With works by Ieva Epnere

Within the framework of “The Fingers of the Air”, Ieva Epnere presents on the ground floor of the daadgalerie an installation comprising fragments of memory in the form of images, texts and sounds.

Image projections collected over the years appear alongside short poems by Agnese Krivade together with the recording of a solo piece for double bass written especially for the exhibition by composer Evija Skuķe and played by Gunārs Upatnieks. The interplay of texts, images and music illustrates the power and volatility of memories, which the artist describes as constant source of inspiration and strength, especially in times of internal and external crises.

Ieva Epnere (born 1977 in Latvia) lives and works between Riga and Berlin where she is a current fellow of the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program. She creates photographs, video works and films, where personal, private stories are the starting point for artistic reflections on identity, traditions and rituals.

Selected solo exhibitions by Ieva Epnere include: On Water, Wind and Faces of Stone, Fogo Island Gallery, Fogo Island (2018), Hybrid Identities, HIT Gallery, Bratislava (2018), Sea of Living Memories, Art in General, New York (2016); Pyramiden and other stories, Zacheta Project Room, Warsaw (2015).

She has participated in several international group exhibitions and film festivals, among them the screening series From Matter to Data: Ecology of Infrastructures, from July 29 until September 9 2020: post.moma.org; Roots to Routes, Manifesta 13 Marseille (2020); And That Song Is Our Amulet, Galerie Wedding (2020); Alias: A Different Look at Aalst, Netwerk Aalst, Belgium (2019); Purvītis Prize, Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia (2019),One Place After Another, Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, Moscow, Russia (2018); Everything Was Forever Until It Was No More, RIBOCA1, 1st Riga Biennale, Riga, Latvia (2018); How To Live Together, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria (2017); 62nd International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany (2016).

Ieva Epnere was awarded the Purvītis prize, Rīga (2019); Residency grant at IASPIS, Stockholm (2018); Residency at Fogo Island Arts, Fogo, Newfoundland, CA (2018); Residency at International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) New York (2016).

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Image: Ieva Epnere, from the series “Album”, 2014.