Exhibition Behind the Curtain. Architect Marta Stana
04.11.2010 – 19.12.2010
Contemporary Art Project kim? Riga, Maskavas iela 12/1
04.11.2010 – 19.12.2010
Contemporary Art Project kim? Riga, Maskavas iela 12/1
The architecture exhibition was commissioned by the Daile Theatre to celebrate its 90th anniversary and Ms Marta Stana, architect of the theatre building. After months of research we had an archive material of forgotten Soviet post-war modernist and a small exhibition space at contemporary art galleries. We immediately understood the importance of translating her ideas into the language of contemporary architecture and modern materials. We also wanted to transform the under-developed gallery box.
We took ideas, shapes and volumes from the sixties and arranged them into a new story of talents operating behind the Iron Curtain. We did not copy the architect, we got inspired! Marta Stana became our hero and muse and we paid her back by creating modern frames and displays for original drawings and digital graphics. While searching for new building materials we discovered Dendrolight, a lightweight solid wood invented in Austria and produced in Latvia. We were the first to use it for exhibition displays of various shape, finishing and size. We were proud of the result.
The idea for digital poster and graphic design was based on metaphor of the Iron Curtain (limited communication with western countries) and Stage Curtain, use of bright colour in Marta Stana’s drawings and wireframe architectural drawings for the National Theatre project in Budapest.
Team:
Ieva Zibarte (Curator, Architecture Promotion Fund)
Martins Pilens (Architect, 1 PLUS 1 studija)
Client:
Martins Pilens (Architect, 1 PLUS 1 studija)
Edgars Zvirgzdins (Graphic Designer, Associates, Partners et Sons)
Client:
Dailes Theatre
Project – 2010
Construction – 2010
Floor area – 102 m²
Walls and floors – Krāsu serviss
Exhibition walls and displays – Dendrolight Latvija
Exhibition boxes – Mēbeļu dizains
Display glass – GroGlass
TV, audio, video – Samsung
Assembling – 1 PLUS 1 studija
Project – 2010
Construction – 2010
Floor area – 102 m²
Walls and floors – Krāsu serviss
Exhibition walls and displays – Dendrolight Latvija
Exhibition boxes – Mēbeļu dizains
Display glass – GroGlass
TV, audio, video – Samsung
Assembling – 1 PLUS 1 studija
