Exhibition "closed. Concert in Progress"  // 
                            2024 
                           curated by Tina Petersone
                                      

           Scheduling delays, unplanned material costs, typographical errors, opening day stress, and many other factors are familiar companions in the arsenal of exhibition makers' experiences. The exhibition “closed. Concert in Progress” is a collection of “deliberate mistakes” created by the artist. Observations, contained in visual compositions of various sizes, cover a range of blunders experienced in the process of setting up exhibitions. It is an invitation to accept our own imperfections and recognize them as sources of our inner drive.

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           As the artist herself says: "Usually we artists deal with worldly problems, but this time I wanted to focus on the artists themselves and their process of creation."

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           Mistakes permeate not only creative work but also the everyday reality of every field: governments are wrong in their decisions, companies fail to deliver on their promises, people experience crises. It is precisely because of these imperfections —mistakes, exceptions, and unfulfilled promises — that enable society’s mechanisms to function, as they compel us to respond, adapt, and solve problems. Which mistakes do we forgive with a light heart, and which do we pay for heavily?

“This is the age-old question of when a job is finished. What is an exhibition? What is not an exhibition? An exhibition is an extremely democratic format for making and showing art," says the exhibition's curator, Tīna Pētersone. "Put some pictures in your kitchen cupboard, invite your three upstairs neighbours over and discuss what you've seen with them."

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text by Tina Petersone​