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Follow on Google News | Dust Room - Latvian National ExpositionLatvian National Exposition DUSTROOM at the 11th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. Authors of the idea – artist Ēriks Božis and architect Reinis Liepiņš.
By: Arte Communications Preview: 11 – 13 september; opening hours 10.00 am – 7.00 pm Open to the public: 14 September – 23 November; opening hours 10.00 am – 6.00 pm Venue: Infopoint Arte Communications – Riva S. Biagio, Castello, 2145 – Venice Organizer: Latvian Architects Association (www.dustroom.lv) Organizer in Venice: Arte Communications (www.artecommunications.com) Commissioners: Deputy commissioners: Patronage: Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia Supporters: State Culture Capital Foundation, Riga City Council Architect: Reinis Liepiņš (www.sudraba- Artist: Eriks Bozis Latvia presents its national exposition at the International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale for the fourth time. The Latvian-born American architect Gunnar Birkerts was the first who represented Latvia in Venice with his design for the Latvian National Library. The project Urban Dice by architect Uģis Šēnbergs and designer Jānis Mercs – the story about a transformable, multifunctional, cardboard home in a shape of a dice – received wide recognition last year. This year the project Dustroom will be presented in Latvia’s pavilion. Its main exhibit is the exhibition room itself – the former shop on the ground floor of an ordinary Venetian house on the pedestrian promenade on the way to Arsenale and Giardini. The authors of the project, artist Ēriks Božis and architect Reinis Liepiņš, are exhibiting this room through a sliver, a piece of plaster and samples of dust found at random. They all were brought to Riga and in the Institute of Solid State Physics of Latvian University they were examined and photographed in 200-1000x zoom magnification under the electron microscope. In order to obtain pictures of enlarged dust, sliver and piece of plaster, before photographing they were bombarded with gold and platinum atoms. After this treatment the surface of small items can conduct electricity. Taking pictures of the dust, sliver and piece of plaster processed this way, the flow of electrons hits against a particular object and forms a black-and-white picture on the photo matrix. The Latvian exposition presents the installation that includes large-size electron-pictures of the enlarged dust, sliver and piece of plaster – representation of the same room in a very large magnification and the video showing the process of project implementation. A 10m-long black terrace-platform outside the room is a component of the exposition and an object of attraction. The black-and-white graphic character as opposed to the plastic colourfulness of Venice. The artist Ēriks Božis (b. 1969) usually reflects in his works everyday life of people and the city, which acquire unexpected significance. Božis transforms, sometimes almost imperceptibly, the image of ordinary things and situations, thus changing the context of their perception. Since 1994 he has taken part at local and international exhibitions, incl. internationally renowned Rauma Bienniale in Finland and Manifesta in Luxembourg. The architect Reinis Liepiņš (b. 1971) heads the architectural bureau Sudraba arhitektūra. The projects developed under his guidance stand out with their sophisticated pictorial aesthetics and culture of details. These features characterise the interiors as well as the architectural objects designed by Reinis Liepiņš. More information and high resolution pictures at: www.dustroom.lv Ēriks Božis Mob. phone: +371 29254882 E-mail: eriks@stylemasters.lv Reinis Liepiņš Mob. phone: +371 29293050 E-mail: reinis@sudraba- Arte Communications Tel: (39) 041. 526 4546 Fax: (39) 041. 276 9056 E-mail: info@artecommunications.com pressoffice@ Web site: www.artecommunications.com End
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