Kristīne Daukštes exhibition “The Fog Draws a Softer Edge” opens at TUR on February 19th at 18:00

For the second exhibition of TUR’s 2025 winter cycle, artist and scenographer Kristīne Daukšte invites visitors into an expansive installation for an immersive experience, creating a container for thought, connection, and memory. “The Fog Draws a Softer Edge” opens on February 19th at 18:00 and can be seen at TUR, Contemporary Space for Art on Tallinas Street Quarter for five weeks until March 22nd.

Kristīne Daukšte’s new installation brings the viewer into a landscape of flux, where materiality, space, and memory converge to evoke the sensation of being “in-between.” Drawing inspiration from TUR’s distinctive qualities and the stark, transitional nature of winter, the installation blurs boundaries between the natural and the constructed, the ephemeral and the tangible.
Central to “The Fog Draws a Softer Edge” is the concept of rhizome, as articulated by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari — a framework for understanding interconnectedness, transformation, and non-linearity. The rhizome resists fixed hierarchies, favoring multiplicity and openness. It mirrors nature’s processes, where forms grow, dissolve, and regenerate, and invites us to reconsider space and place as dynamic, relational, and fluid. Daukšte’s work unfolds as a sprawling, rhizomatic “landscape of thought.” Abstract shapes — reminiscent of leaves, flowers, or fragments of nature — stretch across the horizontal plane, engaging with TUR’s existing architecture. These forms appear to emerge from the space itself, echoing construction sites, greenhouses, or excavation sites, yet retaining an organic ambiguity. Their presence is transient, like frost on a sunny morning, where the outcome — melting or freezing — remains uncertain.
This ephemeral quality reflects the broader themes of the installation: the fleeting beauty of natural phenomena, the impermanence of memory, and the uncertainties we face in an ever-changing world. At its core, the work explores the interplay of presence and absence. A central form — a “leaf” or organic shape — has seemingly vanished, leaving only a trace, inviting viewers to reflect on time, impermanence, and the stories embedded in what remains. The installation invites a slow, immersive experience. Visitors are encouraged to wander, discover, and dwell within the space, engaging with the artwork as they might follow a path in nature. It fosters contemplation, creating a “place” that transcends physical boundaries — a container for thought, connection, and memory. Daukšte reimagines the space of TUR as a site of transformation: a rhizomatic map of interconnected ideas and experiences. Thin as ice, blurry as memory, the installation offers a fleeting yet expansive moment to pause, reflect, and reconnect with the transient beauty of the world around us.

About Kristīne Daukšte

Kristīne Daukšte holds a Bachelor's degree in Scenography and a Master's degree in Painting from the Art Academy of Latvia and is a laureate of the ACADEMIA Award 2021/22 and the Helen Scott Lidgett Award 2021/22. Daukšte strives to create works and groups of works that address ideas about our relationship with the factual, theoretical and perceptual layers of objects, place, environment and body. She translates these ideas into spatial installations and works, using various materialities and materials as carriers of ideas. Spatial and bodily awareness is essential for Kristīne, inviting the viewer to actively participate in observation as an unfocused peripheral experience.

About TUR, Contemporary Space for Art

TUR organizes seven contemporary art exhibitions each year: three solo exhibitions in the winter months, three in the summer, and a group exhibition in the fall. TUR’s mission is to enrich Riga's contemporary art scene by providing a platform for experimentation, collaboration, and close engagement with selected artists to produce high-quality, curated exhibitions. Working with the unique characteristics of its space—which combines elements of the traditional white cube with the building’s industrial past—TUR invites artists to create new work and encourages them to experiment beyond their usual practices. Since its founding, TUR has hosted contemporary art exhibitions alongside concerts, performances, and poetry readings connected to its programs. Notably, three of TUR’s exhibitions have been nominated for the 2025 Purvītis Prize: “Folding Lines” by Luīze Rukšane, which has made the final selection of nominees; “Voices in My Heads” by Rūdolfs Štamers; and “Lapa uz lapas” by Maija Kurševa, each receiving critical acclaim.

TUR_telpa is a non-profit art initiative supported by the Latvian State Culture Capital Foundation. For updates on exhibitions and events, follow TUR on Instagram (@tur_telpa) and Facebook (TUR).

Curator: Edd Schouten

Project Manager: Kristīne Ercika

Production Support: Ada Ruszkiewicz and Andris Freibergs

Light Design and Technical Support: Maksimilians Kotovičs

Graphic Design: Andris Kaļiņins

Kristīne Daukšte ieguvusi bakalaura grādu scenogrāfijā un maģistra grādu glezniecībā Latvijas Mākslas akadēmijā, kā arī ACADEMIA balvas 2021/22 un Helēnas Skotas Lidžetas balvas 2021/22 laureāte. Daukšte tiecas radīt darbus un darbu kopumus, kas pievēršas idejām par mūsu saistību ar faktiskajiem, teorētiskajiem un uztveres slāņiem objektos, telpā, vidē un ķermenī. Viņa skata šīs idejas tulkojot tās telpiskās instalācijas un darbos, izmantojot dažādas materialitātes un materiālus kā idejas nesējus. Kristīnei būtiska ir telpiskās un ķermeņa apziņas nozīme, aicinot skatītāju uz aktīvu līdzdalīgu novērošanu kā nekoncentrētu perifēro pieredzi.