised list of elements titled Units.

(..) Eden, once the most beautiful garden, demanded sacrifice – Eve’s nails left behind. A humid staircase leads upwards toward the Resurrected Fountain. Mirror-steel units form mechanised angel wings; Eve’s lost fingertips remain as poles.
Last squeeze, then a third round. The space tightens: small, narrow, cell-like, dense, moist, and almost torturous.

Elza Sīle (b. 1989) is a Latvian artist living and working in Zurich. Sīle combines mental imagery with analytic divisions and builds up an interwoven vocabulary of psycho-spatial typologies in flux. In 2019, Sīle graduated from ZHdK Zurich. In 2020, Sile was a recipient of the Werkschau Prize Zurich and, in 2021, of the City of Zurich art stipend. In 2022, Sile completed a residency at ISCP New York. Elza Sīle was a finalist for the Purvītis Award 2025. 

Aly Milk (b. 1988) is a soft-focus discipline art girl wrapped around low-grade chaos, excellent taste and a deeply questionable sleep schedule. She communicates in beeswax poetic, incense smoke, texture archives and major life crises disguised as aesthetics. Nominated for The Annual Art Award of Latvia in 2026.

Excited to introduce the artists of Kim? upcoming festival EDEN: Wet Work Over Lap!

ELZA SĪLE ⩙ ALY MILK

Elza Sīle, 2026

Elza Sīle
chandelier of mating season, 2025
Oil paint, bamboo, aluminium, plaster, collagen, cotton
80x5x15 cm
Photo: Conradin Frei

A few years ago, a critic at a prominent art magazine described Elza Sīle’s works as paintings-cum-objects on aluminium plates, at once paintings and forms like riot control shields. That duality still applies, with regard to both floor-bound paintings and shields; a more visceral, vulgar reading also remains valid. 
The new site-specific installation at EDEN consists of folded, reflective metal units, handmade and shipped from Switzerland, distributed site-specifically throughout the space. They are displayed variously as  furniture, protective shields, and signifying elements. On their surfaces, organic matter is preserved and transformed into painterly material, forming part of a Menu, an organised list of elements titled Units.

(..) Eden, once the most beautiful garden, demanded sacrifice – Eve’s nails left behind. A humid staircase leads upwards toward the Resurrected Fountain. Mirror-steel units form mechanised angel wings; Eve’s lost fingertips remain as poles.
Last squeeze, then a third round. The space tightens: small, narrow, cell-like, dense, moist, and almost torturous.

Elza Sīle (b. 1989) is a Latvian artist living and working in Zurich. Sīle combines mental imagery with analytic divisions and builds up an interwoven vocabulary of psycho-spatial typologies in flux. In 2019, Sīle graduated from ZHdK Zurich. In 2020, Sile was a recipient of the Werkschau Prize Zurich and, in 2021, of the City of Zurich art stipend. In 2022, Sile completed a residency at ISCP New York. Elza Sīle was a finalist for the Purvītis Award 2025. 

Aly Milk (b. 1988) is a soft-focus discipline art girl wrapped around low-grade chaos, excellent taste and a deeply questionable sleep schedule. She communicates in beeswax poetic, incense smoke, texture archives and major life crises disguised as aesthetics. Nominated for The Annual Art Award of Latvia in 2026.