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Untamed Assembly: Backstage of Utopia
Latvian Pavilion @labiennale

✨Opening on May 8 at 13:00 at the Arsenale!

Untamed Assembly: Backstage of Utopia presents newly commissioned work by the interdisciplinary artist duo @mareunrols that has emerged in dialogue with the archives of Untamed Fashion Assemblies (UFA) – a series of experimental fashion, art, and performance events held in Riga between 1990 and 1999 that were initiated by alternative fashion designer @brunobirmanis

Linking past and present, the exhibition highlights utopian thinking in times of transition, asking how collective imagination, desire, and visibility emerge amid shifting political and economic systems—and how futures and new forms of togetherness can be rehearsed behind the scenes rather than on centre stage.

MAREUNROL’S installation rethinks UFA’s legacy from a contemporary perspective, conceived as a backstage—an in-between space of preparation, invisible labour, joy, improvisation and human connection.

Curators: @lace.inga & @adomas.n
Commissioner: @solvitakrese
Architect: @livakrei
Sound design: @kruminsilja & @r___p___s

Latvian pavilion is:
commissioned by @kulturas_ministrija
Organized by @lcca.lv
Created in collaboration with @rigastories

Logistics partner: @dhlexpresslatvia

Supporters: @signet_bank , Investment and Development Agency of Latvia, @vvfoundationlv , @cobaltlegal_lv , Poligrāfijas grupa MŪKUSALA, Kronus, @mccannriga , Dūrmuiža, @pro1stage , @followart.world, @latvijas_finieris, Antalis, Liepaja Music, Art and Design School , @madaracosmetics , SIA Gaismu cehs, @kate_mebeles, Steel Tech and @irve_latvija .

#biennalearte2026
#inminorkeys
#riga
#latvia

Untamed Assembly: Backstage of Utopia
Latvian Pavilion @labiennale

✨Opening on May 8 at 13:00 at the Arsenale!

Untamed Assembly: Backstage of Utopia presents newly commissioned work by the interdisciplinary artist duo @mareunrols that has emerged in dialogue with the archives of Untamed Fashion Assemblies (UFA) – a series of experimental fashion, art, and performance events held in Riga between 1990 and 1999 that were initiated by alternative fashion designer @brunobirmanis

Linking past and present, the exhibition highlights utopian thinking in times of transition, asking how collective imagination, desire, and visibility emerge amid shifting political and economic systems—and how futures and new forms of togetherness can be rehearsed behind the scenes rather than on centre stage.

MAREUNROL’S installation rethinks UFA’s legacy from a contemporary perspective, conceived as a backstage—an in-between space of preparation, invisible labour, joy, improvisation and human connection.

Curators: @lace.inga & @adomas.n
Commissioner: @solvitakrese
Architect: @livakrei
Sound design: @kruminsilja & @r___p___s

Latvian pavilion is:
commissioned by @kulturas_ministrija
Organized by @lcca.lv
Created in collaboration with @rigastories

Logistics partner: @dhlexpresslatvia

Supporters: @signet_bank , Investment and Development Agency of Latvia, @vvfoundationlv , @cobaltlegal_lv , Poligrāfijas grupa MŪKUSALA, Kronus, @mccannriga , Dūrmuiža, @pro1stage , @followart.world, @latvijas_finieris, Antalis, Liepaja Music, Art and Design School , @madaracosmetics , SIA Gaismu cehs, @kate_mebeles, Steel Tech and @irve_latvija .

#biennalearte2026
#inminorkeys
#riga
#latvia

Untamed Assembly: Backstage of Utopia
Latvian Pavilion @labiennale

✨Opening on May 8 at 13:00 at the Arsenale!

Untamed Assembly: Backstage of Utopia presents newly commissioned work by the interdisciplinary artist duo @mareunrols that has emerged in dialogue with the archives of Untamed Fashion Assemblies (UFA) – a series of experimental fashion, art, and performance events held in Riga between 1990 and 1999 that were initiated by alternative fashion designer @brunobirmanis

Linking past and present, the exhibition highlights utopian thinking in times of transition, asking how collective imagination, desire, and visibility emerge amid shifting political and economic systems—and how futures and new forms of togetherness can be rehearsed behind the scenes rather than on centre stage.

MAREUNROL’S installation rethinks UFA’s legacy from a contemporary perspective, conceived as a backstage—an in-between space of preparation, invisible labour, joy, improvisation and human connection.

Curators: @lace.inga & @adomas.n
Commissioner: @solvitakrese
Architect: @livakrei
Sound design: @kruminsilja & @r___p___s

Latvian pavilion is:
commissioned by @kulturas_ministrija
Organized by @lcca.lv
Created in collaboration with @rigastories

Logistics partner: @dhlexpresslatvia

Supporters: @signet_bank , Investment and Development Agency of Latvia, @vvfoundationlv , @cobaltlegal_lv , Poligrāfijas grupa MŪKUSALA, Kronus, @mccannriga , Dūrmuiža, @pro1stage , @followart.world, @latvijas_finieris, Antalis, Liepaja Music, Art and Design School , @madaracosmetics , SIA Gaismu cehs, @kate_mebeles, Steel Tech and @irve_latvija .

#biennalearte2026
#inminorkeys
#riga
#latvia

Untamed Assembly: Backstage of Utopia
Latvian Pavilion @labiennale

✨Opening on May 8 at 13:00 at the Arsenale!

Untamed Assembly: Backstage of Utopia presents newly commissioned work by the interdisciplinary artist duo @mareunrols that has emerged in dialogue with the archives of Untamed Fashion Assemblies (UFA) – a series of experimental fashion, art, and performance events held in Riga between 1990 and 1999 that were initiated by alternative fashion designer @brunobirmanis

Linking past and present, the exhibition highlights utopian thinking in times of transition, asking how collective imagination, desire, and visibility emerge amid shifting political and economic systems—and how futures and new forms of togetherness can be rehearsed behind the scenes rather than on centre stage.

MAREUNROL’S installation rethinks UFA’s legacy from a contemporary perspective, conceived as a backstage—an in-between space of preparation, invisible labour, joy, improvisation and human connection.

Curators: @lace.inga & @adomas.n
Commissioner: @solvitakrese
Architect: @livakrei
Sound design: @kruminsilja & @r___p___s

Latvian pavilion is:
commissioned by @kulturas_ministrija
Organized by @lcca.lv
Created in collaboration with @rigastories

Logistics partner: @dhlexpresslatvia

Supporters: @signet_bank , Investment and Development Agency of Latvia, @vvfoundationlv , @cobaltlegal_lv , Poligrāfijas grupa MŪKUSALA, Kronus, @mccannriga , Dūrmuiža, @pro1stage , @followart.world, @latvijas_finieris, Antalis, Liepaja Music, Art and Design School , @madaracosmetics , SIA Gaismu cehs, @kate_mebeles, Steel Tech and @irve_latvija .

#biennalearte2026
#inminorkeys
#riga
#latvia

Untamed Assembly: Backstage of Utopia
Latvian Pavilion @labiennale

✨Opening on May 8 at 13:00 at the Arsenale!

Untamed Assembly: Backstage of Utopia presents newly commissioned work by the interdisciplinary artist duo @mareunrols that has emerged in dialogue with the archives of Untamed Fashion Assemblies (UFA) – a series of experimental fashion, art, and performance events held in Riga between 1990 and 1999 that were initiated by alternative fashion designer @brunobirmanis

Linking past and present, the exhibition highlights utopian thinking in times of transition, asking how collective imagination, desire, and visibility emerge amid shifting political and economic systems—and how futures and new forms of togetherness can be rehearsed behind the scenes rather than on centre stage.

MAREUNROL’S installation rethinks UFA’s legacy from a contemporary perspective, conceived as a backstage—an in-between space of preparation, invisible labour, joy, improvisation and human connection.

Curators: @lace.inga & @adomas.n
Commissioner: @solvitakrese
Architect: @livakrei
Sound design: @kruminsilja & @r___p___s

Latvian pavilion is:
commissioned by @kulturas_ministrija
Organized by @lcca.lv
Created in collaboration with @rigastories

Logistics partner: @dhlexpresslatvia

Supporters: @signet_bank , Investment and Development Agency of Latvia, @vvfoundationlv , @cobaltlegal_lv , Poligrāfijas grupa MŪKUSALA, Kronus, @mccannriga , Dūrmuiža, @pro1stage , @followart.world, @latvijas_finieris, Antalis, Liepaja Music, Art and Design School , @madaracosmetics , SIA Gaismu cehs, @kate_mebeles, Steel Tech and @irve_latvija .

#biennalearte2026
#inminorkeys
#riga
#latvia

Untamed Assembly: Backstage of Utopia
Latvian Pavilion @labiennale

✨Opening on May 8 at 13:00 at the Arsenale!

Untamed Assembly: Backstage of Utopia presents newly commissioned work by the interdisciplinary artist duo @mareunrols that has emerged in dialogue with the archives of Untamed Fashion Assemblies (UFA) – a series of experimental fashion, art, and performance events held in Riga between 1990 and 1999 that were initiated by alternative fashion designer @brunobirmanis

Linking past and present, the exhibition highlights utopian thinking in times of transition, asking how collective imagination, desire, and visibility emerge amid shifting political and economic systems—and how futures and new forms of togetherness can be rehearsed behind the scenes rather than on centre stage.

MAREUNROL’S installation rethinks UFA’s legacy from a contemporary perspective, conceived as a backstage—an in-between space of preparation, invisible labour, joy, improvisation and human connection.

Curators: @lace.inga & @adomas.n
Commissioner: @solvitakrese
Architect: @livakrei
Sound design: @kruminsilja & @r___p___s

Latvian pavilion is:
commissioned by @kulturas_ministrija
Organized by @lcca.lv
Created in collaboration with @rigastories

Logistics partner: @dhlexpresslatvia

Supporters: @signet_bank , Investment and Development Agency of Latvia, @vvfoundationlv , @cobaltlegal_lv , Poligrāfijas grupa MŪKUSALA, Kronus, @mccannriga , Dūrmuiža, @pro1stage , @followart.world, @latvijas_finieris, Antalis, Liepaja Music, Art and Design School , @madaracosmetics , SIA Gaismu cehs, @kate_mebeles, Steel Tech and @irve_latvija .

#biennalearte2026
#inminorkeys
#riga
#latvia

Untamed Assembly: Backstage of Utopia
Latvian Pavilion @labiennale

✨Opening on May 8 at 13:00 at the Arsenale!

Untamed Assembly: Backstage of Utopia presents newly commissioned work by the interdisciplinary artist duo @mareunrols that has emerged in dialogue with the archives of Untamed Fashion Assemblies (UFA) – a series of experimental fashion, art, and performance events held in Riga between 1990 and 1999 that were initiated by alternative fashion designer @brunobirmanis

Linking past and present, the exhibition highlights utopian thinking in times of transition, asking how collective imagination, desire, and visibility emerge amid shifting political and economic systems—and how futures and new forms of togetherness can be rehearsed behind the scenes rather than on centre stage.

MAREUNROL’S installation rethinks UFA’s legacy from a contemporary perspective, conceived as a backstage—an in-between space of preparation, invisible labour, joy, improvisation and human connection.

Curators: @lace.inga & @adomas.n
Commissioner: @solvitakrese
Architect: @livakrei
Sound design: @kruminsilja & @r___p___s

Latvian pavilion is:
commissioned by @kulturas_ministrija
Organized by @lcca.lv
Created in collaboration with @rigastories

Logistics partner: @dhlexpresslatvia

Supporters: @signet_bank , Investment and Development Agency of Latvia, @vvfoundationlv , @cobaltlegal_lv , Poligrāfijas grupa MŪKUSALA, Kronus, @mccannriga , Dūrmuiža, @pro1stage , @followart.world, @latvijas_finieris, Antalis, Liepaja Music, Art and Design School , @madaracosmetics , SIA Gaismu cehs, @kate_mebeles, Steel Tech and @irve_latvija .

#biennalearte2026
#inminorkeys
#riga
#latvia

Participation in the Venice Biennale is our opportunity to take a stand — a protest.

A protest against Russia’s participation in @labiennale and its presence in the international art scene, which normalizes its actions at a time when Ukraine’s cultural heritage is being deliberately destroyed by aggressor state Russia and human lives are being lost.

🔴 The team of the Latvian Pavilion @untamedassembly invites guests and visitors present in Venice during the opening week, as well as throughout the Biennale until November 22, to take part in the campaign “Death in Venice.”

Artist Krišs Salmanis has developed an open-access protest tool – a design that everyone is invited to use for printing on their clothing or other message-bearing items.

🔴 "Death in Venice" design is available @ www.lcca.lv (link in profile bio)!

In Krišs Salmanis’s design, the Venice Biennale logo is transformed into a political message – the motif of ramparts becomes the Kremlin wall, highlighting Venice’s compliance with Russia and the betrayal of the idea of European unity. In this context, the red color in the Biennale logo takes on a completely different meaning – it becomes a reminder of blood, violence, and the price paid by those whose reality this institutional “neutrality” chooses to ignore.

The design also references Thomas Mann’s iconic novella “Death in Venice,” which, in a romantic and elegiac tone, speaks of the collapse of values and an era. This time, the reference is directed at the Venice Biennale itself. Its decision to accept Russia’s participation becomes a symbolic judgment on the Biennale as an institution that pretends not to see reality.

🔴 If you choose to share your support for our campaign on social media, please use #biennalearte2026 and #deathinvenice2026 and tag the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art and the Latvian Pavilion so we can share your photos and videos.

Instagram: @lcca.lv, @untamedassembly, @lv_pavilion

Thank you!

#biennalearte2026
#inminorkeys
#deathinvenice2026

At the end of February we marked the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of @ukraine.ua 🇺🇦 Russia still continues its war, killings, and systematic human rights violations.

A large number of people have given and continue to give their lives defending their country, by that also security of the Baltic states, Europe and foundations of a civilized society.

❗Given this reality, the announcement made by the organizers of the Venice Biennale on March 4 allowing Russia, an aggressor state, to participate in @labiennale is absolutely unacceptable and despicable. ❗

❗ We as organizers of this year’s Latvian Pavilion @untamedassembly demand that this decision be revoked.❗

The hypocrisy of the Russian Pavilion, which claims that the project aims to highlight ‘the creative potential of peripheral territories and practices,’ is cynical and unacceptable.

Art cannot be separated from politics, especially contemporary art. Art can be used as a very powerful ideological tool.

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Februāra izskaņā pieminējām jau ceturto gadadienu kopš Krievijas pilna mēroga iebrukuma Ukrainā. Krievija turpina karu, slepkavības un sistemātiskus cilvēktiesību pārkāpumus.

Liels skaits cilvēku atdevuši un turpina atdot savas dzīvības, sargājot savas valsts neatkarību, līdz ar to arī Baltijas un Eiropas drošību, civilizētas sabiedrības vērtības un to pastāvēšanu.

❗Uz šīs realitātes fona ir absolūti nepieņemams un nosodāms Venēcijas biennālesorganizatoru 4. marta paziņojums par agresorvalsts Krievijas dalību 61. starptautiskajā Venēcijas mākslas biennālē. Mēs - šī gada @lv_pavilion organizatori - pieprasām to nepieļaut❗

Krievijas paviljona liekulība, apgalvojot, ka projekta mērķis ir izcelt “perifēro teritoriju un prakšu radošo potenciālu”, ir acīmredzama, ciniska un nepieņemama.

Māksla nav atdalāma no politikas, īpaši laikmetīgā māksla. Māksla var kļūt arī par ļoti spēcīgu ideoloģijas instrumentu.

#biennalearte2026
#russiaisaterroriststate

At the end of February we marked the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of @ukraine.ua 🇺🇦 Russia still continues its war, killings, and systematic human rights violations.

A large number of people have given and continue to give their lives defending their country, by that also security of the Baltic states, Europe and foundations of a civilized society.

❗Given this reality, the announcement made by the organizers of the Venice Biennale on March 4 allowing Russia, an aggressor state, to participate in @labiennale is absolutely unacceptable and despicable. ❗

❗ We as organizers of this year’s Latvian Pavilion @untamedassembly demand that this decision be revoked.❗

The hypocrisy of the Russian Pavilion, which claims that the project aims to highlight ‘the creative potential of peripheral territories and practices,’ is cynical and unacceptable.

Art cannot be separated from politics, especially contemporary art. Art can be used as a very powerful ideological tool.

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Februāra izskaņā pieminējām jau ceturto gadadienu kopš Krievijas pilna mēroga iebrukuma Ukrainā. Krievija turpina karu, slepkavības un sistemātiskus cilvēktiesību pārkāpumus.

Liels skaits cilvēku atdevuši un turpina atdot savas dzīvības, sargājot savas valsts neatkarību, līdz ar to arī Baltijas un Eiropas drošību, civilizētas sabiedrības vērtības un to pastāvēšanu.

❗Uz šīs realitātes fona ir absolūti nepieņemams un nosodāms Venēcijas biennālesorganizatoru 4. marta paziņojums par agresorvalsts Krievijas dalību 61. starptautiskajā Venēcijas mākslas biennālē. Mēs - šī gada @lv_pavilion organizatori - pieprasām to nepieļaut❗

Krievijas paviljona liekulība, apgalvojot, ka projekta mērķis ir izcelt “perifēro teritoriju un prakšu radošo potenciālu”, ir acīmredzama, ciniska un nepieņemama.

Māksla nav atdalāma no politikas, īpaši laikmetīgā māksla. Māksla var kļūt arī par ļoti spēcīgu ideoloģijas instrumentu.

#biennalearte2026
#russiaisaterroriststate

What a journey! ✨

A few more glimpses from the unforgettable opening of the Latvian Pavilion exhibition @untamedassembly: Backstage of Utopia at @labiennale on May 8 — by @mareunrols and @brunobirmanis, curated by @lace.inga & @adomas.n, commissioned by @solvitakrese and with exhibition architecture by @livakrei.

For us — @lcca.lv , organisers of @lv_pavilion — it felt incredibly special to work alongside such an amazing and powerful team throughout this year-long journey, from the very first spark of an idea to Venice. Thank you!

🩶 NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT

The Latvian Pavilion is commissioned by @kulturas_ministrija and created in collaboration with @riga.lv and @rigastories, whose support helped carry this journey from Riga to Venice. ✨

Special thanks to our logistics partner @dhlexpresslatvia.

With support from @signet_bank, Investment and Development Agency of Latvia, @vvfoundationlv, @cobaltlegal_lv, Poligrāfijas grupa MŪKUSALA, Kronus, @mccannriga, Dūrmuiža, @pro1stage, @followart.world, @latvijas_finieris, Antalis, Liepāja Music, Art and Design School, @madaracosmetics, SIA Gaismu cehs, @kate_mebeles, Steel Tech and @irve_latvija.

🩶 THE TEAM — IN COMMENTS

#biennalearte2026
#latvianpavilion
#inminorkeys
#riga

LATVIJAS PAVILJONS ATKLĀTS!

✨8. maijā oficiāli atklāts Latvijas paviljons “Nepieradinātā asambleja: utopijas aizkulises” @labiennale ! Izstāde atvērta līdz 22. novembrim Venēcijā, Arsenālā.

Mākslinieki: @mareunrols & @brunobirmanis

Izstādes komisāre:@solvitakrese
Kuratori: @lace.inga un @adomas.n
Arhitekte: @livakrei

Latvijas paviljona pasūtītājs ir @kulturas_ministrija
Organizē @lcca.lv
Sadarbības partneris @riga.lv un @rigastorries

Loģistikas partneris @dhlexpresslatvia

Atbalstītāji: @signet_bank , Latvijas Investīciju un attīstības aģentūra, @vvfoundationlv , @cobaltlegal_lv , Poligrāfijas grupa MŪKUSALA, Kronus, @mccannriga , Dūrmuiža, @pro1stage , @followart.world , @latvijas_finieris, Antalis, Liepājas Mākslas un Dizaina vidusskola, @madaracosmetics , SIA Gaismu cehs, @kate_mebeles, Steel Tech un @irve_latvija .

📍Vairāk par paviljonu, māksliniekiem & komandu:
www.latvianpavilion.lv

#biennalearte2026
#rigalatvia
#untamedassembly
#deathinvenice2026

LATVIJAS PAVILJONS ATKLĀTS!

✨8. maijā oficiāli atklāts Latvijas paviljons “Nepieradinātā asambleja: utopijas aizkulises” @labiennale ! Izstāde atvērta līdz 22. novembrim Venēcijā, Arsenālā.

Mākslinieki: @mareunrols & @brunobirmanis

Izstādes komisāre:@solvitakrese
Kuratori: @lace.inga un @adomas.n
Arhitekte: @livakrei

Latvijas paviljona pasūtītājs ir @kulturas_ministrija
Organizē @lcca.lv
Sadarbības partneris @riga.lv un @rigastorries

Loģistikas partneris @dhlexpresslatvia

Atbalstītāji: @signet_bank , Latvijas Investīciju un attīstības aģentūra, @vvfoundationlv , @cobaltlegal_lv , Poligrāfijas grupa MŪKUSALA, Kronus, @mccannriga , Dūrmuiža, @pro1stage , @followart.world , @latvijas_finieris, Antalis, Liepājas Mākslas un Dizaina vidusskola, @madaracosmetics , SIA Gaismu cehs, @kate_mebeles, Steel Tech un @irve_latvija .

📍Vairāk par paviljonu, māksliniekiem & komandu:
www.latvianpavilion.lv

#biennalearte2026
#rigalatvia
#untamedassembly
#deathinvenice2026

LATVIJAS PAVILJONS ATKLĀTS!

✨8. maijā oficiāli atklāts Latvijas paviljons “Nepieradinātā asambleja: utopijas aizkulises” @labiennale ! Izstāde atvērta līdz 22. novembrim Venēcijā, Arsenālā.

Mākslinieki: @mareunrols & @brunobirmanis

Izstādes komisāre:@solvitakrese
Kuratori: @lace.inga un @adomas.n
Arhitekte: @livakrei

Latvijas paviljona pasūtītājs ir @kulturas_ministrija
Organizē @lcca.lv
Sadarbības partneris @riga.lv un @rigastorries

Loģistikas partneris @dhlexpresslatvia

Atbalstītāji: @signet_bank , Latvijas Investīciju un attīstības aģentūra, @vvfoundationlv , @cobaltlegal_lv , Poligrāfijas grupa MŪKUSALA, Kronus, @mccannriga , Dūrmuiža, @pro1stage , @followart.world , @latvijas_finieris, Antalis, Liepājas Mākslas un Dizaina vidusskola, @madaracosmetics , SIA Gaismu cehs, @kate_mebeles, Steel Tech un @irve_latvija .

📍Vairāk par paviljonu, māksliniekiem & komandu:
www.latvianpavilion.lv

#biennalearte2026
#rigalatvia
#untamedassembly
#deathinvenice2026

LATVIJAS PAVILJONS ATKLĀTS!

✨8. maijā oficiāli atklāts Latvijas paviljons “Nepieradinātā asambleja: utopijas aizkulises” @labiennale ! Izstāde atvērta līdz 22. novembrim Venēcijā, Arsenālā.

Mākslinieki: @mareunrols & @brunobirmanis

Izstādes komisāre:@solvitakrese
Kuratori: @lace.inga un @adomas.n
Arhitekte: @livakrei

Latvijas paviljona pasūtītājs ir @kulturas_ministrija
Organizē @lcca.lv
Sadarbības partneris @riga.lv un @rigastorries

Loģistikas partneris @dhlexpresslatvia

Atbalstītāji: @signet_bank , Latvijas Investīciju un attīstības aģentūra, @vvfoundationlv , @cobaltlegal_lv , Poligrāfijas grupa MŪKUSALA, Kronus, @mccannriga , Dūrmuiža, @pro1stage , @followart.world , @latvijas_finieris, Antalis, Liepājas Mākslas un Dizaina vidusskola, @madaracosmetics , SIA Gaismu cehs, @kate_mebeles, Steel Tech un @irve_latvija .

📍Vairāk par paviljonu, māksliniekiem & komandu:
www.latvianpavilion.lv

#biennalearte2026
#rigalatvia
#untamedassembly
#deathinvenice2026

Untamed Assembly: Backstage of Utopia
Latvian Pavilion @biennalearte

✨Opening on May 8 at 13:00 at the Arsenale!

Artists: @mareunrols (new comission)

& @brunobirmanis (founder of Untamed Fashion Assembly (1990–1999), archive)

Curators: @lace.inga & @adomas.n
Commissioner: @solvitakrese
Architect: @livakrei
Sound design: @kruminsilja & @r___p___s

Latvian pavilion is:
commissioned by @kulturas_ministrija
Organized by @lcca.lv
Created in collaboration with @riga.lv & @rigastories

Logistics partner: @dhlexpresslatvia

Supporters: @signet_bank , Investment and Development Agency of Latvia, @vvfoundationlv , @cobaltlegal_lv , Poligrāfijas grupa MŪKUSALA, Kronus, @mccannriga , Dūrmuiža, @pro1stage , @followart.world, @latvijas_finieris, Antalis, Liepaja Music, Art and Design School , @madaracosmetics , SIA Gaismu cehs, @kate_mebeles, Steel Tech and @irve_latvija .

#biennalearte2026

✨ Opening of the Latvian Pavilion Untamed Assembly: Backstage of Utopia on May 8 at 13:00 at the Arsenale — we’d love to see you there!

Untamed Assembly: Backstage of Utopia presents newly commissioned work by the interdisciplinary artist duo @mareunrols that has emerged in dialogue with the archives of Untamed Fashion Assemblies (UFA) – a series of experimental fashion, art, and performance events held in Riga between 1990 and 1999 that were initiated by alternative fashion designer @brunobirmanis

Linking past and present, the exhibition highlights utopian thinking in times of transition, asking how collective imagination, desire, and visibility emerge amid shifting political and economic systems—and how futures and new forms of togetherness can be rehearsed behind the scenes rather than on centre stage.

MAREUNROL’S installation rethinks UFA’s legacy from a contemporary perspective, conceived as a backstage—an in-between space of preparation, invisible labour, joy, improvisation, and human connection.

Curators: @lace.inga & @adomas.n
Commissioner: @solvitakrese
Architect: @livakrei

Latvian pavilion is:
commissioned by @kulturas_ministrija
Organized by @lcca.lv
Created in collaboration with @rigastories

Logistics partner: @dhlexpresslatvia

Supporters: @signet_bank , Incestment and Development Agency of Latvia, @vvfoundationlv , @cobaltlegal_lv , Poligrāfijas grupa MŪKUSALA, Kronus, @mccannriga , Dūrmuiža, @pro1stage , @followart.world, @latvijas_finieris, Antalis, Liepaja Music, Art and Design School , @madaracosmetics , SIA Gaismu cehs, @kate_mebeles, Steel Tech and @irve_latvija .

➡️ www.latvianpavilion.lv

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We’re almost ready to welcome you 👀 #behindthescenes

✨ Opening of the Latvian Pavilion Untamed Assembly: Backstage of Utopia on May 8 at 13:00 at the Arsenale!

Artists: @mareunrols (new comission)

& @brunobirmanis (founder of Untamed Fashion Assembly (1990–1999), archive)

Curators: @lace.inga & @adomas.n
Commissioner: @solvitakrese
Architect: @livakrei

Latvian pavilion is:
commissioned by @kulturas_ministrija
Organized by @lcca.lv
Created in collaboration with @riga.lv & @rigastories

Logistics partner: @dhlexpresslatvia

Supporters: @signet_bank , Investment and Development Agency of Latvia, @vvfoundationlv , @cobaltlegal_lv , Poligrāfijas grupa MŪKUSALA, Kronus, @mccannriga , Dūrmuiža, @pro1stage , @followart.world, @latvijas_finieris, Antalis, Liepaja Music, Art and Design School , @madaracosmetics , SIA Gaismu cehs, @kate_mebeles, Steel Tech and @irve_latvija .

➡️ www.latvianpavilion.lv

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✨Meet the artists of the Latvian Pavilion @untamedassembly at the 61st International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia!

Untamed Assembly: Backstage of Utopia presents newly commissioned work by artist duo MAREUNROL’S that has emerged in dialogue with the archives of Untamed Fashion Assemblies – a series of experimental fashion, art, and performance events held in @riga.lv between 1990 and 1999 that were initiated by alternative fashion designer Bruno Birmanis.

✨@mareunrols (Mārīte Mastiņa-Pēterkopa and Rolands Pēterkops) are working at the intersection of visual art and design, they continually push boundaries, often positioning fashion beyond its traditionally functional role.

The duo’s distinctive approach is a poetic expression of magical realism, emphasising narrative as an artwork, expressed through their interdisciplinary practice, which comprises fabric and textile sculptures, fashion design collections, installations, video and sound art, drawings, photography collages, as well as costume design and scenography for opera and theatre.

✨@brunobirmanis is an artist, performance maker, and curator whose practice unfolds at the intersection of conceptual fashion, the body, and spatial imagination. His work approaches fashion not as a functional system but as a cultural language – capable of articulating ideas, emotions, and collective experience.

In the early 1990s he initiated and created the Untamed Fashion Assembly. Emerging at a moment of political and social rupture, the Assembly became a transnational space for freedom, non-conformism, and creative risk, bringing together young artists from across Europe and redefining fashion as a performative and critical act.

✨Explore the concept they have envisioned for the @labiennale together with the curators @adomas.n & @lace.inga ➡️ www.latvianpavilion.lv

Photo: Ralfs Cimmermanis

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Meet the curators of the Latvian Pavilion @untamedassembly at the 61st International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia - Adomas Narkevičius & Inga Lāce!

✨ @adomas.n is a Lithuanian curator and art historian based in London and the Founding Director of @upefoundation. He curated the 15th @kaunasbiennial
Life After Life (2025) and from 2021 to 2025 he was curator at the @cell_project_space London, previously he worked at the @rupert.vilnius where he led the Alternative Education, Public and Residencies programmes.

✨ @lace.inga is Chief Curator at the @almatymuseumofarts, Kazakhstan. She was C-MAP Central and Eastern Europe Fellow at @themuseumofmodernart, New York (2020–2023) and has been a curator at the @lcca.lv (2012–2020). In 2023 she co-curated New Visions — @henieonstad Triennial for Photography and New Media in Oslo, as well as the @kaunasbiennial, the contemporary art festival @survivalkit.lv 14 and the @mglcljubljana.

✨Explore the concept they have envisioned for the @labiennale together with the artists @mareunrols & @brunobirmanis ➡️ www.latvianpavilion.lv

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“Untamed Fashion Assembly represents freedom, which due to pressures on society now, is something from the past. It’s in small pockets. Your job is to revive it!” 💬 @andrewlogansculptor

📽️ Jewelry and object’s show by Andrew Logan in Riga

© Henry Stein. Video fragments from documentary about Untamed Fashion Assemblies (1990-1994). Courtesy of the artist. Bruno Birmanis Archive

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👀 What will the exhibition “Untamed Assembly: Backstage of Utopia” at @labiennale look like?

We’re not quite ready to reveal that yet, BUT here’s a sneak peek #behindthescenes of the pavilion’s installation process in Riga — where, since January, the Latvian pavilion has gradually taken shape through dozens of hours of work carried out by the artists and creative team.

The pavilion will be on view from May 9 to November 22 at the Arsenale in Venice.

✨Opening on May 8 at 13:00

✨Artists: @mareunrols (new comission)

& @brunobirmanis (founder of Untamed Fashion Assembly (1990–1999), archive)

✨Curators: @lace.inga & @adomas.n
Commissioner: @solvitakrese
Architect: @livakrei
Producer: @eliza.anna.reine

✨Latvian pavilion is:
commissioned by @kulturas_ministrija
Organized by @lcca.lv
Created in collaboration with @riga.lv & @rigastories

Logistics partner: @dhlexpresslatvia

Supporters: @signet_bank , Investment and Development Agency of Latvia, @vvfoundationlv , @cobaltlegal_lv , Poligrāfijas grupa MŪKUSALA, Kronus, @mccannriga , Dūrmuiža, @pro1stage , @followart.world, @latvijas_finieris, Antalis, Liepaja Music, Art and Design School , @madaracosmetics , SIA Gaismu cehs, @kate_mebeles, Steel Tech and @irve_latvija .

➡️ www.latvianpavilion.lv

#biennalearte2026
#rigalatvia
#untamedassembly
#90s