Agita Šteinberga Andris Marackovskis
Dowry Chest #2 - Kapiokirstu #2
Galleria 3H+K
Itsenäisyydenkatu 47
Pori
11.11-15. 11
Opening on Friday at 6pm
Open: Satuday – Sunday 12am - 4pm
Monday- Tuesday 12am-6pm
Welcome!
Since September Agita Šteinberga and Andris Maračkovskis, two Latvian artists, are realizing a community art project "Dowry chest" in RaumArs residency, Rauma.
This project covers several media - sculpture, installation, sound and video, projections and kinetic art.
”Dowry chest” project works as a connection of past, present and future. The project grows up from a hand made dowry chest made in 1907. It's a heritage that travelled with the artists from Varaklani to Rauma and was made to Šteinberga’s great great grandmother Anna Briška. Artists have the belief, that the most important things are humans and nature. In the exhibition you can see the result of the “Hands” workshops as a sculpture and video/sound work also kinetic work inspired by Finnish nature. Artists looking for balance between mechanical, automatic and manual labor presence.
Artists has involved residents of Rauma and from different social groups and different ages to create objects, collect materials for installations and art works. They had “Hand” workshops in Rauma Freinetschool and Rauma Youth Workshop, Sinkokatu, Retirement home Jussila in collaboration with The Department of Teacher Education / Rauma University, also a few T.E.H.D.A.S. artists from Pori has been involved. Together in this project has been involved around 100 people from Rauma in hand casting – papier-mashe workshops.
Agita Šteinberga(1988) has studied in Art Academy of Latvia, received master's degree in sculpture in 2014, meanwhile studied a year in École supérieure d'art's & médias de Caen, France and after graduating worked as intern in artist residence for seven month in Caylus, France. Steinberga is participation in exhibitions, workshops and residencies since 2006 in Latvia, Sweden, Finland, France, Estonia, Lithuania, Russia.
Web page: www.agitasteinberga.com
Andris Maračkovskis (1986), Studied in Art Academy of Latvia, Master's degree in Sculpture in 2013, one semester studied also in Universidade de Porto, Belas Artes, Portugal. In 2013 received KKNord grant for working in Sim residency Reykjavik. Maračkovskis is participation in exhibitions, workshops and residencies since 2007 in Latvia and abrod.
