Daria Melnikova “Palette. Three-legged Evidence”, Salon du Salon, Marseille, 2020, photo: Philippe Munda<\/p>\n
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(from the song The View<\/em> by Metallica\/Lou Reed)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ain\u0101rs Kamoli\u0146\u0161\u2019s book The Philosophy of Furniture<\/em> will be presented as part of Daria Melnikova\u2019s Palette. Three-legged Evidence<\/em> in December in Riga, created in collaboration with Kim? Contemporary Art Centre and the project Roots to Routes<\/em>. Palette<\/em> is a journeying platform with a focus on the process and exchange of experiences and ideas. As a continuing platform, lately exhibited in Marseille at the gallery Salon du Salon<\/em>, in Riga it will manifest as a stage that will host the presentation and readings of The Philosophy of Furniture<\/em>. The point of departure for the book has been Edgar Allan Poe\u2019s essay with the same title The\u00a0Philosophy of Furniture<\/em> (published 1840). As Kamoli\u0146\u0161 puts it: \u201cFurniture can allegorically describe the subject’s inner world – after all, furniture, like one\u2019s consciousness, stores thoughts, and holds history\u201d.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Philosophy of Furniture<\/em> will be performed (broadcasted online) two times during December \u2013 first on December 5, at 7pm it will be read in English by journalist K\u0101rlis Streips.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The link to the broacast will be provided closer to the date.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ain\u0101rs Kamoli\u0146\u0161<\/strong> is a philosopher from Riga. He has obtained an MA in philosophy from the University of Latvia. Kamoli\u0146\u0161\u2019s main academic interests concern the questions raised by the early modern philosophers, including how biology, natural and exact sciences are linked to philosophical theories. His best known book is Diaries: Spinoza\u2019s Poetics <\/em>(2014, published by Kim? Contemporary Art Center). In 2016 he wrote a dramatisation of Kierkegaard\u2019s The Seducer\u2019s Diary <\/em>that was staged in the Latvian National Theatre.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Daria Melnikova<\/strong> is a Riga-based artist, who works with installations and objects. Her work results from a meditative study of daily routine, clich\u00e9s, architectural details and mere casual moments. She has recently exhibited in Salon du Salon, Marseille; Gallery Vartai, Vilnius; Karlin Studios, Prague; PLATO, Ostrava; Kulturfolger, Zurich; Kim? Contemporary Art Center, Riga, etc.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n K\u0101rlis Streips<\/strong> was born and raised in the United States and has lived in Latvia since 1991.\u00a0He is a broadcast journalist and an instructor at the University of Latvia.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Roots to Routes<\/em><\/strong> is a collaboration between artists, curators and non-profit organisations from the city of Marseille and the Baltic countries, curated by Merilin Talumaa, Maija Rudovska and Just\u0117 Kostikovait\u0117. The project took place in Marseille as part of Manifesta 13 Biennial programme Les Parall\u00e8les du Sud from August 28 to October 25 and is continuing in Riga, as well as in other cities throughout 2021. The project invites strangers to encounter the unknown and unfamiliar within the urban environment, while exploring and challenging concepts of \u2018homebase’, ‘belonging\u2019 and \u2018identity’.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Supported by Latvian Culture Capital Foundation","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Daria Melnikova “Palette. Three-legged Evidence”, Salon du Salon, Marseille, 2020, photo: Philippe Munda I am the table! I am! I am! I am! I am! I am! (from the song The View by Metallica\/Lou Reed) Ain\u0101rs Kamoli\u0146\u0161\u2019s book The Philosophy of Furniture will be presented as part […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kim-events"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n