
PILOT
Riharda VÄgnera iela 3
LV: "Propogandas efekts: padomju plakÄts LatvijÄ kÄ aizmirstais fenomens"
23. februÄrÄĢ plkst. 18:00 Latvijas MÄkslas akadÄmijas (LMA) eksperimentÄlajÄ galerijÄ "Pilot" atklÄs izstÄdi "Propagandas efekts: plakÄts padomju LatvijÄ kÄ aizmirstais fenomensâ.
PlakÄta efektivitÄte slÄpjas tÄ spÄjÄ Ätri, lakoniski un tieÅĄi nodot skatÄĢtÄjam viegli uztveramu, retorisku un nediskutÄjamu vÄstÄĢjumu. Apzinot Latvijas MÄkslas akadÄmijas fondÄ nonÄkuÅĄo plakÄtu kolekciju, izstÄdes veidotÄjas â LMA MÄkslas vÄstures un teorijas 4. kursa studentes Zanda Kagaine, Monta Gintere, Laima DÅĢda un Inese GÄtere â ekspozÄĢcijÄ pÄta plakÄtu kÄ Padomju varas propagandas izplatÄĢÅĄanas instrumentu Latvijas teritorijÄ Padomju okupÄcijas laikÄ. IzstÄde atspoguÄŧo gan daÅžÄdus ar politiku, sabiedrÄĢbu un ideoloÄŖiju saistÄĢtus jautÄjumus, ko skÄra propaganda, gan arÄĢ, pÄtot muzeju vÄsturiskos krÄjumus, mÄÄŖina apjaust sabiedrÄĢbas reakciju uz to.
AttÄĢstoties tehnoloÄŖijÄm, kad plakÄta efektivitÄti nomainÄĢjuÅĄas interneta un sociÄlo tÄĢklu piedÄvÄtas iespÄjas, mÅĢsdienÄs tas kÄŧuvis par âaizmirstu fenomenuâ, tomÄr ÅĄim medijam ir sena vÄsture un tÄ izcelsme meklÄjama jau SenajÄ GrieġijÄ. Ja 19.-20. gadsimta mijÄ aktuÄli bija mÄkslas plakÄti, kas veltÄĢti kultÅĢras un sadzÄĢviska rakstura notikumiem, tad politiskais, tostarp, propagandas plakÄts sevi pieteica lÄĢdz ar PirmÄ Pasaules kara notikumiem, kad bija seviÅĄÄˇi svarÄĢgi aÄŖitÄt par labu konkrÄtam politiskajam spÄkam, un, ar plakÄta starpniecÄĢbu, kultivÄt tÄ nostÄdnÄm atbilstoÅĄu sabiedrisko domu. Å emot vÄrÄ propagandas aktualitÄti arÄĢ mÅĢsdienu informatÄĢvajÄ telpÄ, izstÄde aicina, atskatoties vÄsturÄ, salÄĢdzinÄt un diskutÄt par propagandas lomu cilvÄka dzÄĢvÄ un ietekmi uz to, kÄ arÄĢ par mÄkslinieku lomu politiskÄs mÄkslas procesos LatvijÄ Padomju okupÄcijas laikÄ. IzstÄde iecerÄta kÄ no arhÄĢviem izcelta laikmeta dienasgrÄmata, kas vÄsta par subjektÄĢvo propagandas mÄkslas pieredzi un vÄsturi LatvijÄ, to skatot plaÅĄÄkÄ komunistisko valstu propogandas naratÄĢvu kontekstÄ.
IzstÄde no 23. februÄra lÄĢdz 20. aprÄĢlim bÅĢs apskatÄma LMA galerijas "Pilot" telpÄs Riharda VÄgnera ielÄ 3, VecrÄĢgÄ. Galerija atvÄrta no otrdienas lÄĢdz svÄtdienai (12:00-18:00), ieeja bez maksas.
ENG: "The Propaganda Effect: the Soviet Poster in Latvia as a Forgotten Phenomenon"
The poster's strength lies in its ability to quickly, laconically and directly give an easy-to-understand, rhetoric and uncontroversial message to the viewer. By identifying the collection of posters in the Art Academy of Latvia, the exhibition authors â AAL Art History and Theory Senior year students Zanda Kagaine, Monta Gintere, Laima DÅĢda and Inese GÄtere â explore the poster as an instrument of propaganda of Soviet power in the territory of Latvia during the Soviet occupation. The exhibition reflects both the various issues related to politics, society and ideology, which are affected by propaganda, as well as attempts to identify the public's reaction to it, by studying the historical records of the museum archives.
With the technological development, where the poster's efficiency has been given away to the opportunities offered by the Internet and social networks, it has become a âforgotten phenomenonâ today, altough this media has an ancient history and originates in ancient Greece. While the art poster, devoted to cultural and social events, was trending in the turn of 19th and 20th century, the political, including the propaganda poster, came into the spotlight along with the events of the First World War, when it was particularly important for it to be campaigning for a particular political force and, through the poster, cultivate a public opinion appropriate to its policies.
Bearing in mind that the propaganda exists in today's society, just as it did back then, the exhibition calls for the comparison and discussion of the role of propaganda in human life and the impact on it, as well as the role of artists in political artistic processes in Latvia during the Soviet occupation. The exhibition is intended as a archival journal entry of the times, reporting on the subjective experience and history of propaganda art in Latvia, within the broader context of the propaganda narratives in other Communist countries.
The exhibition will run from February 23 till April 20, held at the premises of the âPilotâ gallery on 3 Riharda VÄgnera Street, in Old Riga. The gallery is open from Tuesday to Sunday (12:00-18:00), entry - free of charge.