
Reconstructions
Scenography students of AAL (Latvia)“Reconstruction” is a term used in theater to describe the transformation of the stage design. Sometimes it’s obvious, sometimes it’s hidden.
Reconstruction is part of scenography – just like in music, the silence between two notes.
To understand the entirety, it must be broken down and each component must be examined separately.
The creators of the exhibition – students and teaching staff from the Scenography Department of the Art Academy of Latvia – view “reconstruction” as a separate, intrinsically valuable element of scenography, striving to bring the hidden to the forefront. They use the advantage given to scenographers to choose a fragment of the world and offer to rebuild it for a brief moment. To transform the mundane into life and then, perhaps, into art.
From August 22 to September 20, an exhibition by scenography students from the Art Academy of Latvia will be on display in Riga, seeking to answer the question: what exactly is scenography? It includes eight stage-like urban objects and scenography elements, which, placed in various locations around Riga, transform places familiar to us in our everyday lives into new theater stages.
Credits
Artists: Patrīcija Amoliņa, Esmeralda Usas, Jānis Platačs, Emīls Jansons, Annija Zemīte
Curator: Mārtiņš Kalseris
Producer: New Theatre Institute of Latvia