Hi, I’m Kirils – in my practice I melt together the mediums of text, performance and sound, using them as tools and structures in founding an open dialogue. Mainly creating an intimate space for a small number of visitors, I aim to establish brief encounters in which the visitor has a fundamental role in the realisation of the work itself. Meanwhile, I also make music.
Currently lives and works in: Vienna (Austria) / Riga (Latvia)
Practice: Sound / Text / Performance
Areas of interest: Alt-Literature, comedy, contemporary theatre, radio
Why are you a part of Magic Carpets: I was invited by New Theatre Institute of Latvia – as I’ve been working with them before I knew it would be a valuable experience!
Magic Carpets project
The Image Machine
A multimedia instalation in Folkestone, UK
During my residency I developed a multimedia installation dedicated to the Folkestone’s Amusement Park that traces the universal nature of human experiences by celebrating how storytelling has consistently connected us throughout history. Through generating diverse intimate images, the installation invites visitors to interact actively – stepping into the role of the main character as imaginative narratives light up.
Past project
Got Along Without You Before I Met You Gonna Get Along Without You Now
Type: Site-specific performance / walk
Got Along Without You Before I Met You Gonna Get Along Without You Now is a rupture in the everyday observation patterns and urban structure. A place where presence and absence coexist.
How to become silent and attentive, how to freeze to let the space calm down and return to its natural state like troubled waters do? How to embrace one’s own absence?
What inspires you as an artist? Mostly other artists – through working on my practice I delve into a conversation with them. At the same time I might be even more inspired by people who don’t consider themselves as artists. Also bordom inspires me a lot.
What do you think is the purpose of art? For me the purpose of art is to create space for others to take time to think and feel, remember and dream.
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