Another otter in the gutter, what other bother could be better?

A gigantic blue being rings cow bells and produces puppets made from lemons and teddy-bears from its many orifices. From the being’s anus emerges a person wearing a soviet gas mask on their head and modern surgical mask across their mouth. From a burlap sack they extract several beetroots, cut them in half, and smear their body with the fresh red juice. The audience are invited to dance to a soundtrack of psychedelic cumbia with pasta colanders placed on their heads. The artist counts flowers from the burlap sack, wildly overjoyed at each even number, desperately dismayed at each odd number until they die and are given a military burial.

Performance created for presentation at two major Latvian arts festivals: Karosta Festival at Karosta Prison Musuem in Liepaja and Starptelpa Performance Art Festival at Latvian Academy of Arts in Riga, both June 2022. A report from Latvian news agency LSM with video from the performance at Karosta Festival can be seen here.

Photos: Monta Krafte and Anna Vinkele.