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According to the creators of the exhibition, the textile factory “Rīgas audums”, established in 1925 by the talented entrepreneur Roberts Hiršs (1895–1972), quickly became the leading fashion brand in the interwar period in Latvia. The factory continued to weave and print silk, semi-silk and synthetic fiber materials both under the Ministry of Light Industry of the Latvian SSR and after the restoration of Latvia’s independence. In the 76 years of its existence, thousands of fabric samples have been made, the patterns of which have left their mark on the fashion of the era, technological and industrial development, creative search and experimentation of artists.
In 2009 LNMM / Museum of Decorative Arts and Design (DMDM) received a gift from the long-term employee of “Rīgas auduma”, artist Ieva Zaļkalne – 14 sample albums – unique copies of Latvian industrial design, which document fabric printing patterns in the period from 1930 to 1990. At least part of the lost information about the factory’s creative activity went to the museum to be preserved, researched and publicly exhibited. However, given the fragility of textiles and paper, exhibiting albums is very problematic.
As one of DMDM’s priorities is to make the museum’s collection available to the public, new forms of communication were sought. In cooperation with the virtual reality company “Vividly”, DMDM has created the project “Riga fabric. Articles of the era”, which combines scientific research and digitization of archive materials, offering an interactive experience. Combining modern technology with the analog world provides documentary evidence for the future. The exposition, created on the basis of the latest advanced technologies, as well as its continuation in a remote – digital – environment, is an opportunity to explore the as yet undiscovered 30s-80s of the 20th century. years of industrial design heritage in Latvia.
Even before the premiere in Riga, at the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, the exhibition “Riga Fabric. Articles of the Age” will be on view in Białystok, a city that until recently was the largest textile industry center in Poland. Its exhibition at the Białostock Puppet Theater Gallery (Galeria BTL / Białostocki Teatr Lalek) is organized by the Department of Architecture of the Białostok Technical University (Politechnika Białostocka) and the Embassy of the Republic of Latvia in Poland. The interactive project has been created with the support of the State Cultural Capital Fund.
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