*   Maija Kurševa
*   Installations, illustrations
*    Latvian art academy, visual communication
*    «The best thing in the yard was hiding in darkness and «kazaki-razboiniki» which involved a lot of territory, up to neighborhood houses. My breasts grew later than other girl’s breasts so I was the one to be uncaught longer. In 90s we bought land for vouchers. I finally could milk a cow, goat, prepare meal for pigs, stir the concrete for home foundations, throw buckets of fertilizer on sugar beet and sit in ridge. I haven’t heard much from «Prosta Maria» episodes. And I had to have my hands over the ears so that parents would not see «stars» studs bought at Jelgava market. The two kilometers from school to home took me and my friend half a day, aligning the grass in ditches and swallowing sweet white bread. If I dream about any of my classmates these are usually nightmares. I have been studying in 8 different schools. Forth was «Lielplatones» elementary school. Fifth – Jelgava boarding school for children with shitty skeleton. Although they didn’t manage to keep me in for more than a year. In handicrafts i learned handicraft and come other stuff. Now I live and work at Andrejsala.»
*   «We all are different. I’ve started drawing in 10th grade, when I thought no one loves nor understands me , which by the way wasn’t true.»
*    She likes coming over to someone and drinking.
*    The majority of her artworks is autobiographical or mendaciously autobiographical.
* The idea of her skinhead character came to her long with the thought about why are people so harsh on each other.
* She began exhibiting in 2004
* «If a person has a need to do something apart from elementary life maintenance – than he has to do that. Drawing isn’t the worst thing to do (there are worse). I think those, who are into Street art have interesting life, though their work on city walls might not always be appreciated or liked, including the authors, but the process itself is valuable. Those are new relationships between people and environment.»
* The most inspirational book : «Hārdija Lediņa Jura Boiko “ZUN”
* Favorite movie : Esteban Sapir “La Antena”

You can find her at:

kurseva.first.lv

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«Mana piektdiena»
Ar vieglu dzinn! saceļas viļņi. Sākumā mazi, tad lielāki. Uznes līdz griestiem, kur galva atsitas un sašķīst stiklos. No rīta skaidrs, ka istabā bijusi vētra, jo pie kājām saskalotas pudeles ar vēstījumiem iekšā.
instalācija (koka galds, 12 pudeles, cilvēka izmēra lelle, 4 video cilpas (10 sek), skaņa)
video cilpa (9 min 6 sek )skaņa
2008

«Ļaunuma sakne»
Rīgai uzbrūk daudzas nelaimes, kas traumē cilvēkus. Klīst baumas, ka esot diezgan briesmīga vieta, kur rodas mazi, zaļi, apjukuši cilvēkveidīgi radījumi. Tad tie izplatās pa visu pilsētu kā tāds gripas vīruss. Avīzes “Čas” pastāvīgais lasītājs Sergejs Lapšins arī ir pamanījis, ka šī estētiski nepievilcīgā sērga pārņēmusi pilsētu. “Kas notiek manā mīļajā pilsētā? Es to vairs nepazīstu. Visas sienas apzīmētas melniem ķēmiem… No rītiem, braucot uz darbu pa sestā tramvaja maršrutu, mana sirds asiņo…” (”Čas”, 2007. gada 5. marts).
Kas ir šī ļaunuma sakne? Un vai cilvēks, nonācis līdz tai, spēs atturēties, neizplatot to tālāk?
tehnika:
instalācija (koks, zeme, ūdens, silikons, skaņa, plakāti)
stencils
plakāti pilsētā (sietspiede)
2007