Untitled Video (press to play)
Pop up exhibition at Kronvalda bulvāris 4, Room 12. Riga, Latvia
07.12.2022 – 14.12.2022
Yesterday I saw a pair of black shoes, red pants, red jacket with a man inside, holding a white umbrella with a wooden handle. On the back of his head there was a wavy ponytail tied with a red hairband.
Comparing man in red to a red shipping container in the garden:
>The shipping container does not have a white umbrella with a wooden handle
>The shipping container does not wear red pants
>The shipping container has no right to vote
>The man in red does not have 8 corners. In fact, he has none
>The man in red does not have a keyhole
>The man in red does not have hinges for heavy metal door
>There is a 50 % chance that container has a wavy ponytail tied with a red hairband 1 (Can not be sure, maybe it is facing the wall, must walk around it)
>Both shipping container and man in red has an ID number
>Both shipping container and man in red has potential to travel to Greece
This comparison is very approximate. I am looking at the shipping container from a different angle and distance. The man in red was very close to me and a bit shorter than me. Container on the other hand is good 50 meters away and I do not even see its roof. Again I only have to assume that it is there.
Man in red Shipping container Specification
_ × has hinges
× _ wears trousers
× × appears red
_ × has a keyhole
× ? has a ponytail
_ × has corners
× _ can vote
× × has an ID number
× × can go to Greece
Untitled Video
Steel, sink, body paint
Video, 1920 × 1080 px, 2'32”
Stand On the Right
Granite, glass, steel, 28 × 42 × 10 cm
Compairing a Man Wearing Red To a Shipping Container
Published on Māxlas žurnāls, April 2024, Riga, Latvia. Edited by Roberta Atraste
Documantation: Krišjānis Beļavskis