{"id":138373,"date":"2021-07-17T12:07:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-17T09:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitdaugavpils.lv\/daugavpili-radoso-darbu-uzsakusi-keramikas-laboratorija-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-07-17T12:26:35","modified_gmt":"2021-07-17T09:26:35","slug":"daugavpili-radoso-darbu-uzsakusi-keramikas-laboratorija-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitdaugavpils.lv\/en\/daugavpili-radoso-darbu-uzsakusi-keramikas-laboratorija-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Daugavpils receives creators in Ceramic Laboratory 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, in cooperation with the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Ceramics, hosts the 9th international ceramic art symposium \u201cCeramic Laboratory\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the ninth time running, Daugavpils Fortress is captured by ceramicists \u2013 for an entire fortnight, symposium participants from seven countries unite forces in a single front, making ceramic artworks and experimenting with different firing techniques. Inspired by the exceptional atmosphere of Daugavpils Fortress and sheltered from the heat by the cooling walls of the Rothko Centre, they create world-class art.<\/p>\n

On 9 July<\/strong>, the symposium team of 15 artists opened an exhibition at \u201c4METRES\u201d, the new glass gallery of the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Ceramics in the courtyard of 8 Hospit\u0101\u013ca Street Daugavpils. This preview show is assembled from the pieces the artists brought along when they came to the symposium. That means the works were made in familiar settings, in the artists\u2019 personal studios, with their standard equipment and habitual firing techniques.<\/p>\n

Conversely, at the symposium, the participants enter a new, unfamiliar environment that some might even find exotic. Here, they do laboratory-style experiments \u2013 share experiences, observe their colleagues at work, test new materials and try unusual firings. Some prefer more controlled experiments, producing sample pieces from the available range of materials, whilst others put caution aside and surrender fully to the irresistible pull of the unpredictable. Taken together, they fill the symposium timeframe with new emotions, ideas and insights that may very well bring unexpected twists and turns to the artists\u2019 individual creative journeys.<\/p>\n

The fortnight\u2019s work will culminate in an exhibition at Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre<\/strong> \u2013 art lovers will be able to enjoy symposium outputs starting from 4 p.m. on 23 July<\/strong>. Once the show is over, the new pieces will be incorporated in the Rothko Centre ceramics collection, strengthening Latvia\u2019s broadest assemblage of ceramics and reaffirming the symbolic status of Daugavpils as the ceramic capital of the region.<\/p>\n

This year, the international symposium \u201cCeramic Laboratory\u201d is part of the Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus cross-border cooperation project \u201cCross-Border Loyalty Programme for Culture and Tourism\u201d (project acronym \u2013 \u201cLoyal to Culture and Tourism\u201d, No. ENI-LLB-1-021).<\/em><\/p>\n

Symposium participants:
\n<\/strong>Sunbin Lim (South Korea)
\nWeronika Surma (Poland)
\nJoanna Opalska-Brzecka (Poland)
\nMingda Du (China)
\nPille Kaleviste (Estonia)
\nSolveiga Gutaut\u0117 (Lithuania)
\nR\u016bta \u0160ipalit\u0117 (Lithuania)
\nHanna Miadzvedzeva (Belarus)
\nKaterina Geiduka (Belarus\/ Latvia)
\nIlona Abdulajeva (Latvia)
\nAivars Baranovskis (Latvia)
\nNellija Dzalba (Latvia)
\nKaspars Geiduks (Latvia)
\nUna Gura (Latvia)
\nLilija Zei\u013ca (Latvia)<\/p>\n

Publicity photo:
\n<\/strong>Aivars Baranovskis<\/p>\n

Information:<\/strong>
\nDaugavpils Mark Rothko art centre<\/a><\/p>\n

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