Riga · Latvia · 2025

Cabinet of Curiosities

Site-specific installation · object-based scenography

Bishumuizha Manor has functioned as a sugar factory, a crime scene, and a Soviet office. One room, with trompe-l'oeil wood panelling, remained empty since the 1970s.

Riga · Latvia · 2025

Cabinet of Curiosities

Bishumuizha Manor (1813) has functioned as a sugar factory, a crime scene, and a Soviet office. One room - with trompe-l'oeil wood panelling - remained empty since the 1970s.

The space already contained a small set of objects. I extended it by introducing new elements based on resemblance - each object chosen to echo what was already present.

The result functions as object theatre. The viewer moves through the space, opening and observing objects at close range. The scenography does not present a composition. It constructs a condition where objects appear to have always been there.

Facade of Bishumuizha Manor — Manor facade

System of correspondences

Objects introduced through formal echoes within the space.

Display case with arranged objects — Object correspondences

Bed-like object correspondence — Formal echo

Cabinet of Curiosities · Object-based scenography

Objects selected and arranged by the scenographer.

Table with arranged objects — Arrangement

Cabinet of Curiosities · Object-based scenography

Desk and window inside Cabinet of Curiosities — Window and desk

Shelf with vase and objects — Shelf arrangement

Bird image and small statue — Object echo

Key detail in Cabinet of Curiosities — Key detail