From October 9, 2026 to January 9, 2027, the Ogre History and Art Museum will host the international exhibition "Exhale. Space".
The international exhibition "Exhalation. Space" is a pulsating environment where the stories of experience and culture meet, overlap and intertwine. It is like a gathering of intersections of different voices and media, where each artist shares their own unique narrative: from the harsh vibrations of the Icelandic landscape, experiences of the county mounds and memories of historical wooden architecture to intimate family archeology and powerful socio-political manifestos.
The foundation of the exhibition's concept is based on such themes as conversation, empathy, space and time, with special emphasis on materiality and spatial thinking. Wood, metal, porcelain and sound lose their static role - they speak to each other and separately to the space and its architecture. It is a deliberate, perhaps even somewhat naive call to rethink the function of contemporary art and its search in today's turbulently disturbing world. At the same time, the exhibition acts as a reminder of the dreams of small children - a time when our perception was free from prejudices and we believed that things have a soul, that the sky can speak and that the most extraordinary worlds can be built from any trifle found in the yard.
The exhibition offers a joint, poignant and sometimes unpredictable reflection of the artists on vulnerability and healing, on seeing and saving, on continuous presence in ourselves and the space we are in.
The purpose of the exhibition is to provide a direct, lively and unmediated space for the search for contemporary art and the reflection of problems outside the big centers. Be, breathe and let the space!
Authors of the exhibition: Aigars Bikše, Xiyao Chen & Julija Pociūtė, Daina Pupkevičiūtė, Rokas Dovydenas, Rimantas Milkintas, Kristine Mifsud, Oto Holgers Ozoliņš, Pauls Pudžs, Mykolas Saukas, Augustas Serapinas, Dārta Sideres, Elsa Sīle, Skuja Braden.
Curator of the exhibition: Maris Grosbach
Room: Oto Holgers Ozoliņš, Māris Grosbach
Visual identity: Anitra Eglīte - Poikāne
Communications: Laura Tuča
Technical support: Guntars Andersons, Nils Miķelsons
Photo: Oksana Okmi Mizgayeva
