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Decentrality dispersed in one place

Group show at Padure manor, Latvia

Can periphery become an attractive center of attention, almost equal to the places where the population, as well as any other processes, are already so closely packed and overlapped countless times? Does the habit of filling one spot complicates willing deviations from the center, scattering and separation?

The central topics of the exhibition includes questions about the relationships between the center and province, the possibility of shifting the centers of attention and their potential decentralization. Moving to and from places where culture and art events are concentrated, at the same time being aware that there is an environment that invites with its seemingly uncrowded space, authors are observing, marking trajectories and challenges periodic circulations, they are returning to the Padure manor in Latvian countryside again or arriving here for the first time.

Padure manor offers the opportunity to make contact with the works of art in a leisurely way, longer than a usual exhibition visit. Meeting with the work of art can be extended over several days. The visitor is invited to share his living space with exhibition, his gaze is allowed to wander from one point to another, or focus on some interior details. Does the environment become a residence for art and its consumer, thus inverting the idea of an artist residency?

— Annemarija Gulbe