Although the term \u201cway\u201d is often trivialized and vulgarised, it expresses one of the basic elements of the world that is associated with procedural development of human life; it moves forward, towards the horizon which is unreachable. The artworks of the exhibition could be considered as landmarks that help us understand the map of the complex lines (ways) and serves as particular points of reference.<\/p>\n
In 2009, Riga International Airport serviced more than 4 million passengers, the majority of which were transit travellers and never left the territory. In order to benefit from the transit tourism and to popularise the contemporary art of the Baltic States, the site-specific, contemporary, imaginative and humorous artwork of Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian authors will enrich the traditionally secretive identity of transit zones and addresses a wide international audience.<\/p>\n
Many of the potential viewers of the exposition will be undergoing this process \u2013 will be on the way \u2013 when visiting the exposition and thus the defined theme will become particularly topical. to them The encounter with art \u2013 in some respect \u2013 may become emotional crossroads. Art in this case has passed beyond the ‘white cube’ and abandoned its usual elitist status, becoming a sort of compass in the hands of the viewer, which can be found in tax free shops, near cafes and on one\u2019s way towards\u00a0 he boarding gate. The so-called collective practices involving transit passengers who are sometimes forced to stay\u00a0 at an airport for many hours become an important component of the exhibition.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Way\u201d exhibits works by notable Latvian (Evel\u012bna Dei\u010dmane, Dace D\u017eeri\u0146a, J\u0101nis Filipovi\u010ds, F5 (L\u012bga Marcinkevi\u010da, M\u0101rti\u0146\u0161 Ratniks, Ieva Rubeze), Kaspars Gro\u0161evs, \u0122irts Korps, Maija Kur\u0161eva, L\u012bga Marcink\u0113vi\u010da, Katr\u012bna Neiburga, Anta Pence, Dita Pence, Kaspars Podnieks, Krist\u012bne Pl\u016bksna, Kri\u0161s Salmanis, Armands Zel\u010ds), Estonian (Raul Keller, Triin Tamm) and Lithuanian (Ugnius Gelguda, \u017dilvinas Landzbergas) artists.<\/p>\n