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![Kommunalka Child]( "Kommunalka Child")
infoNine months after she was conceived as a way to contribute to population growth, just like every other Soviet kid, Kommunalka Child was harvested from a cabbage patch. She was brought up in a bilingual family in a communal apartment in Riga. As she was searching for a place in the world, the Soviet way of life slowly collapsed in the face of Western luxuries. Kommunalka Child takes its time-travellers onboard and triggers the reader’s personal memories and senses of smell, taste and touch. The cinematic storytelling in these funny, touching, embarrassing and absurd illustrated micro-memoirs reveals what life was like in the last decade of the Soviet Union, all through the eyes of a Latvian child.
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![Kommunalka Child]( "Kommunalka Child")
infoNine months after she was conceived as a way to contribute to population growth, kommunalka child was harvested from a cabbage patch, like every other Soviet child. She grew up in a bilingual family in a communal home, searching for a place in the world as the Soviet way of life slowly collapsed in the face of the Western liberties and luxuries. This groundbreaking collection of funny, touching, embarrassing and absurd illustrated stories reveals what life was like in the last decade of the Soviet Union through the eyes of a Latvian child.
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![Personal / Universal]( "Personal / Universal")
infoolfactory time-travel performance
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Interactive Sound Installation
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![The Bubble Drum]( "The Bubble Drum")
infoInteractive sound installation
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![Translucent]( "Translucent")
infoInteractive optical sculpture
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![Translucent]( "Translucent")
infoInteractive optical sculpture
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![The Bubble Drum]( "The Bubble Drum")
infointeractive sound installation
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![Forest Sparkle]( "Forest Sparkle")
infoInteractive light and sound installation
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![Tune Into Wave]( "Tune Into Wave")
infoSound Sculpture
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![Sea Spider]( "Sea Spider")
infoSound sculpture
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![Sea Spider]( "Sea Spider")
infoSound sculpture
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![Gramo's Attic]( "Gramo's Attic")
infoSound installation
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![Gramo's Attic]( "Gramo's Attic")
infoSound installation
Collaboration
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Curriculum vitae
Education
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2014 - 2017ArtScience Den Haag, Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten diploma
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2005 - 2009Image & Sound Den Haag, Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten diploma
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2004 - 2005Klinkende objecten en muziekopname Institut Charles Cros, Parijs diploma
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2000 - 2004Lets - Franse Interculturele Relaties Letse Academie voor Cultuur diploma
exhibitions
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2019Personal / Universal Bartalk #14 @ Haley's Comet Breakfastclub Den Haag, Netherlands Personal / Universal olfactory time-travel performance bartalkdh.wordpress.com/archive/bartalk-14-redefining-relations/ Group
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2019Forest Sparkle Deep in the Woods Massembre, Belgium Interactive light and sound installation inspired by sea sparkle. deepinthewoods.be/ Group
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2019The Bubble Drum Deep in the Woods Massembre, Belgium Interactive sound installation with bubbles deepinthewoods.be/ Group
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2018Instruments Make/ Play Fair WORM Rotterdam, Netherlands The Bubble Drum, interactive sound installation instrumentsmakeplay.nl/ Group
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2018A Glimpse of Riga - Hoogtij #55 Quartair Den Haag, Netherlands Translucent, interactive optical sculpture Group
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2017Amsterdam Dance Event Lab 111 Amsterdam, Netherlands The Bubble Drum, interactive sound installation www.neon-landa.com/thebubbledrum.html Duo
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2017Nacht van Kunst en Kennis Academiegebouw Leiden, Netherlands Translucent, interactive optical sculpture Group
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2014November Music, Kruithuis Den Bosch, Netherlands Gramo's attic, autonomous sound installation novembermusic.net/programma/installatie-expeditie-kruithuis Group
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2014Forest Sparkle Into the Great Wide Open, Vlieland Vlieland, Netherlands Forest Sparkle, interactive sound and light installation Group
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2012Musicaerial Into the Great Wide Open Vlieland, Netherlands Tune Into Wave and Sea Spider, autonomous sound sculptures for the project Musicaerial Group
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2010+3dB Sound Art festival 2B Gallery Budapest, Hungary Waltz Promenade, autonome geluidsinstallatie Group
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2010Tussen Stil en Stilte Het Langhuis Zwolle, Netherlands Gramo's attic, autonomous sound installation Duo
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2009Global / Local Singuhr klankgalerie, Berlijn Global / Local, sound installation Group
Projects
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2014
Sound & Vision (door Jaap van Eyck) Stichting NTR Netherlands documentaire
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2014
Kruithuis Collectief November Music Netherlands presentatie
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2012
Musicaerial Gaudeamus Netherlands premiere
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2012
Musicaerial Satellietgroep, Badgast presentatie
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2010
Structet 2, The Building Music todays art Netherlands performance
Publications
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2023Kommunalka Child Book Austin Macauley Publisher Nanda Milbreta London - Cambridge - New York - Sharjah, United Kingdom www.austinmacauley.com/book/kommunalka-child Nine months after she was conceived as a way to contribute to population growth, just like every other Soviet kid, Kommunalka Child was harvested from a cabbage patch. She was brought up in a bilingual family in a communal apartment in Riga. As she was searching for a place in the world, the Soviet way of life slowly collapsed in the face of Western luxuries. Kommunalka Child takes its time-travellers onboard and triggers the reader’s personal memories and senses of smell, taste and touch. The cinematic storytelling in these funny, touching, embarrassing and absurd illustrated micro-memoirs reveals what life was like in the last decade of the Soviet Union, all through the eyes of a Latvian child.
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2020Kommunalka Child Book Talisar Books Nanda Milbreta Den Haag, Netherlands www.kommunalkachild.com Nine months after she was conceived as a way to contribute to population growth, kommunalka child was harvested from a cabbage patch, like every other Soviet child. She grew up in a bilingual family in a communal home, searching for a place in the world as the Soviet way of life slowly collapsed in the face of the Western liberties and luxuries. This groundbreaking collection of funny, touching, embarrassing and absurd illustrated stories reveals what life was like in the last decade of the Soviet Union through the eyes of a Latvian child.
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2014Sound & Vision Stichting NTR Jaap van Eyck Netherlands Documentary about the study programme ArtScience
reviews
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2021Girl from Kommunalka Website Ieva Krastina Riga, Netherlands klik.tvnet.lv/7170305/meitene-no-komunalkas?fbclid=IwAR1AFFSiZIm1CrkSOlJmfApAUM7grx8xzbF9kfW6Kl2TwGXrPVPubaJIMsg
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2021The Scent of Soviet Latvia Magazine Ieva Puke Riga, Latvia ir.lv/2021/02/17/padomju-latvijas-smarza/?fbclid=IwAR0AaE_FIO7LdEcYjU4IDiRBQycJEYPeRp9tRBBf4Z0Vyowb4Ta60IlDAH4
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2021‘I saw an old couple on a bicycle and I thought, ‘this is romantic, this is so Dutch’ Website Brandon Hartley Den Haag, Netherlands www.dutchnews.nl/features/2021/03/i-saw-an-old-couple-on-a-bicycle-and-i-thought-this-is-romantic-this-is-so-dutch/ Interview with Brandon Hartley for the website DutchNews.nl
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202115 European books to read in April Website Nicolas Auzanneau France legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2021/03/30/15-fictions-deurope-a-lire-en-avril/?fbclid=IwAR1t1S3ggWzBlxq8mMMTOEWGxUWiiIvJ-y8pCTPES-cthOXqbqBZ8XBHh-w
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2020Playful portrait of a childhood in Soviet Riga Newspaper Jan-Hendrik Bakker Den Haag, Netherlands www.denhaagcentraal.net
Representation
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Secondary art-related activities
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2020 - 2021Festival Rewire Workshop 'Stretch that Sound'
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2019 - 2020Tour guide and host at West Den Haag
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2009 - 2014Course teacher Introduction to Sound