Images of the untouched Svalbard shores, glaciers and their remnants are brought to Riga. A block of arctic ice also travels with them in a suitcase. Out of these two individual objects, new and unique images are created, which are both photographs and photograms. By melting on paper, the ice deforms the photographed landscapes, losing its volume with each new landscape and eventually disappearing forever.

Iveta Gabaliņa

IVETA GABALIŅA (1979) has studied photography at Andrejs Grants‘ studio, Bournemouth Art Institute, and in the Master’s Programme in Photography at the University of Aalto, Helsinki. Her works have been exhibited both in Latvia and abroad, including C/O Berlin in Germany, GESTE Paris, Williams Tower Gallery in Houston, festivals in Singapore, Hannover, Australia, Poland, etc. Her works are also held in such significant art collections as the Victoria and Albert Museum (UK), GESTE Paris (F) and the Deutsche Börse Art Collection (DE).