24 September 2020
MIR Travel Company focuses not only on Moscow and Saint-Petersburg but in Baltic countries as well. That is why today we have some news from Latvia and its capital – beautiful Riga. RIBOCA2 exhibition of contemporary art opened in Riga, the largest art event in all of Europe in 2020, when all festivals and exhibitions fell victim to pandemic restrictions. Coronavirus reality has reduced the duration of the Riga International Biennale from five months to three weeks, but it could not affect the scale of the event. The exposition is spread over the vast territory of Andrejsala - in the former industrial port, striking with its industrial landscapes, with abandoned and closed territories. The concept of the Biennale was "a new enchantment", and the title of the exposition was a line from a poem by the Latvian poetess Mara Zalite "... and suddenly everything blossomed." Rebirth is the leading idea of the exhibition: it is still difficult to foresee what exactly and in what color will blossom, but it is already clear that we all bear a collective responsibility for this. The artists have reassessed their values and offer their own vision of building a new world.