These photos have been taken during trips in China in 2005 and 2006. It is a collection of special moments, special lights, special places…
Category: Exhibitions
LabiChampi in Karosta, Latvia
Imagine a bunch of artist-architects… Now imagine an old Russian navy base, turned into some sort of ghetto in Latvia… Now continue imagining these people taking care of modifying some destroyed buildings into an art centre… And to top that all, imagine an orthodox cathedral beaming in the evening light. I have to admit I got pretty excited by the surrounding there!!! For more informations about the project please visit the EXYZT website if you dare. They are an artistico-architectico collective, or something like that… And they are insane. That’s all I’m saying, and I certainly *do* respect that!!!
The people of Karosta
As Hern42 wrote, in Karosta, there are wrecked buildings, relics of a past when it was a russian navy base ; in the middle of it, a shining jewel : their golden orthodox cathedral. An art center, too, where people try to introduce modern culture in a place that has become a ghetto. And there is this crazy group of european artist/architects collectively known as Exyzt (www.exyzt.org), who could not of course prevent themselves from being attracted to this weird environment and from creating from scratch an art festival there, for the people of Karosta. Oh yes, because in Karosta,…