Liepāja's Elusive Wind Explored in New Art Exhibition by 'Bedre' Collective

The Liepāja Museum is now hosting "0. time type – indeterminable," a new exhibition by the emerging artists' collective "Bedre." The exhibition explores the concept of time and human experience through the lens of weather phenomena, with a particular focus on the iconic wind of Liepāja.

Artists Patrīcija Krūmiņa and Marija Slaidiņa, who founded "Bedre" two years ago while studying Visual Communication at the Latvian Academy of Arts, use the unpredictable nature of weather as a metaphor. Their work in this exhibition combines video pieces with electrically powered spatial objects, creating an immersive environment of movement and sound.

Krūmiņa shared that the initial idea involved filming in Liepāja, but the artists were struck by the absence of wind upon their arrival. "We wanted to fill these socks with wind, but there was none. But then we realized that this is exactly the zero time type, indeterminable – that the wind is not there, and in these videos, we are like wind seekers, researchers trying to catch it," she explained. This unexpected turn became a central theme, highlighting the elusive and indefinable nature of the wind and, by extension, human experience.

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We wanted to fill these socks with wind, but there was none. But then we realized that this is exactly the zero time type, indeterminable – that the wind is not there, and in these videos, we are like wind seekers, researchers trying to catch it.