Tag: Maria Kremneva exhibition in Riga

16 Aug

Down, Down, Heavenwards

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PHOTO EXHIBITION IN RIETUMU BANK EXHIBITION HALL

He who has seen the vision of his city upside-down has seen it the right way up.

(G.K.Chesterton)

A popular belief says you can see stars at daytime from the bottom of a well. Most likely it is not true. Or the well must be very special to grant us this wish to see stars and asters.

Maria Kremneva builds us this wishing well, so we can go up the down stairway to heaven.Read more

08 Aug

Water & Cities

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PHOTO EXHIBITION IN RIETUMU BANK EXHIBITION HALL

The Admiralty, the Stock Exchange

I’ll not forget you when I’m gone,

I’ll not see Leningrad again,

Its water shivering at dawn.

Andrey Voznesensky “Saga”

Translated by William Jay Smith and Vera Dunham

 

Reflection of cityscapes off the water introduces the audience to a specific reality.

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