Archives of October 2004
Art+Communication 2004 in Riga
Some thoughts about the Art+Communication 2004 Festival which I attended a few weeks ago follow. I arrived Riga Thursday evening, 30th of September. The hotel which quite a few of the festival guests used, Hotel Viktorija, was rather nice experience. The reception and elevator lobbies very quite ok and well-kept, but when I got to the fourth floor and opened the folding doors to the corridor where my room was located it was an instant transferral to the Soviet era. Quite a low, flickering lighting, overall tone of earth colors, and no similar doors whatsoever. It was so cool, an ostalgy overdose. The feeling just elevated when I got to my room: very high ceiling, the surfaces of the cupboard and table were high-gloss enamel, the floor was creaky parquet. Too bad I failed to take a camera with me.
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Posted by Matias at 17.10.2004 18:46 (5 years ago) | 76 comments | 0 trackbacks
Autumnal Kallio
I walked around in Kallio testing my new camera, and I added some images from the trip to the gallery.
Quite funny that although I've lived around here for three years, I still noticed quite a lot of new things. Of course, I was more perceptive because I was actively looking for things to photograph, but for example - I'm almost ashamed to admit - I think I had never noticed the statue behind the library of Kallio.
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