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Invisible Cities, Tur Telpa, Riga, Latvia, 2023
9 Private archival photographs, manipulated, framed, frame 31x26,5 cm, photo 21x15 cm, photographs on textile 150x150 cm, draped over car wreckag,150x380 cm,
For “Invisible Cities” Inga Erdmane has created new work that is focussed on Tallinas ielas kvartāls, its history and how the memories from what was before has faded with time. For this work she explored archives; interviewed witnesses from the time when Tallinas kvartāls was an emergency vehicle depot and garage; and collected photographs from private and public collections. The further back she went, the harder it was to get a clear picture of what was before.
In her practice, Erdmane’s interest in the materiality of photography often compels her to use different techniques to create distortion and deformation of the material she works with. In this case she has obscured collected photographs taken around Tallinas ielas kvartāls in the past adding another veil to reiterate the fading of memory by time and its elements. Along with large format photographs she attempts to tell a hidden story which can never be completely uncovered. It remains buried by time and the viewer is invited to theorize about how it could have been before it became part of an invisible city shrouded by the past.
