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According to LLMC representative Gundega Turnele, the core of the exhibition is seven stories about the artists Rita Einbergs (1921–1979), Laima Eglīte (1945), Maija Eliasi (1924–1991), Mudīte Gaiševska (1935), Ruta Kreitz (1946), Rasa Kalni -Grīnbergs (1936) and Olga Neimanis-Kateņevs (1908–2001). Thinking about the aspects of feminism and gender in the modern context, Annija Puolaka and Marta Trektere, Evita Goze, Rasa Jansone, Liliana Piskorska have created new works for the exhibition.
The creators of the exhibition quote directors and publicists Mudīte Gaiševska, who in 2019 started writing her “Mudīte alphabetical biography”. In it, she compiled different episodes of her life so that they would not fade from her and others’ memories. She described them by choosing the word associated with each letter of the alphabet, an event such as “Madness,” “It’s wonderful to be,” and so on. In her introduction, she writes: “Now, at the age of 83, I have a capricious so-called short memory. It disappears, regenerates, disappears, weaves, chaotically and aimlessly fills consciousness with arbitrary force. Constant is only an inner, each sense of identity that is unique to everyone, but each other is perceived quite roughly and indirectly [..]. To paraphrase a popular saying about thinking, I can say: I remember, so I am! “
Mudīte Gaiševska’s creative biography is one of the seven stories that this exhibition reveals, with the phrase “I remember, so I am” becoming its frame and bringing together the experiences of studying the archives of seven artists over the past year and a half. . These are inspiring stories that allow us to better understand our recent history and, by opening up to its different translation possibilities, also expand what we call our art canon.
Exhibition curator: Andris Silapētere (LLMC). Project research team – Evita Goze, Rasa Jansone, Toms Ķencis, Ieva Laube, Ieva Melgalve, Justīne Savicka, Paula Stuiņa, Terēza Šulca, Iliāna Veinberga.
Latvian Center for Contemporary Art, the curator and producer of international and national art events, is the largest institution of contemporary art in Latvia. Since 1993, it has been researching and shaping the processes of contemporary art in Latvia and internationally in order to provoke a critical reflection on the issues of modern society. Among the hallmarks of LLMC are the most ambitious annual contemporary art event in Latvia – the festival “Survival Kit”, contemporary art exhibitions at the Latvian National Museum of Art, Hardija Lediņš Year and Latvian representation in such international events as Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Venice Art Biennale, Sao Paulo Biennale “, Rauma Biennial of Contemporary Art, etc. LLMC maintains the only Latvian contemporary art archive.
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