Mūsu? Pasaules koks (Our?World Tree) Aizpute, Latvia. 2016
An apple seed contains infinite gens therefore the growing tree will be a completely unknown variety out of this reproduction technique, however, it is our universal fruit tree. It is a global traveller and its journey and connection to certain cultures is very important from the local to the global heritage.
During this project, I have been working with the apple fruit and seeds (as concept and materiality) in connection with their context. Aizpute's apple cultural heritage, traditions and the “here-now” in this area of rural Latvia were inspiration for this project led to a number of encounters along this process. This research went in depth on the Soviet past of the region but also the connections that "apple seeds" as a migrant seed has generated historically. This process originated a number of research connections from the region globally but always having in the core the community of Aizpute and the interactions arising from the engagements with the public subtle interventions, the discussions and further connections. Encounters brought up discussions about trauma connected to apples and other local fruits such aronia related to the force labour during Soviet times,
The following images are both process and outcomes along this project which began during a residency in SERDE (Latvia) and it is expanding further.
An apple seed contains infinite gens therefore the growing tree will be a completely unknown variety out of this reproduction technique, however, it is our universal fruit tree. It is a global traveller and its journey and connection to certain cultures is very important from the local to the global heritage.
During this project, I have been working with the apple fruit and seeds (as concept and materiality) in connection with their context. Aizpute's apple cultural heritage, traditions and the “here-now” in this area of rural Latvia were inspiration for this project led to a number of encounters along this process. This research went in depth on the Soviet past of the region but also the connections that "apple seeds" as a migrant seed has generated historically. This process originated a number of research connections from the region globally but always having in the core the community of Aizpute and the interactions arising from the engagements with the public subtle interventions, the discussions and further connections. Encounters brought up discussions about trauma connected to apples and other local fruits such aronia related to the force labour during Soviet times,
The following images are both process and outcomes along this project which began during a residency in SERDE (Latvia) and it is expanding further.
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Materials of this project include apple fruit, seed, reflections; tecniques such as drawing, copper chemical reactions, intervention in the public space, video, cartography design, postal service among others. Research began on the traditional Latvian Folklore and Aizpute's context to expand further across borders.
