Things We Make. In Search of Intersections Between Artist-Curator Work and Networks as a Form of Immaterial Labor in 1980s Latvia
Journal: Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis
Year: 2025

This paper examines the intersection between the practice of artist-curator and networking as forms of immaterial labor in 1980s Latvia, using the houses of creativity and the exhibition series Gadījums (Happenstance, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988) as a point of departure. It focuses on the artist-curator as a pivotal figure in shaping artistic processes during the late Soviet era. Their labor contributed to new forms of exhibiting, staging, and representing art in Latvia, while also engaging with the