{"id":2976,"date":"2024-09-11T15:24:58","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T12:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/festival2024.rixc.org\/?page_id=2976"},"modified":"2024-12-15T23:39:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T20:39:13","slug":"santa-france","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/festival2024.rixc.org\/?page_id=2976","title":{"rendered":"Santa France"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Santa France (LV)<\/strong>
<\/strong>Still Life with Fruiting Bodies<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Digital print on dibond (120 x 180cm), 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Santa France. Still Life with Fruiting Bodies, 2024. Symbiotic Sense(s) exhibition, Riga, 2024. Photo: Lelde G\u016btmane<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The two still life compositions explore the tradition of foraging for mushrooms within a consumer-driven world. Drawing from personal experience of mushroom hunting from an early age and nostalgia for field guide books, the diptych examines how this sustainable practice has become intertwined with modern consumer excess. The curated objects reflect the paradox of overconsumption, where rarity fuels desire, leading to cycles of exploitation and scarcity. While mushrooms naturally connect vast underground networks, this interconnectedness starkly contrasts with the isolation of overconsumption, where individuals grow distant from the origins of their food and environment, urging reflection on our impact on the natural world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Santa France<\/strong> is a Latvian digital artist mainly focusing on exploring the potential of 3D software and its usage in creating web-collages, videos, animated .GIF images and digital illustrations. Her nearly photorealistic, yet uncanny compositions are characterized by their impossibly pristine surroundings and the contrasting organic and man-made objects. The established hyperreality draws attention to the software used in its creation, as well as uses its visual language to examine issues rooted in our contemporary existence, dealing with the themes of self-reflection, solitude, nostalgia and digital culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Santa France. Still Life with Fruiting Bodies, 2024. Symbiotic Sense(s) exhibition, Riga, 2024. Photo: Krist\u012bne Madjare<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Santa France (LV)
Klus\u0101 daba ar aug\u013c\u0137erme\u0146iem<\/strong>
Digital\u0101 druka uz dibonda (120 x 180cm), 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Divas klus\u0101s dabas kompoz\u012bcijas p\u0113ta s\u0113\u0146o\u0161anas trad\u012bcijas pat\u0113r\u0113t\u0101jsabiedr\u012bbas p\u0101r\u0146emtaj\u0101 pasaul\u0113. Pamatojoties uz person\u012bgo pieredzi, kas g\u016bta s\u0113\u0146u med\u012bb\u0101s agr\u0101 b\u0113rn\u012bb\u0101, un nostal\u0123iju p\u0113c lauku ce\u013cve\u017eu gr\u0101mat\u0101m, diptihs p\u0113ta, k\u0101 \u0161\u012b ilgtsp\u0113j\u012bg\u0101 prakse ir savijusies ar m\u016bsdienu p\u0101rm\u0113r\u012bgo pat\u0113ri\u0146u. Atlas\u012btie objekti atspogu\u013co pat\u0113r\u0113t\u0101ju kult\u016bras paradoksu, kur\u0101 reti sastopamais k\u013c\u016bst iek\u0101rojams, veicinot ekspluat\u0101ciju un tr\u016bkumu. Lai gan s\u0113nes dabiski savieno pla\u0161us pazemes t\u012bklus, \u0161\u012b savstarp\u0113j\u0101 saikne krasi kontrast\u0113 ar p\u0101rm\u0113r\u012bg\u0101 pat\u0113ri\u0146a izol\u0113t\u012bbu, kad cilv\u0113ki att\u0101lin\u0101s no p\u0101rtikas un vides pirmatn\u0113j\u0101s izcelsmes, mudinot p\u0101rdom\u0101t m\u016bsu ietekmi uz dabisko pasauli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Isolated details from the compositions, 2024.<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Isolated details from the compositions, 2024.<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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