Sculpture Quadrennial Riga 2024
This year, the “Sculpture Quadrennial Riga 2024” took place from 15 to 23 August at the NOASS Art Centre.
The theme of the 2024 festival – “What Would Not Have Been” – addressed the isolating nature of creative work amidst recent socio-political events.
The festival features artists from diverse regions to reflect on topics such as urban memory, civil defence, biotechnology development, equality, and hostile architecture.
Artists: Anna Taradina (UA), Danylo Halkin (UA), Daniil Shumikhin (UA), Guinchi (CO/DE), dreammanagemant2024 (LV), DZZ (LV), Krisjanis Belavskis (LV), Kriss Zilgalvis & Dzintars Zilgalvis & Aigars Lavrinovich (LV), Kaspars Brambergs (LV), Laimdota Malle (LV), Letizia Calori (IT), Matěj Frank (CZ), Rebecca Korn (UK) & Anastasia Shneps-Shneppe (LV), Rita Adib (SY/CA), Roberts Balins (LV), Charlotte Eta Mumm (NL/DE), Vitaliy Kokhan (UA).
The festival will also include a number of interesting events and discussions (Discussions are happening in English).
16.08 / Marianne Wagner: Archiving Matters. Long term dynamics within Skulptur Projekte Archives Münster
23.08 / SQR closing event / performance “Did anyone ever do anything here?”
24 h performance “Dūmu zārka zēni” Read more
Curators: Kristiāna Kārkliņa (LV), Katerina Raja (UA).
The festival is organised by the Art Management and Information Centre in partnership with NOASS Art Centre, DOM Gallery and kuš!.
Supported by the State Culture Capital Foundation, Riga City Council, Culture Moves Europe, University for the Creative Arts, Mondriaan Fund, Embassy of Italy in Latvia, Italian Council, Valmiermuiža, Curator Space, Goethe Institute and the European Union.