The collection of poems «Geographies of Ideas», translated to Latvian by poet Ivars Šteinbergs, introduces the existence and feelings of modern man in the context of contemporary society and modern identity.…

Together with the Pauls Stradiņš Medicine History Museum (MHM) we are developing the idea of a specially for children created museum space, focusing on body, health conditions and illnesses taking into account…

How did railwaymen – engineers, telegraphers, bosses, signalmen, wagon–lubbers, clerks – experience the changes in technology, ruling powers, times and customs? «Railwaymen” is a multi–voiced story in a museum…

“Vysta smierts” – which can be translated either as “Death of a Chicken” or “All that Death” – is a collection of poems – dzeislinīks – written in Latgalian by Marija Dziesla. Each chapter of the book is a…

The Latvian translation of “Restlessness” (“Uro. En reise i det moderne selvet”), a book by the Norwegian psychiatrist and psychotherapist Finn Skårderud, occupies the middle ground between fiction and…

The “Veveri viver vū! Children’s counting rhymes from the collection of Otto Bong” at Lūznava Manor continued the series of exhibitions which started in 2019, based on the collector's compiled counting rhyme…

In “Rēgi” (“Ghosts”), a series of nine stories, a fictitious narrator gives a subjective account of her life that is hidden from everybody else’s eyes. With its simplicity, the design of the collection of…

Is it possible to train immunity? What is the role of natural killer cells in the human body? And how do antibodies work? You can find answers to these and other questions by playing the IMUNO board game.…

How do the rituals and serendipities of togetherness, torn apart by the pandemic, the locked borders and broken keys, change the realm that we used to know as festivals, feasts, microbiome, exchange and…

The Anatomy Museum of Riga Stradins University stores more than 40 preparations of kidney variations. All these kidneys once filtered blood, participated in the creation of blood cells, and other processes…

Writer Inga Gaile about the book: “The author talks about love in an exciting and truthful manner, its origins and growth, coming and moving away. About sexuality and self-realization through its acceptance.…

The Anatomy Museum formed as a study collection in the 1920s and only a hundred years later – in 2020 – it was opened as a public museum for the first time. In collaboration with the museum and Rīgas Stradiņš…

Riga Photography Biennial has been held since 2016 and focuses on the analysis of visual culture, taking an interest in the impact of technology on our realities and their representations. While getting ready…

Curating the exposition of the Latvia pavilion at the World Expo 2020 was our first work in the genre of “achievement exhibitions”. Instead of thinking about the past or the present, we had to imagine the…

Exhibition about language and displacement caused by World War II. Its main protagonist – the collection of counting-out rhymes, collected by bibliophile Otto Bongs. The language is like plasticine – warmed-up…

Uldis Mākulis, the initiator of this calendar, invited Māris Bišofs to create a series of illustrations reflecting on the tradition of the Latvian Song and Dance Festival and its meaning today. All…

Exhibition “Just on time. Design stories about Latvia” told us about Latvian society in various historical moments through its design artefacts. How was the “Latvian identity” established and what was the role…

In addition to the five month-long exhibitions, the Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art (RIBOCA) featured a public program encompassing performances, talks, debates, workshops, and other events…

After World War II, the German-Latvian bibliophile Otto Bong (1918–2006) meticulously and consistently formed one of the largest and most diverse collections of printed works connected to the Baltic countries…

The novel, published in 1918, is the Norwegian author’s Gabriel Scott's (1874-1958) most notable work which will speak to those who enjoy books of his contemporaries - Knut Hamsun and Selma Lagerlöf. The book…

The exhibition “YOU’VE GOT 1243 UNREAD MESSAGES. Last Generation Before the Internet. Their Lives” looked into the recent past where the search for oneself and others took place in an analogue instead of a…

The exhibition catalogue “Ex Bibliotheca Ducis Curlandiae”. The Library of the Dukes of Courland is one of the most significant bibliophile collections of the Latvian origin. The catalogue includes the most…

The Baltic Centre for Media Excellence (BCME) promotes professional growth, media intelligence and critical thinking, and strives for positive change in journalism and the communities it serves. BCME delivers…

The exhibition introduced the viewers to the ancient Chinese written culture through books, calligraphy, posters, and map facsimiles produced in the period in which the development of print technology made the…

“The Medical Translator: The Student Manual. English-Latvian.” by Martin Styrerud is a tool to help with the communication between health professionals and patients. In the manual, one can find translations…

An audio-performance, performed at Radio Kootwijk, Netherlands. Working with our various proximities, this part-performance, part-audio installation considers the digital place, which we constantly inhabit or…

We joined “Everything Flows” residency which took place online due to COVID-19 and explored the idea of an audio-exhibition. Space is an essential aspect of an exhibition. But can it be transferred through…

The exhibition offered an opportunity to see artefacts, documents, and photos that the Museum of Latvians Abroad (LaPa) received during the 2014 expedition in the largest Latvian emigree communities of the…

VEF (State Electrotechnical Factory) is an iconic company. While making the new exposition, VEF History museum invited “Kolektīvs” to create some of the exposition’s texts: scripts for audial content and texts…

Riga Photomonth is an international photography festival that takes place every two years and explores photography from Northern and Eastern Europe. The catalogue we designed had to fit the Riga Photomonth’s…

In 2018, the Goethe Institute in Riga launched a new library exhibition cycle “Themenraum”. The first selected theme – “Memory Culture”. Exhibition consisted of a selection of books that reflect historical,…

A travelling exhibition about Latvian fashion from the 1950s to the present day was commissioned by the Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. “Let's talk about fashion!” was conceived as an…

In “The History of Immortality”, religious historian Dag Øistein Endsjø studies a theme which has always been central in human history: immortality. From the immortal soul in Greek religion and the immortal…

In his book, Pavel Štoll researches the relationship between Czech and Latvian literature and culture, especially the influence of the Moravian Church. Latvian traditions are analysed in their Czech context…

While they were moving to the new building in 2014, National Library of Latvia (NLL) decided to rebrand itself. The library's activities are very diverse - it holds 4 million issues of printed works, offers…

In preparation for the centenary of Latvia, the State Chancellery commissioned content for a digital game – a test about the history of Latvia. The aim of the game – to spread knowledge about Latvian history…

“Riga Photomonth” is an international photography festival that explores photography from Northern and Eastern Europe. Our challenge was to raise awareness in the media and among the potential audiences about…

The Latvian Contemporary Art Center (LLMC) summer school is an interdisciplinary program in Rucka Manor, Cēsis, where artists, art critics, curators, theorists of art and other fields, as well as practitioners…

“Aristīds” is a meeting place for underground music lovers, a platform for local and foreign musicians, DJs, and artists. It originated from the desire to create a place in Riga to enjoy music and a free and…