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Exercises 2016
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During gymnastics, time not only slows down, but occasionally freezes as the gymnast’s body moves, performing what seem to be one and the same routines. The gymnasium is the gymnasts’ temple. The absolute goal of this effort, discipline and these endless exercises is the most purely executed figure of movement possible, while the cyclical exercises strive to achieve as straight a line as possible.
In the exhibition Exercises artist Kristaps Epners’ field of interest concentrates on studies of the movement of the human body – in this case that of a budding professional gymnast, as well as the idiosyncratic environment and apparatus that are part and parcel of the gymnast’s daily life. In the gymnasium, there is a special atmosphere and relationship between trainers and pupils, in which one senses not only an unwritten agreement and code of behaviour, but also the collective family awareness, which interacts with a highly focused individual. In gymnastics, the only acceptable reference point is a perfectly executed canon of movement. For hours, days, months and even years, the same basic elements of movement are repeated in a relentless effort to achieve an ideal. -
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Exercises
3 single channel HD videos, sculptures, fluorescent light bulbs, installation, wall drawings, 2016
duo show Sea of Living Memories/Exercises
Concert Hall Great Amber Liepāja, LV
27.10—06.12.2017
The Purvītis Prize 2017. Candidates’ exhibition > link
curated by Daiga Rudzāte
Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, LV
18.02—09.04.2017
solo show Exercises > link
NOASS Floating Arts Centre, Riga, LV
20.05—24.07.2016
echogonewrong.com — Exercises in Perfection > linkdiena.lv — Izstādes Vingrinājumi recenzija. Kā pa naža asmeni > link
punctummagazine.lv — Vai meitenēm piestāv muskuļi? > link