The autumn voting for the Kilogram Culture 2020 award has started / Article / LSM.lv

On September 28, the autumn voting of the Latvian Public Media Annual Award in Culture “Kilograms of Culture 2020” has started. The jury has also put to the vote the events and work that took place during the emergency.

It is possible to vote until October 9 at 11:59 p.m.

As last year, this year the nominees and listeners will nominate the nominees in three votes – in the autumn vote it is possible to evaluate the cultural events and works that took place from May to August 2020. A jury of social media culture professionals has nominated candidates in seven categories in the autumn vote.

Due to the lack of competition, we had to decide not to nominate any candidates in the “Cinema” category in the autumn vote.

The summer in this industry was really “empty time” from the point of view of premieres, so we will evaluate the cinema events in the winter vote – it is already clear that there will be no shortage of candidates. Therefore, the film “We Wanted to Change the World”, directed by Aija Bley, which premiered in May, will be evaluated by nominating candidates for the winter vote, ”explains Ieva Rozentāle, a representative of the jury and head of the editorial office of LTV Kultūra.

Only one entry from each category – the one with the most public support – will be put to the final vote early next year.

The easing of Covid-19 restrictions in the summer allowed culture to “breathe” and partially return to traditional forms of art enjoyment, in person, not online. However, we have also put some cultural events to be voted on by spectators and listeners, which were to be enjoyed remotely, ”says Ieva Rozentāle.

Candidates for the autumn vote

In the category THEATER are:

• Audition “Roland’s Song”. Theater troupe “Kvadrifrons” and a group of authors.
• Webcast “Iran Conference”. Director Elmārs Sņkovs.
• Dita Lūriņa’s solo performance “#DiToo”. “Willa Theater”, creative team: Dita Lūriņa, Kaspars Rolšteins.
• Dankana Makmillana “Breath”. Daile Theater, directed by Dmitry Petrenko.
• Anton Chekhov’s “Three Sisters”. “Hanseatic Platform”, directed by Vladislav Nastavshev.

In the VISUAL ARTS category:

• Skuja Braden’s exhibition “Samsara”. Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, curator Irēna Bužinska.
• Roman Korovin’s solo exhibition “The Road between a Pine and a Bush”. Gallery “Art XO”, curator Ilze Žeivote.
• Rasa Šulca’s solo exhibition “Twin Paradox”. Exhibition hall “Riga Art Space”, curator Luīze Lismane.
• Exhibition “All’arm” by Christian Brecht and Modra Svilāns. Exhibition hall “Riga Art Space”, curator Auguste Petre.
• Exhibition cycle “1: 1” (photographers Jānis Deinats, Ieva Balode, Linda Bolshakova and Toms Harjo). ISSP gallery, curators Evita Goze and Iveta Gabaliņa.

In the LITERATURE category:

• Paul Bankovsky’s novel “World History”. Publishing house “Dienas grāmata”.
• Eric Wilson’s novel “Me & Mo”. Publishing house “Dienas grāmata”.
• Ilze Jansone’s novel “Men’s Affairs”. Publishing house “Dienas grāmata”.
• Collection of poems by Krišjānis Zeļģis “Presence of Beauty”. Neputns Publishing House.

Featured in MUSIC category:

• Jurmala festival concert “Dedication to Maris Jansons” on July 29. Dzintari Concert Hall, LNSO, soloist Kristīne Balanas, conductor Andris Poga.
• Concert of Magdalena Geka and Georg Kjurdian “Peter Vasks invites. Summer. Mežotne” on August 9. Small Mežotne Castle, organized by the Peter Wax Foundation.
• Concert by Marina Rebecca and pianist Laila Holberg on July 31. Rundāle Castle White Hall, in the concert cycle “Together”.
• Concert of the 23rd International Sacred Music Festival “Remembering Guy Kanchel” on August 20. Riga Cathedral, State Academic Choir “Latvia”, Liepaja Symphony Orchestra, soloist Jānis Porietis, conductor Māris Sirmais.
• Concert “Chamber Music in Durbe Castle” on August 1. Durbe Castle courtyard, concert of Evija Martinson, Guntis Kuzma and Agnese Egliņa in the summer cycle of events “See you in Tukums”.

In the HERITAGE category are:

• Music album “Siberian Songs” by Māris Muktupāvels and the association “Sventava”. Publishing house “Upe near and far”.
• Autobiography of Alfred Stinkula “Hair in the Red Wind”. Association “Cultural Management Center” Lauska “”.
• Peter Bankovsky’s book “Palimpsest. Insight into the history of collectorism in Latvia ”. Neputns Publishing House.
• Evi Upeniece’s 95th anniversary exhibition “Daughter of the Earth”. Art space “Aminori”, curator Marika Rozenberga.
• Inga Pērkone’s book “Screen Stage. About acting Latvian cinema ”. Neputns Publishing House.

The category SURPRISE includes:

• Aigars Bikše’s sculpture dedicated to doctors “Doctors for the World”. At the main entrance of the Latvian National Museum of Art.
• Concert hall “Latvija” one-year anniversary concert-performance “Viens”. Concert hall “Latvija”, creative concept authors Krista and Reinis Dzudzilo, conductor Aigars Meri.
• Ance Vilnīte’s performance “Resurrection, Part One”. Riga Photo Month.
• Exhibition of Leonīds Āriņš and Aleksejs Naumovs “On the Sun Side”. Tukums Art Museum, curator Inese Klestrova.

The category EVENT includes:

• Mežaparks Grand Stage has been put into operation (first stage reconstruction works have been completed). Riga City Council Property Department, general partnership “LNK, RERE”, architectural offices of Juris Pogas and Austra Mailītis.
• Exhibition “Rihards Zariņš (1869–1939). What Latvian forests are eating ”. Latvian National Museum of Art, curators Marita Bērziņa and Kristīne Ducmane.
• The second Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art “everything blooms at once”. Andrejsala, curator Rebeka Lamarsha-Vadela.

You can vote for your favorites once a day by logging in with your social media profile.

The finalists will be announced on October 12.

Everyone is also invited until 31 December 2020 apply for your favorite place to enjoy culture in the category “My cultural place”. The recommendations of the cultural sites are collected throughout the year, but it will only be possible to vote on them in the final vote in early 2021.

About the Kilogram of Culture Award

“Kilograms of Culture” is a public media award in the field of culture, which confirms the active participation of public media in the processes of Latvian cultural life. The prize is awarded by Latvian Television, Latvian Radio and the Latvian public media portal LSM.lv. The tradition dates back to 2012, when the awards were presented for the brightest cultural events of 2011. In the vision of the Latvian Radio and Latvian Television jury, the works submitted for the autumn vote have been recognized as the most original and high-quality Latvian cultural events that took place from May to August 2020 and are worthy of fighting for the opportunity to win the Kilogram Culture Award. As usual, the jury consists of LTV, LR and LSM cultural professionals – Ieva Rozentāle, head of LTV Cultural Programs, journalists Lilita Eglīte, Eva Johansone, Daira Āboliņa and Henrieta Verhoustinska, LR3 “Radio Klasika” director Gunda Vaivode and journalists Lests Silab Jakovļeva and Toms Treibergs, as well as the editor of the culture section of the portal LSM.lv Laila Burāne.

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