Laura Gozlan’s and Viktors Timofejev’s artwork opening “The Fragile Lightness of Liminality”

The project The Fragile Lightness of Liminality focuses on states of transition or in-between spaces in which processes, narratives, and discourses are still taking shape, shifting from one state to another, and are slowly being noticed and recognized. It looks at ignored, forgotten, and neglected parts of cultural space that are marginalized due to their inconvenience, complexity, or perceived lack of trendiness. The project emphasizes transformation as an uncertain yet creative state. Spaces and territorial transitions that highlight the relationships between the private and the public, the interior and the exterior, and the subjective and the objective underscore this complexity, particularly by drawing parallels with social transformation.

The project will present works by three international artists – Viktor Timofeev (LV/USA), Laura Gozlan (FR), and Robin Levy (USA) – who will engage in a dialogue with Kuldīga’s urban environment, bringing the concept of liminality to the forefront.

• Viktor Timofeev is a contemporary artist from Riga, Latvia, currently based in New York. He works across mediums – drawing, painting, video, and installation – exploring identity, language, bureaucracy, and the tension between personal experience and social systems. His partly autobiographical works employ abstraction, absurdity, and fantastical environments, drawing attention to the complexities of communication, culture, and the digital age. Recent solo exhibitions include the Latvian National Museum of Art in Riga (2025), Editorial Projects in Vilnius (2025), Interstate Projects in New York (2021), and Karlin Studios in Prague (2020). Recent group exhibitions include 1st Klaipeda Biennial (2025), 19th Tallinn Print Triennial (2025), Malmö Konstmuseum in Malmö (2025), Sapieha Palace in Vilnius (2025), etc. Timofeev is a lecturer at the Rhode Island School of Design.
• Paris-based visual artist Laura Gozlan studied scenography at Helsinki’s University of Art and Design and EnsAD in Paris. She graduated from Le Fresnoy, National Studio of Contemporary Arts, in 2007, where she studied with director Chantal Akerman. Gozlan has exhibited her work in various French institutions and internationally, including MoCo in Montpellier, 40mcube in Rennes, and Futura in Prague. Her films and installations depict outrageously articulated moments of desire and satisfaction in contrasting, intimate settings. Featuring darker elements, her work questions social norms and explores the aesthetics of prosthetics and aging. Recently, Gozlan directed a series of micro-fictions in which she performs, documenting the transformations of a recurring androgynous figure navigating through cosmetics, politics, and altered states of consciousness, exploring their transformative potential
• New Orleans-based American artist Robin Levy, whose family roots come from Poland, creates intimate, long-term projects that lead to a deeper understanding of our complex world. For four decades, she has been creating works rooted in personal experience, yet capable of reflecting broader, socially significant values. By translating her experiences into material form, she seeks to reveal the impact of human prejudice on our psyche and relationships through sculpture, photography, installation, and community collaboration. Further information about the unveiling of the artist’s works will follow.

Project curator Maija Rudovska has been working as an independent curator for more than 18 years. After earning a master’s degree in art history from the Art Academy of Latvia, she furthered her knowledge of curating through the Curatorlab postgraduate program at Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm (2009–2010). She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at the Estonian Academy of Arts. Rudovska has curated contemporary art exhibitions at: Manifesta Biennial (Marseille), Futura Gallery (Prague), Fondation Ricard (Paris), the Bozar Center for Fine Arts (Brussels), the Kim? Contemporary Art Center (Riga), Moderna Museet (Malmö), and elsewhere. Since 2021, she has regularly curated projects and exhibitions in the Kuldīga municipality in Latvia, where in 2024 she established an art space Studija, which features the international residency program.

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