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Jelena Glazova
Sound artist/visual artist and a poet based in Riga, Latvia. Working in interdisciplinary areas of contemporary art, combining in her works image, poetic text, experimental sound and installation.
Experimental music activity field - noise/drone, usually constructed from processed vocals.
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jelena.glazova [at] gmail [dot] com
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Artist's Statement and short bio:
"I am interested in perception and possibility of different readings of the same work, I search for perceptive switch possibilities that could arise from juxtaposition of media, such as text, image and sound.
I am also preoccupied with the issue of physicality and individual's physical identification in private/public space, that's why I often use myself as a source of material for work.
As a conceptual sound artist I am primarily using my voice as a generator, heavily altering it and manipulating with a help of digital processing. I consider that type of vocal elements deconstruction as a form of expressing unpronounced speech - connecting it with my practice as a poet. As a visual artist I am often dealing with physicality, which is also a basis of my work as a sound artist."
Conceptual justification: Sound approach – experimental/ drone/ noise/ambient as a form. As a conceptual artist primarily working with filtered recordings – usually her own voice (as a generator) or other conceptually-justified material (voice as a material is justified due to practice as a poet), heavily altering it and manipulating it with the help of digital processing. Considering voice processing to be a kind of deconstruction of vocal elements – a form of expressing unpronounced speech (as a metaphor for individual’s sub-consciousness) – connecting it with practice as a poet and the issue of physicality (preoccupied with in her practice as an artist, physicality also serves as a main basis for her sound art practice). Formally, technique is inspired by the sound poetry tradition of using the human voice, having roots in Dadaism and Futurism. Drone/noise (drone as an archaic form, ancient Near East etc.) form is a metaphor for an eternally-flowing development of “primary” matter versus human body development (at the macrocosmic/ microcosmic levels). Combining interest in postmodernism with its collage aesthetics and deconstruction practices and interest in Eastern philosophy with the concepts of nothingness and eternal development; for example - deconstruction/fragmentation practice (methodologically – granular synthesis as a digital processing) as a one of the metaphors reflecting concept of unsustainability of elements, as a non-existence of individual as an indivisible substance, but a chain of perceptive phenomena (David Hume – buddhism connection).
As a visual artist Jelena had 8 solo exhibitions, including solo shows at Latvian Museum of Photography (2010) and Latvian Contemporary Art Centre (LMC) (2011), participated in numerous group exhibitions, festivals and projects in Latvia, Russia, USA, UK, Netherlands, Germany, Slovakia, Lithuania, Estonia, Sweden, Finland, Ukraine, South Korea, Canada and other countries. As a poet she participates in poetry festvals and has numerous publications. Jelena is the author of 3 books of poetry. First book "Transfers" (2013, in Russian and Latvian) was nominated for Latvian Annual Literary Award (LALIGABA), second book "Plasma" (2014) was published in Estonia in Estonian and English, third book "Greed" was published in 2019 and was nominated for Latvian Poetry Days Award. Jelena's poetry is translated into Latvian, English, Finnish, Polish, Estonian, Lithuanian, Swedish, Hungarian languages.
As a sound artist started performing in 2012 – she performed at experimental music and sound art festivals and contributed to art projects – at Hamburger Bahnhof Museum for Contemporary Art (Berlin, Germany), BOZAR (Brussels, Belgium), Reina Sofia Museum (Madrid, Spain), Sound around Kaliningrad (Kaliningrad, Russia), Noise and Fury (Moscow, Russia), Poetronica (Moscow, Russia), Vilnius Noise Week (Vilnius, Lithuania), adventurous music festival Skaņu Mežs (Riga, Latvia), electronic music festival Art's Birthday (Stockholm, Sweden), Vienna Art Week (Vienna, Austria) etc. She was as a guest composer at EMS Stockholm, WORM Rotterdam, etc.
Jelena has chosen experimental and drone/noise/ambient form of expression after disappointment with tonal music, as she did not find it creative enough as a form of expression (she was playing few instruments and had classical vocal training, as adolescent performed parts in children’s operas).
She became interested in philosophical issues of sound self-sustainability (John Cage, La Monte Young etc.), historical origins of drone music (Ancient Eastern musical tradition), minimalism, especially mentioning inspiration from work of Eliane Radigue (an example of combining Eastern philosophy with the Western minimalist practices) and 20th century avant-garde and experimental music tradition. Jelena considers drone as a metaphor for eternal flowing development of “primordial”, “primary” matter on macrocosmic level as opposed to human body development’s physicality. Her sound is also formally inspired by sound poetry tradition of using human voice (dadaism, futurism practices) that is linking her sound work with her work as a poet.
She combines interest in postmodernism with its collage aesthetics and deconstruction practices (obtained BA at Latvian Academy of Culture with work on postmodernism in audiovisual culture) and interest in Eastern philosophy with the concepts of nothingness and eternal development.
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Education:
2021 - University of Latvia, Philosophy programme, MA studies
2013 - Art Academy of Latvia, PhD studies
2011 - 2013 - Art Academy of Latvia, Visual Communication department, MA, Riga, Latvia
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Selected exhibitions:
2024 Poetry and Performance in Prague Hvězda Palace, from 17 June
2022 DANAE solo exhibition, gallery MASA, July
2021-22 Poetry and Performance at Dnipro Centre for Contemporary Culture, Dnipro, Ukraine (25.11.2021-12.02.2022)
2021 PERFECT LANGUAGE - solo exhibition at Alksnājs residency (Free Riga), Riga, July
2020-21 Poetry and Performance in Liberec Regional Gallery (Czech Republic) December 2020 - May 2021
2020 Female Moebius strip video installation, Alksnājs residency gallery, Riga, November
2020 Wroclaw Contemporary Museum, group exhibition POETRY & PERFORMANCE, Wroclaw, Poland, March - June 2020
2019 MOTORENHALLE, Project centre for contemporary art, group exhibition POETRY & PERFORMANCE, Dresden, Germany, April - July 2019
2018 BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts group exhibition SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN Contemporary Art Scenes in Europe, Brussels, Belgium, June - August 2018
2014 kim? contemporary art centre group exhibition SALONS, Riga, Latvia
2013 SOURCE OF IRRITATION, audiovisual installation, LMA, Riga, Latvia
2012 FURNITURE KARAOKE, audiovisual installation, Riga Poetry Days, Riga, Latvia
2011 A MAN ENTERS A GREY CUBE, solo exhibition, OSIS, Riga, Latvia
2011 ELEMENTS OF A PUZZLE, solo exhibition, Latvian Contemporary Art Centre LCCA, Riga, Latvia
2010 COMMENTS, group exhibition, KIM? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia
2010 IDENTIFICATION OF A WOMAN, solo exhibition, Latvian Museum of Photography, Riga, Latvia
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Books:
2024 GREED/NAIVETE in Lithuanian, Vilnius
2023 NAIVETE in Hungarian, Budapest, Hungary
2023 Selected poems in Polish, Wroclaw, Poland
2022 GREED in Hungarian, Budapest, Hungary
2021 NAIVETE NAIVUMS/НАИВНОСТЬ - bilingual book of poetry RU/LV, published by Valters Dakša imprint, Riga, Latvia
2019 GREED АЛЧНОСТЬ/ALKATĪBA bilingual book of poetry in RU/LV, published by Valters Dakša imprint, Riga, Latvia
2018 BOOKS TO FALL FOR series, selected texts in English, published by Latvian literature institute for London book fair 2018
2015 MACBETH tape mini book, Kiev, Ukraine
2014 PROZA/ ПРОЗА Latvian contemporary short prose compilation (RU/LV), published by Orbita, Riga, Latvia
2014 PLASMA poetry book in EST and ENG, published by PARANOIA (EE)
2013 TRANSFERS - bilingual book of poetry (RU/LV) published by Orbita, Riga, Latvia - Latvian Literary Prize of the Year nomination as a "Brightest debut"
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Awards / nominations:
2022 - book Naivete nominated for best design for LV book design Zelta ābele award
2020 - long-listed for Poesia poetry prize, Russia
2019 - Shortlisted for Latvian days of Poetry Prize for book "GREED/ALKATĪBA"
2017 - Longlisted for Latvian Purvitis Art Prize for performance with Ieva Balode GLORY SONG at festival Process, Riga
2015 - Annual independent Russian literary prize "Debut" - special mention of the jury, longlisted for selection of poems
2014 - Annual Latvian Literary Award for Best Debut nomination - for TRANSFERS - bilingual book of poetry (RU/LV) published by Orbita, Riga, Latvia
2014 - Annual Latvian Literary Award for Delfi Readers' Choice Award nomination
2014 - Annual independent Russian literary prize "Debut" - longlisted for selection of poems
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Discography:
2024 ENTRANCE TO HADES (with Alexei Borisov) on Pan y Rosas dyscos (US)
2023 (C)Ovid metamorphoses project, curated by Bendt Herzogenrath (DE)
2023 Album of remixes for Travis Johnson (US)
2023 RIFT compilation to support victims of earthquakes
2023 THE DREAM OF HANS CASTORP, album, HEM Archive (DE)
2022 BLINDNESS, album, self-released on Bandcamp
2022 IFAR compilation Cauldron Deep Aesthetics (UK)
2022 BRIGHTNESS EXPLOSION AFTER DARKNESS, collaboration with Alexei Borisov (RU)
2022 NAIVETE soundtrack for the book Naivete, self-released on Bandcamp
2021 PERFECT LANGUAGE music for exhibition, self-released on Bandcamp
2021 EVERYTHING AWAITS WHITENESS, collaboration album with Alexei Borisov (RU), released by Noise Margin label (CZ)
2021 SEXUAL CAPITAL music for performance, self-released on Bandcamp
2021 "Muses & Sirens" compilation of experimental female composers, 1tracktape records, Greece
2020 When The World Was In Chaos V.A. Black Leather Records, Belgium, compilation
2020 ATTN:SPAN compilation, 10 seconds composition, UK
2020 BARDO THODOL (Eliane Radigue tribute), album
2019 split with Jeritan at Indonesian label
2019 Nostress Netlabel Anniversary compilation vol.8
2018 OBLIVION RIVERS album with Alexei Borisov (RU) and Yuri Yaremchuk (UA/RU)
2018 Die Ursprünge album with Leo Lobrev (UK/LV), Cruel Nature records (UK)
2018 FULL CYCLE OF SONGS project for Reina Sofia museum, Madrid, Spain
2018 split on Watch Pineapple Press recs (Indonesia)
2018 FOR GHOSTS album by Alexei Borisov/ Katya Rekk/ Jelena Glazova on Ton doigt dans mon cul Netlabel (Canada)
2018 HEADLESS VENUS album with ASTMA (DE/RU) on Zeromoon label (US)
2018 SHINING UNDER THE SKIN Jelena Glazova/ Georgy Zolotarev (RU) cassette/CD split release at Delta Shock recs (Ukraine)
2018 NOSTRESS NETLABEL ANNIVERSARY COMPILATION VOLUME 7
2018 THE MALADY OF DEATH solo album on Pan y Rosas Discos recs (Chicago, US)
2018 Ilia Belorukov (RU)/ Jelena Glazova split tape release on Hyster tapes (Finland)
2018 IFAR compilation dedicated to Radio Frequences (UK)
2017 IFAR compilation Pour Pierre Henry (UK)
2017 Eternal Turns label compilation "intelkinetix" (RU)
2017 Jelena Glazova/ Marta Smilga split tape, Liminal Noise (UK)
2017 tape release of Medea's Disco w/ ASTMA (RU/DE) on Freak Friendly diy (Ukraine)
2017 Distant Light, Super Marquee duo tape w/ Jonas Van den Bossche (BE) on Trash Can Dance (EE)
2017 tape release of Idiot's Gold duo album with ASTMA (RU/DE) on Freak Friendly diy (Ukraine)
2016 Bergegas Mati x Jelena Glazova - split CD on Gerpfast Kolektif (Indonesia)
2016 MEDEA'S DISCO - album in collaboration with ASTMA (RU/DE)
2016 Split release w/Alexei Borisov/ Ilia Belorukov and Sergey Kostyrko (RU) Pilot Eleven netlabel (UK)
2016 ALBUM OF DUOS 2013-2016 with Platons Buravickis (LV)
2016 ALBUM OF REMIXES on Alexander Zaitsev (RU)
2016 IDIOT'S GOLD album in collaboration w/ ASTMA (RU/DE)
2016 Nostress Netlabel (IT) anniversary compilation vol. 5, track "Decomposed remix" to Coaxil's "Stateless" (RU)
2015 IFAR Musique concrete compilation, track "1000-eyed body shining in darkness" (UK)
2015 Jelena Glazova ALBUM OF DUOS feat. Edgars Rubenis(LV/NL), Peter Kirn(US/DE), ::vtol::(RU), Alexei Borisov (RU), Platon Buravicky (LV), Kiwa Noid (EE), Vladimir Luchansky (RU), Matthias Kampf (AT)
2015 Jelena Glazova/ Alexander Markvart, live at Chosmky, Akt Produkt, RU
2015 Nostress Netlabel Anniversary compilation vol.4. - "Everything becomes white" track (IT)
2015 Bergegas Mati x Jelena Glazova - spoken word compilation CD on Gerpfast Kolektif (Indonesia)
2015 Jelena Glazova/ Grigory Avrorin tape release on SPINA rec (Russia)
2014 Alexey Borisov and Jelena Glazova live at Chomsky, Riga, March 2014, Gramola Netlabel (Spain)
2014 Alexander Zaitsev and Jelena Glazova live at Taiga, SPb, Apr 2014, Nostress Netlabel (IT)
2014 Ilia Belorukov/ Jelena Glazova split tape release Steak Au Zoo records (FR)
2014 MACBETH - Alexei Borisov / Jelena Glazova album, September
2014 PLASMA soundtrack for the book, May 2014
2014 Borisov/Elektronoizov/Garcia/Glazova/Kiwa/Lopez Moscow sessions, recorded June 2013, tape release
2014 John Cage compilation, track "16 voices resonating", IFAR (UK)
2014 Borisov/ Glazova/ Markvart live recording, Top-40.org (RU)
2014 Nostress Netlabel compilation - 3 (IT)
2014 IFAR Noise Compiation 3, IFAR (UK)
2014 Alexei Borisov/ Jelena Glazova Live at Erarta, Saint Petersburg, Nostress Netlabel (IT)
2013 1 Minute Autohypnosis Disc 18 compilation, Mute Sound (ES)
2013 Women in Experimental Music compilation "Elles" by Sillage Intemporel
2013 Edgars Rubenis/Ilia Belorukov & Jelena Glazova - split tape release, Quasi pop rec. (UA)
2013 Jelena Glazova / Wozzeck split tape release, Obsedante! (CZ)
2013 IFAR Musique Concrete Start Anywhere compilation
2013 IFAR Musique Concrete Cognitive Dissonance compilation
2013 Classwar Karaoke compilation 0022 survey
2013 PLUS, w/ Alexei Borisov/ Sergey Filatov, MAV records (IT)
2013 LIVE AT CHOMSKY,w/ Alexei Borisov, Electronic Musik (UK)
2013 2 YEARS OF ILSE, compilation, Ilse Music (US)
2013 RED MATERIAL, album
2013 LIVES SELECTION 2012-2013, album
2012 FURNITURE KARAOKE, installation soundtrack
2012 DEREK HOLZER VS. JELENA GLAZOVA, album
2012 SHE CLONES HERSELF, album, music for media poem
2012 EMPTY ROOM, installation soundtrack
2012 A BREATHING SHADOW, album
2011 A MAN ENTERS A GREY CUBE, album, music for exhibition
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Residencies:
2018 Guest composer in collaboration w/ Alexander Zaitsev, New Holland, Saint Petersburg, December
2017 Guest composer in collaboration w/ Mikhail Myasoedov (Brinstaar), Come-In cultural centre, Moscow, April
2014 Guest composer at EMS, Stockholm, April
2013 Sound art residency at WORM, Rotterdam, Netherlands, March
2013 Guest composer at EMS, Stockholm, January
2012/2013 Sound art residency at MoKs, Mooste, Estonia, December-January
2011/2012 Sound art residency w/ Derek Holzer at MoKs, Mooste, Estonia, December-January
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Selected projects/performances/festivals:
2024 Live collaboration with Platons Buravickis, 1983 bar, Riga, August
2024 Poetry reading and artist's talk at Unesco literature house, Vilnius, August
2024 MY LANGUAGE IS SUPERIOR performance with Ilze Pavare, Poetry midnight event at Riga circus, August
2024 Duo live with DUBNA, Aleponija bar, Riga, August
2024 Page Break poetry festival in Jelgava, Latvia, April
2024 What is feminism? readings and discussion in Novaya Riga, Riga, March
2024 Duo live with Aleksandrs Aleksandrovs, Aleponija bar, Riga, March
2023 FORCED READING performance at Poetry midnight event, Walters un Grapa bar, Riga, December
2023 WHAT IS FRIENDSHIP performance with Ilze Pavāre, Aleponija, Riga, December
2023 Sound Word Almanac - included in encyclipedia on sonic art, Bloomsbury Publishing
2023 live with Robert Fleitz (US) at TUR gallery, Riga
2023 WEIGHTLESS STATE performance with Ieva Viese, at Aleponija, Riga, August
2023 BLACK ORGASM performance with Ilze Pavāre, at Aleponija, Riga, August
2023 MUTATING IDENTITIES performance with Māra Ulme at performance festival Starptelpa, Riga, June
2023 MUTATING IDENTITIES performance with Māra Ulme at Biotransformācijas performance cycle, Riga, June
2023 Photomonth festival, guiding tour on AI interperetation of Latvian literature, Riga, May
2022 poetry/sound performance at Crazy Tartu poetry festival, Tartu, Estonia
2022 performance DREAM OF A DOPPELGANGER with Ilze Pavāre, Aleponija, Riga
2022 performance BLINDNESS with Ilze Pavāre at Dzejas Dienas festival opening, NOASS, Riga, September
2022 live in a duo with Marcik Butler (Dudna), Contemporary Thursdays evets cycle, Titandobže arts centre, Riga, August
2022 performance with Ilze Pavāre DANAE, gallery MASA, July
2022 live at Totaldobže art centre, with Marcik Butler (Dubna), visuals by Kimberley Bianca (Disaster Girl), Riga, June
2022 live with Platons Buravickis at Tu jau zini kur (Tallinas kvartals), Riga, May
2022 set GOD APPLIES LIPSTICK or Lithuanian radio Klasika, April
2022 live at anniversary event at Progress, Riga, April
2022 video ARTIFICIAL LANGUAGE in anti war project Peace 2022, curated by FI artist Josef Ka, Finland, Poland, March-April
2022 live sound art/poetry performance, GREED book presentation at Kis Preshaz literary cafe, Budapest, Hungary, March
2022 live of a duo with Platon Buravicky, Aleponija, Riga, March
2022 live set at Radio Naba, February
2022 performance with Anna Štefane NAIVETE/ duo with composer Platon Buravicky for book opening at Progress, Riga, February
2021 performance for New Year's eve at Progress, Riga, December
2021 perofrmance with Mischa Foster Poole, European Poetry Festival, London, UK - November
2021 special performance (sound and text) for Wittgenstein's 100 years of Tractatus celebration, for philosophers club, Sodas2123, Vilnius, Lithuania, November
2021 performance DICTATORSHIP OF POETRY during Poetry Days festival, with Eriks Naivo at Smilka gallery, Riga, September
2021 live to NON GRATA performance, Diverse Universe festival, Parnu, Estonia, July
2021 PERFECT LANGUAGE performance with Anna Štefane, exhibition opening at Alksnajs gallery, July
2021 SEXUAL CAPITAL performance with Anna Štefane, Starptelpa Performance festival, June
2021 MAGNIFICENT BODY OF GOD video work commissioned by British Council Latvia, for Inequality discussion cyce, April
2021 WebSynradio (FR) programme with my selection, March- April
2021 C(Ovid) Metamorphoses March edition - project curated by Bernd Herzogenrath (Germany), March
2021 Radio Naba ambient-noise online live with poetry, March
2020 NU Performance festival, "Greed" performance, Kanuti Gildi Saal, Tallinn, November
2020 live at opening of exhibition "I love words and this is very unhealthy" at Alksnājs residency, Riga, November
2020 online live for Epicentroom festival, Sound Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia, October
2020 live at XAW series event/ Matters. Platform for industrial culture, Kaunas, Lithuania, August
2020 live at Diverse Universe /Printmaking IN festival, Parnu Artists house, Parnu, Estonia, August
2020 live from Great Amber concert hall roof - Cosmic electronica on the roof, Liepaja, Latvia, June
2020 live set with sci-fi poetry at Arsenāls exhibition hall of Latvian National Museum of Art, at Unexpected Encounters exhibition, Riga, January
2020 live set with poetry at Latvian contemporary art centre annual gathering, Riga, January
2019 live set with Aleksander Aleksandrov, Aleponija, Riga, December
2019 live set with Leo Lobrev at Big guild, White night festival, Riga, September
2019 live set at Katarsis, Kaliningrad, Russia, August
2019 live set at Noiseroom, Sound museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia, July
2019 live set an Studio 9, Moscow, Russia, May
2019 live set with Alexander Zaitsev, Dune club, Saint Petersburg, Russia, April
2019 Live set with Leo Lobrev, presentation of album Die Ursprünge, KKC, Riga, Latvia, March
2018 DJ set at SURVIVAL KIT contemporary art festival opening, Riga circus, Riga, Latvia, September
2018 live at BOZAR - SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN Contemporary art scenes in Europe exhibition finissage, Brussels, Belgium, 16 August 2018
2018 artist talk and performance at National Contemporary Art Centre, Kaliningrad, Russia, August 2018
2018 sound piece FULL CYCLE OF SONGS / series of visuals ERASED SONG/ ERASED LANDSCAPE for radio of REINA SOFIA Museum (Madrid, Spain)
2018 Performance NEBULA WITHIN with Vika Eksta at Riga Performance fesitval, Riga, 17 June 2018
2018 Performance GOD APPLIES LIPSTICK at Riga Photomonth exhibition opening "Wool and Silk. The New Erotic" together w/ Ieva Balode (expanded cinema projection), Latvian museum of photography, Riga, May 2018
2018 Live at festival of improvised music in Berlin, Petersburg art space Berlin, May 2018
2018 Live at Kyiv Noise Festival, Plivka, April 2018
2018 Live at Sound Museum, Saint Petersburg, April 2018
2018 Live at Sonic Tea IV experimental music event series in Moscow, March 2018
2017 Live "SPEECH ISLANDS" at "SOUNDWAVES" night concert for "Fishing for Islands" event at HAMBURGER BAHNHOF museum of modern art, Berlin, organized by TBA21-Academy, October 2017
2017 "STORY OF UNBORN LIGHT - I" sound piece w/ Leonids Lobrevs with video installation at Zirgu pasts, White night contemporary art forum, Riga, September 2017
2017 Live at Sound Art Lab, National contemporary art centre, Kaliningrad, August 2017
2017 Live at ProtoArt festival of improvised arts, Saint Petersburg, July 2017
2017 Live at Avant Art festival (Poland) in Riga, July 2017
2017 Live at UNDER festival of electronic music, Riga, former VEF factory territory, May 2017
2017 Live at MIM stuudio, Tallinn, Estonia, May 2017
2017 Live at Kulturnatt art festival, Fylkingen, Stockholm, Sweden, April 2017
2017 Live at Sound Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 2017
2017 Live at Ground zine fest, Ground gallery, Moscow, Russia, April 2017
2017 Live at Process festival of experimental cinema, March 2017
2017 Live at Kyiv Poetry week opening night, Kyiv, Ukraine, March 2017
2016 Live at Kolonia Artystow gallery, DroneNoiseAmbient nights, Gdansk (PL), December 2016
2016 Live at SoundArtLab, Fields of Flowers exhibition at NCCA gallery, Kaliningrad, December 2016
2016 Parnassius Mnemosyne performance w/ Ieva Balode (live cinema visuals) at KGB house, Riga, for White night contemporary art forum, September 2016
2016 "GAP BETWEEN DEATH AND LIFE (PT 1)" - video installation for a music piece with Leonids Lobrevs, video Roberts Rubins - at Zirgu pasts, White night contemporary art forum, Riga, september 2016
2016 Live at night concert at Kaliningrad cathedral, Kaliningrad, Russia
2016 Live at Sound Art Lab festival, Art Gates, Kaliningrad, Russia
2016 Live at Anglican church, Churches' night, Riga, Latvia
2016 Live at Kierkegaard's readings, KKC, Riga, Latvia
2016 NE MIR exhibition opening, poetry/ sound performance w/ Max Stropov (RU), Bolderāja, Riga, Latvia
2016 live duo w/ Krists Auznieks (US/LV), KKC, Riga, Latvia
2015 Poetronica-2015 festival, as sound artist and poet, Moscow, Russia
2015 Victims of Multitasking, multimedia poetry performance in collaboration w/ Artūrs Punte, Dzejas Dienas/ Poetry Days festival, Riga, Latvia
2015 live w/ ASTMA (Alexey Borisov (RU), Olga Nosova(DE)), Chomsky, Riga, Latvia
2015 live at Signals From Outside, Peyote, Istanbul, Turkey
2015 live at Noiseistanbul, Dunia, Istanbul, Turkey
2015 live at NIU art space, Barcelona, Spain
2015 live w/Grigory Avrorin at Spina records fest, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2015 live duo w/ Peter Kirn (US/DE), KKC, Riga, Latvia
2014 live duo w/ Alexander Markvart (RU), Chomsky, Riga, Latvia
2014 Invisible Scapes – The sonic terrain of field recording symposium, Vienna Art Academy, Austria
2014 Vienna Artweek opening, Dimentions Variable festival, Mo.e, Vienna, Austria
2014 live w/ Matthias Kampf, Drama Graz theatre, Graz, Austria
2014 FULLDOZER festival, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2014 live duo w/ ::vtol:: aka Dmitry Morozov, Aristīds, Riga, Latvia
2014 live duo w/ Edgars Rubenis, Dzejnieka asinis festival, Riga, Latvia
2014 "The state of mushroom is near" compilation book published by ;paranoia, Estonia, August
2014 Doomsday performance, Erarta museum of contemporary art, Saint Petersburg, July
2014 NOISE & FURY festival, Moscow, Yaroslavl, Saint Petersburg, June
2014 Plasma book launch tour, Cabaret Derrida events, Prima Vista literary festival, Tallinn - Tartu, Estonia, 9-10th May
2014 Tornemi Videoart Internacional festival, Barcelona, Spain, 25-27th of April
2014 Live at Experimental sound gallery-21, solo and duo w/Vladimir Luchansky, Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 19
2014 Live at Taiga, w/Alexander Zaitsev, Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 17
2014 Live at Third Space gallery, Helsinki, Finland, 5 April
2014 Live with Alexei Borisov and trio with Borisov and Markvart, Chomsky, Riga, March 05
2014 Live w/Zane Raudina visuals, KUMU art museum auditorium, Tallinn, Estonia, January 11
2013 Live with Alexei Borisov, Erarta contemporary art museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 9
2013 Improvised set with Dmitry Shubin, ESG-21, Saint Petersburg, Russia, November 8
2013 Live w/Zane Raudina, Literature and Music Museum, Riga, October 16
2013 Riga poetry map, w/Platons Buravickis, NOASS, Riga, September 15
2013 Live w/Zane Raudina, Polymer festival, Tallinn, Estonia, August 25
2013 Solo and improvised set with Danil Akimov, NCCA gallery space, Kaliningrad, Russia, August 16
2013 Live w/Zane Raudina, Waterpieces festival, Betanovus, Riga, August 15
2013 Live w/Zane Raudina visuals and improvised set with Alexey Pliousnine, Blacksmith's workshop at Karl Marx factory, Saint Petersbourg, August 11
2013 Live noise improvisation/ texts with Arturs Punte (Orbita) at Word Vibration stage, the Freeport of Riga festival, Riga, July 26
2013 Live at Noise and Fury festival, Moscow, Russia, June 20
2013 MuseRuole, Women in Experimental music project, Bolzano, Italy, June
2013 Live at Sound Around Kaliningrad festival, Kalininrad, Russia, June 8
2013 Live at Fylkingen with Zane Raudiņa visuals, Stockholm, Sweden, April 13
2013 Live at Wonderwerp with Erwin van Deutekom visuals, Studio Loos, The Hague, Netherlands, March 28
2013 Live at ExperiMontag with Zane Raudiņa visuals, Madame Claude, Berlin, Germany, March 11
2013 Live at Art's Birthday electronic music festival at Sodra Teatern with a broadcast by Swedish Radio P2, Stockholm, Sweden, January 12
2013 Live noise improvisation session with Alexei Borisov (RU), Chomsky, Riga, January 5
2013 Curating/reading poetry at Avant-Left international poetry festival, Vieta, Riga, January 3
2012 Group exhibition of Latvian contemporary photography, Rādītprieks, Kalnciema kvartāls gallery, December
2012 Live at Skaņu mežs (Sound Forest) festival anniversary final event with Zane Raudiņa visuals, Anglican church, Riga, Latvia, November 29
2012 Live collaboration - noise improvisation with Constantine Katsiris (Scant Intone) (CAN), Chomsky, Riga, Latvia, November 3
2012 Live at Skaņu mežs (Sound Forest) festival with Latvian poet Edvīns Raups, Latvian Radio Studio 1, Riga, Latvia, October 6
2012 Live at Vilnius Noise Week, concert dedicated to John Cage's 100th birthday, Vilnius, Lithuania, September 5
2012 Live at Skaņu mežs (Sound Forest) festival event at Nauda with Zane Raudiņa visuals, Riga, Latvia, September 1
2012 Live at Waterpieces video festival with Zane Raudiņa visuals, Riga, Latvia, August 16
2012 Live at Ptarmigan, Tallinn, August 10
2012 Live performance at experimental music and sound art festival Sound Around Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad, Russia, May 26
2012 Live collaboration - noise improvisation with Derek Holzer(US/DE), Taka, Riga, Latvia, March 16
2011 Photophobia III, video art project, National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Kaliningrad, Russia
2011 CologneOFF video festival, Cologne, Germany
2010 Henk 24 Hours video festival, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2010 Waterpieces video festival, Riga, Latvia
2009 Abandon Normal Devices video festival, Liverpool, UK
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Curatorial activities:
2023 curating series of performances BIOTRANSFORMATIONS, location bar 1983
2022 curating series of literary events UNUSUAL LITERATURE for Kanepes kulturas centrs
2022 International festival of contemporary poetry POETRY WITHOUT BORDERS - August
2022 Editor-in-chief (together with writer Andris Alps) of literary newspaper "Avīzes nosaukums"(Newspaper title), theme of "Togetherness" July number
2021 Blood of a Poet experimental events with poetry readings and performances on Clubhouse platform - February - March
2020 International festival of contemporary poetry POETRY WITHOUT BORDERS festival, online festival Riga - Saint Petersburg - Peking, December
2020 ATD Young Poets Prize - role of Nominator, Saint Petersburg-Moscow, Russia, September
2020 AFTER HUMAN readings, young Latvian authors readings, Aleponija, Riga, January
2019 International festival of contemporary poetry POETRY WITHOUT BORDERS festival, KKC, Riga, June 2019
2018 TOTAL MYTHOLOGY young authors readings, Aleponija, Riga, November 2018
2018 TRANSLIT (RU) magazine presentation, readings, lectures, performances, Bolderaja, Riga, November
2018 International festival of contemporary poetry POETRY WITHOUT BORDERS festival, KKC, Riga, June 2018
2018 TRANSLIT (RU) magazine presentation, readings, lectures, performances, Bolderaja, Riga, January
2017 FINGERPRINT ERRORS young Latvian authors readings, gallery Micēlijs, Riga, November 2017
2017 POETRY WITHOUT BORDERS festival with Dmitry Kuzmin (RU/LV), KKC, Riga, June 2017
2017 LOST IN INTERFACE Latvian all-female authors poetry readings, Aleponija, Riga, February 2017
2016 PARNASSIUS MNEMOSYNE live cinema/ music/ poetry project at former KGB house in Riga (Stūra māja) - organisation, curator for poetry part, White night contemporary art forum Riga, September 2016
2016 International festival of contemporary poetry Dzejnieka asinis/ BLOOD OF A POET, Riga, June 2016
2016 TRANSLIT (RU) magazine presentation, readings, lectures, performances, Bolderaja, Riga, May
2016 readings in support of Ashraf Fayadh, co-organised w/ Literature without borders, Riga, January 2016
2015 International festival of contemporary poetry Dzejnieka asinis/ BLOOD OF A POET, Riga, June 2015
2014 International festival of contemporary poetry Dzejnieka asinis/ BLOOS OF A POET, Riga - May, August, December 2014
2013 Contemporary poetry from Russia/ Latvia readings, KKC, Riga
2013 Avant-Left international poetry festival Riga event, Vieta, Riga
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Selected poetry publications/ poetry festivals:
2024 poems in Latvian, Satori.lv, July
2024 poems in Latvian, Punctum magazine, July
2024 poems in Latvian in magazine Strāva, Latvia, May
2024 poems in Page Break fesitval anthology Empathy, Latvia, April
2024 poems in Ukrainiam at Soloneba.com (translated by Sergo Mushtatov), April
2024 video reading for Yerevan balcony videoblog, March
2023 poems in Latvian, Punctum magazine, December
2023 poems in Latvian, Satori magazine, November
2023 included in Feminist poetry anthology f-anthology.com curated by Galina Rymbu, May
2023 poems in Latvian, Satori magazine, April
2023 poems in Latvian, Punctum magazine, March
2023 poem in Avīzes nosaukums (Newspaper title) literary newspaper, January
2022 long poem Blindness in literary magazine Žoklis, October
2022 poems selection in Latvian translated by Einārs Pelšs, Punctum magazine, August
2022 poems selection in Latvian translated by Einārs Pelšs, Satori portal, August
2022 poem for Avīzes nosaukums (Newspaper title) literary newspaper, July
2022 reading in support of Ukraine, Noass, Riga, May
2022 reading at EXODUS exhibition, Tallinas kvartals, Riga, April
2022 reading in support of Ukraine, Latvian Museum of Decorative art, Riga, April
2022 long poem in Latvian, translated by Einārs Pelšs, Punctum magazine, March
2021 poem on violence, publication in Punctum magazine, December
2021 poems "Communist body/ Capitalist body" on Polutona portal, December
2021 selected poems "Nature ends here" for Polutona portal, November
2021 selected poems "human with surname universe", Domuzīme magazine, Riga, October
2021 "Fear of wrongful conviction" poems in the Calver Journal, UK, October
2021 poem "Dictatorship of Poetry" on polutona.ru, September
2021 poems in Riga almanac, September
2021 poems in anthology «Przewodnik po zaminowanym terenie» (Guide for mined territory), Poland, September
2021 Satori creative writing summer camp reading, topic "Fear", August
2021 Erotic poems selection in Domuzīme magazine, Riga, June
2021 readings for Lars von Trier tribute, organised by Poryadok Slov bookstore, Moscow-Saint Petersburg and online, May
2021 selected poems publication on Textonly.ru portal, May
2021 selected poems publication on Russian portal Polutona.ru, May
2021 selected poems translated by Einārs Pelšs, published in Punctum magazine, Riga, April
2021 selected poems translated by Einārs Pelšs, published in Satori magazine, Riga, April
2021 Female poetry: space and time project, readings by female poets by Sverdlovsk district library, Russia, March
2021 Blood of a poet room readings on Clubhouse during the week, February
2021 Feminist writing festival - poetry readings, March
2021 Feminist poetry anthology - selected texts published, upcoming
2021 selected poems at Russian portal Polutona.ru, February
2021 selected poems read for Erotic poetry reading by LV female poets, February
2021 commissioned poem for project "На языке тишины" (In language of silence) dedicated to def and blind people, RU, January
2020 selected poems at Russian portal Polutona.ru, December
2020 selected poems at Russian portal Polutona.ru, October
2020 selected poems translated by Einārs Pelšs, published in Punctum magazine, Riga, October
2020 selected poems in Russian magazine "Vozdukh" No.40, Moscow, July
2020 selected poems at Russian portal Polutona.ru, July
2020 selected poems in English and Russian in German magazine Ariel-Art, July
2020 selected poems translated by Arvis Viguls in LV, published in Satori magazine, Riga, May
2020 selected poems translated in LV by Arvis Viguls, published in Punctum magazine, Riga, January
2020 selected poems at Russian portal Polutona.ru, January
2019 selected poems at Russian portal Polutona.ru, November
2019 Latvian Poetry Days reading, Latvian National library, Riga, September
2019 Tartu Baltic ring literary festival - poetry readings, report on contemporary poetry in Latvia, Tartu, Estonia, March
2019 LADYFEST opening poetry readings, Riga, Latvia, March
2019 selected poems published at Soloneba.com portal, January
2018 selected poems published at Polutona.ru poetry portal, October
2018 Aspazija Rainis Reloaded - finishing Rainis' poem Pieta, collection of poems finishing Aspazija's and Rainis' works by contemporary Latvian poets - Latvian Poetry Days festival, September 2018
2018 NOSOROG literary magazine (Moscow) - September 2018
2018 Helikopter Polish poetry magazine
2018 Queer poetry collection "UNDER THE SAME COVER" published in Kazakhstan, April 2018
2018 Aspazija's birthday event at Rainis and Aspazija museum, poetry reading, March 2018
2017 Literratura.org, selected poems publication, December 2017
2017 Punctum magazine, poetry translated into LV (by Arvis Viguls), October 2017
2017 Poetry without borders festival, participating poet, Riga, June 2017
2016 Punctum magazine, poetry translated into LV (by Einārs Pelšs)
2016 Free verse poetry festival, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2016 Vozdukh No.1/16, poetry publication, Moscow, Russia
2015 Soloneba.com poetic anthology "Поперек кадра"
2015 Dzejas Dienas/ Poetry Days participation, Riga, Latvia
2015 Soloneba.com poetic anthology "Не тренер деревьев"
2015 Vozdukh No.1-2/15, Toms Treibergs poetry translations, Moscow, Russia
2014 Riga Poetry Map final concert, Paranoia showcase, Riga, Latvia
2014 Dzejas Dienas/ Poetry Days participation, Riga, Latvia
2014 Slowwwo literary festival, Kaliningrad, Russia, August
2014 Ryazan poetry festival, Ryazan, Russia, August
2014 Pushkin lab poetry fesival, Pushkin, Pavlovsk, Russia, June
2014 Oblaka.ee publications of texts in RU, Estonia
2014 ninniku.ee publication of texts in Estonian, Estonia
2014 Literary festival Prima Vista, Tartu, Estonia
2014 Latvian Literary Prize of the Year nominees readings, Riga
2014 poetry performance w/Eriks Naivo, Chomsky, Riga
2014 Vozdukh poetry magazine No. 1/14, texts publication, Moscow, Russia
2013 polutona.ru, texts publication, Russia
2013 Translations of Toms Treibers and Ivars Steinbergs poems done for KKC poetry event, Riga, Latvia
2013 Riga poerty map project, performance, Riga, Latvia
2013 White night programme, text installation, video projection by Wickiss, Riga, Latvia
2013 Bronhoteka readings, Nabaklab, Riga, Latvia
2013 Slowwwo international poetry festival, Kaliningrad, Russia
2013 Vozdukh No.1-2/13, Henriks Eliass Zegners poetry translations, Moscow, Russia
2013 Chereda prizemleniy, Avant-Left-2013 compilation, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2013 Joulukkuu 11/12, Henriikka Tavi book project, Helsinki, Finland
2013 Avant-Left international poetry festival, Riga, Latvia
2012 Riga poetry map, installation using poetic text, Riga, Latvia
2011 Yale University lecture by Ernesto Estrella, video poetry, Yale, USA
2011 Slowwwo poetry festival, Kaliningrad, Russia
2011 Word in Motion video poetry festival, Riga, Latvia
2011 Sound poetry performance with Ernesto Estrella(ES/US), KIM? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia
2011 textonly.ru publication, Russia
2010 nokturno.org, video poems, Finland
2010 Slowwwo international poetry festival, Kaliningrad, Russia
2010 Meridian Chernowitz, international poetry festival, Chernowitz, Ukraine
2009 orbita.lv, Latvia
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As a critic/ cultural observer:
2017 Regular publications on exhibitions and cultural activites abroad: rus.lsm.lv portal
2014 - now Publications on cultural activities in punctummagazine.lv literary philosophical magazine
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Selected bibliography:
Selective measurements programme (LV) interview Jelena Glazova, June 2023
Fifteen questions musical magazine (UK): Interview Jelena Glazova, Janury 2023
Arterritory portal (LV): Interview Jelena Glazova, September 2021
RU version - Interview Jelena Glazova
Punctum literary philosophical portal (LV): Interview Jelena Glazova, April 2019
Diena newspaper KDi (LV): Interview Jelena Glazova, 04 April 2019
Latvian Radio 3(LV): Interview Jelena Glazova, December 2018
LSM news portal (Eng)/ Latvian Radio: Poets of Latvia: Jeļena Glazova, February 2018
ATTN Mag (UK): Interview Jelena Glazova, August 2017
Farfrommusic.com. David MacFayden Flux: Jelena Glazova, Astma, Kompakt–Katya, Blear Moon, and Sal Solaris, March 2016
Farfrommoscow.com. David MacFadyen Distortion as Alienation: Jelena Glazova, Xlleb, Higanbana, and Airto, May 2013
Createdigitalmusic.com. Peter Kirn "Voice as surface and artifact in the experimental drone music of Jelena Glazova", April 2013
Farfrommoscow.com. David MacFadyen Humility and Wisdom: Jelena Glazova, Brolis, HANdSOME and Speck, June 2012
Arterritory.com. Dmitry Rancev "Before and after "reality": possibility of perception", July 2011.