Jurmala · Latvia · 2025

Someone Else's Dacha

Site-specific scenographic environment

An abandoned 1930s summer house transformed into a scenographic environment over one season.

Jurmala · Latvia · 2025

Someone Else's Dacha

I transformed an abandoned 1930s summer house into a scenographic environment over one season.

The space functioned simultaneously as a domestic interior, a designed set for creatives, and a performative environment.

I defined the spatial structure: object placement, light conditions, and rules of use. The space was used by over 30 photographers and participants, each activating the same scenographic system.

The scenography was not fixed. Light, time, and presence continuously reconfigured the space.

Interior of Someone Else's Dacha — Domestic interior as scenographic environment

Jurmala · Latvia · 2025

Dacha as a found space

Initial spatial condition with little intervention.

Exterior of the found dacha space — Initial exterior condition

Interior room in found dacha space — Initial room condition

Window and objects in found dacha space — Found interior

Jurmala · Latvia · 2025

Dacha as a staged space

Spatial conditions activated through use.

Collage of staged activations in the dacha — Real conditions activated through use