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ZILE ZIEMELE "Overlaps"

I’m gazing at the corner of the room. Two white walls, gray against each other, stand in the light.
The wall meets the edge, then bends forward, continues.
It is strange, but the corner line of the room always stays bright.
It can be seen particularly well in the rooms that have experienced life.
Dust flies past the corners and doesn’t cling to it, rises up and impinges on the ceiling.
Above the ceiling is a roof. Behind the sky – Heaven.

Stairs, which are leading up, when going down.
Roots of the hair slowly grow from the top of your head in an uneven transition.
You are telling me about birds. The railway is roaring.
We live in angular spaces and eat from round dishes.
Overlaps – best friends’ straws, the salty ones.
A geranium in the window, misty windowpanes.
A cricket behind the stove. Brother’s finger on a candle flame.
Can the one who sweeps the room become a tyrant?

At night, before I close my eyes, I remember how I went down Encampment Street in the early spring.
That morning the sun was shining very brightly. So clear! Sharp rays broke dark, blue and black shadows.
I suddenly stopped, realizing – darkness is outside at the moment too; the stars are shinning in the distance.

A woman sings on the radio: “...make your own corner bright...” Zile Ziemele, 2018.

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Zile Ziemele. // Outlands. Survival Kit 10. - exhibition catalogue . -
Riga: Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art , 2018. - p. 7., 19., 32.

Zile Ziemele. // Outlands. Survival Kit 10. - exhibition catalogue . -
Riga: Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art , 2018. - p. 32.

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Zīle Ziemele. // Heritage. Art Cesis. - exhibition catalogue. - Cesis: Art Cesis, 2017. - p. 56.-59., 75.