Exhibitions

The exhibition “RETROSPECTROPIA” gives an insight into phantasmagoric images, myths, assumptions, and surprising turns of human imagination and emotions created by new communicative spaces created by various technologies, gathering works by 15 artists belonging to the Liepāja New Media artists’ community – unified from a distance.

In their works, the artists construct a multi-sensory playground for the perception of the viewer and look back at the recordings of the past, capturing and revealing to the viewer the myths and captivating phantasmagoric images they generate, making us pay attention to the fact that and how these existing recordings – especially due to the peculiarities of machine learning, which is relevant today – shape our identity and future on a local, global, individual, and community scale.

A strong, sustained interest in media art in the Baltic context is a unique feature of Latvian art. 15 years have passed since 2007 when the 1st year students started their studies in “New Media Art” in Liepāja, and the community of New Media artists has grown quite large. Their technical specializations and thematic interests range equally wide – from video to sound art and experiments in augmented and virtual reality, challenging both the audience's perceptual mechanism and the technology's performance.

The association “ASTE. Art, Science, Technology, Education” organizes the exhibition in collaboration with the Art Research Laboratory “MPLab” of Liepāja University. The exhibition is curated by Anna Priedola, Head of the “MPLab” and Director of the Bachelor study program “New Media Art.” Latvian State Culture Capital Foundation supports the creation of the exhibition.

The participating artists are Maija Demitere, Krista Dintere, Kaspars Jaudzems, Diana Lelis, Gustavs Lociks, Andrejs Poikāns, Līga Vēliņa, Paula Vītola, - 8 (Andris Vētra), Rihards Vītols, and others.

The exhibition "RETROSPECTROPIA" is available for viewing at the Liepāja Museum, 16/18 Kūrmājas Avenue, until 30 July 2023.

Entrance fee: adults EUR 1.50, pupils, students, and senior citizens EUR 1.00, children under 7  – free.