Esplanāde

Language is the thing that creates one of the strongest feelings of being at home. From Latvian folk songs to contemporary poetry, from archaisms to contemporary expressions, from the wind-born language of Kurzeme to the language resounding in the lakes and hills of Latgale. Our language is unique and it belongs to us – as fast-flowing as a spring stream, as sharp as a weed, as warm as the sun, as cold as the frost in February, as soft as hay. Our language is what makes us feel at home.

The 360-degree video projection on the fountain installation encourages us to think and find the feeling of being at home in our language. The video projection incorporates a composition by Raimonds Tiguls.

Authors and implementers of the object: Jānis Pētersons, Artistic