Acquiring Modernity

the guardian

Supermarket sweep… the Latvian pavilion which has been transformed into a minimart.

Monocle

This contribution brings a little levity to the long trek through the halls of the Arsenale.

Domus

Choice as the basis of architectural process, the pop aesthetics emphasizing the languages of consumption as in Hamilton or Warhol: everything is structured by the dynamics of commerce.

Inga Safron

Presented as a supermarket, its "products" feature the text from every national biennale exhibit from the last decade, boiled down to its essence through Al. It sticks a pin into the whole ball of hot air. Thank you for that.

Ryan Scavnicky

Funny thing about designing one liners is they aren't good unless you follow them to the utter end with utmost seriousness lol. That's why I loved the Latvian pavilion this year!

Elle decor

Welcome to T/C Latvija, surely the most instagrammed installation of this edition of the Biennale

Artribune

Smart? Brilliant? Ironic?

Der standard

Latvia is reopening the archive boxes once again, reminding us (including the Biennial Presidency) of everything that has already been thought up and invented, and inviting us to place the most urgently needed products in the basket, to combine them with one another, and ultimately consume all the knowledge.

Wallpaper*

Fun, colourful and thought-provoking, it offers a tongue-in-cheek moment to the Arsenale sequence...