VAGABOND.
\ A PLACE HARD TO PLACE /
Zane Onckule & Jo-ey Tang
Text by Zane Onckule & Jo-ey Tang
masks, facades and faces, 14'
Sound: Joe Namy
Voiced by: Amira Ghazalla
Sung by: Alya Al-Sultani
SALVO, SALVAGE, SALVE:
on Joe Namy’s masks, facades, faces
Jo-ey Tang
Text by Jo-ey Tang
![John Hejduk, Sketches and clippings 1](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/c0df5453e2be36cd6a917f552201c88ef2e114f2-3801x3039.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
John Hejduk, Sketches and clippings for Vladivostok, 1983-1989, graphite, ink, coloured pencil, watercolour and paper collage on paper, 20x25x2cm (sketchbook), John Hejduk fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture, © CCA
![Indrikis Gelzis 10](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/aa38b4e63946be0c0f4cd906e9f88d95069d2eb1-2000x1125.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
Indriķis Ģelzis, visualisation for VAGABOND \ A PLACE HARD TO PLACE /, 2021
![Venice 10](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/1b372f023df3c58910dd1b1c18d91fae0bf3debd-2000x1257.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
Proposal for the Latvian Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022
![Elza Sile 11](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/5af54a3ebf26077d45df342580214ec33b3e76a5-1536x2048.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
Elza Sīle, Far North-East snowfields, hand tapped aluminium, red&blue pen, 2020
![Juris Strangots 7](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/5a13f653b8c350ceb77b04934e6794cf1d365f27-2000x1257.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
Juris Strangots, CGI, 2021
ON HEJDUK AND HIS RIGA
Zane Onckule
Text by Zane Onckule
![John Hejduk, Riga, 1985 3](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/461f1cc8d47c241207f396824db6d098185370c4-4350x3475.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
John Hejduk, Riga, 1985, watercolour on paper, 21x27x2cm (sketchbook), John Hejduk fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture, © CCA
![John Hejduk, Riga, 1985 2](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/bf17e1678606cdf9a83bc4b12e67d499869335d0-4350x3475.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
John Hejduk, Riga, 1985, watercolour on paper, 21x27x2cm (sketchbook), John Hejduk fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture, © CCAJohn Hejduk, Riga, 1985
A Place Hard to Place, working file, 2021
![Juris Strangots 6](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/eaced77bc9c42baa6c860e9cd7e7cd1f76d731ef-1950x1125.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
Juris Strangots, CGI, 2021
![Elza Sile 5](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/7bc543aa2513a64ddc4d7b95ac7f256497267518-1536x2048.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
Elza Sīle, sketch for VAGABOND \ A PLACE HARD TO PLACE /, 2021
![Venice 9](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/0a5b2a616e9cfc4db1bd9c831f5891477a85a1cc-2000x1257.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
Proposal for the Latvian Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022
![Indrikis Gelzis 11](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/f0d9b02949059a41c2d132494871c961567f814c-4000x2300.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
Indriķis Ģelzis, visualisation for VAGABOND \ A PLACE HARD TO PLACE /, 2021
![Indrikis Gelzis 12](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/e7009280467f614951fb1a25b0ab4332b8ccd2ee-3840x5760.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
Indriķis Ģelzis, Bowl of cherries, detail, 2020
![John Hejduk, Sketches and clippings 6](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/2b8624f8f0664d9bc1bc111a96cc2323dc657ef2-2000x1580.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
John Hejduk, Sketches and clippings for Vladivostok, 1983-1989, graphite, ink, coloured pencil, watercolour and paper collage on paper, 20x25x2cm (sketchbook), John Hejduk fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture, © CCA
![Elza Sile 6](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/1f1212a94e0a8d59a3a48815e13847dad188d2b9-640x1136.png?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
Elza Sīle, me mirror u, oil paint and gelatin on aluminium, 2020
![John Hejduk, Sketches and clippings 2](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/71d1d8f8405df13538b9a50a9b681352c2b1cbd2-2000x1594.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
John Hejduk, Sketches and clippings for Vladivostok, 1983-1989, graphite, ink, coloured pencil, watercolour and paper collage on paper, 20x25x2cm (sketchbook), John Hejduk fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture, © CCA
![Juris Strangots 4](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/12545df9cce72e5019f91dd223a87cac395c66bc-2690x1690.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
Juris Strangots, CGI, 2021
![Elza Sile 8](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/958d172d9b4e5ee479ca43d6328c9f1d55306c5d-2000x1500.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
Elza Sīle, Fence pearl, oil paint on aluminium, 2020
![John Hejduk, Sketches and clippings 4](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/d13dee80b1d22bcc551e8f9dfbcd8ab37898599c-3806x3009.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
John Hejduk, Sketches and clippings for Vladivostok, 1983-1989, graphite, ink, coloured pencil, watercolour and paper collage on paper, 20x25x2cm (sketchbook), John Hejduk fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture, © CCA
![John Hejduk, Sketches and clippings 3](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/8dbfd086fc949ccdf2c2dafc5842a91a2a7f5e94-3763x3020.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
John Hejduk, Sketches and clippings for Vladivostok, 1983-1989, graphite, ink, coloured pencil, watercolour and paper collage on paper, 20x25x2cm (sketchbook), John Hejduk fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture, © CCA
![Elza Sile 1](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/9cded2f55c8d7d97edc9e5de6dc327924459bdc1-1325x2000.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
Elza Sīle, her fingers formed pyramids, fragment from 210x90x60cm coated metal stick sculpture, small graphite pencil lead stick and cotton ball, chewing gum, paper strips containing text from “Girl with Curious Hair” or “Brief Interviews with Hideous Men” by David Foster Wallace, 2019
![Indrikis Gelzis 14](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/97ac466f35ad01ca8fc7e77787ae31182f64211b-4272x3840.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
Indriķis Ģelzis, Nightshift, detail, 2020
![Indrikis Gelzis 3](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/1cb910c7e458545244f884c965736572b9af2e8e-2700x1567.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
Indriķis Ģelzis, visualisation for VAGABOND \ A PLACE HARD TO PLACE /, 2021
![Elza Sile 2](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/fb9133b1854c3aee166cf709bad72cc0e6401648-1500x2000.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
Elza Sīle, Domestic circle, oil paint on aluminium, 2020
![Indrikis Gelzis 1](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/350f0eae085117e5b0f56c1eb92a67fa7066109f-2484x1862.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
Indriķis Ģelzis, visualisation for VAGABOND \ A PLACE HARD TO PLACE /, 2021
A Place Hard to Place, working file, 2021
![John Hejduk, Riga, 1985 1](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/fc1e3dcbdf8d0f9dc5bf1bfb3c0fa13ab5185305-4350x3475.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
John Hejduk, Riga, 1985, watercolour on paper, 21x27x2cm (sketchbook), John Hejduk fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture, © CCAJohn Hejduk, Riga, 1985
![Venice 7](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/afb9156da12a5eacf34043beeea1ca7458165894-2000x1257.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
Proposal for the Latvian Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022
![Juris Strangots 8](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/d03cb9c845454a0182d4ffb9c4bfcf7dd54d523a-2000x1257.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
Juris Strangots, CGI, 2021
![Juris Strangots 3](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/2764dad66c03afaeeb3b52170c68c702b2d5adb3-2000x2000.png?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
Juris Strangots, CGI, 2021
![Elza Sile 5](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/5f7c93e385ad06e09d9c700df8b4f14b3abcbb69-2000x2000.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
Elza Sīle & Juris Strangots, Snowball, CGI, 2020
![Venice 1](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/95af15901da606363f441e84fa58fbac60322247-4000x2513.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
Proposal for the Latvian Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022
![Indrikis Gelzis 13](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/ea5fd450c50a96b3eb6a436a51e6ad30d6229717-3456x5184.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
Indriķis Ģelzis, House of memory and sight, detail, 2021
![Indrikis Gelzis 5](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/e3e4274cc1ad8e2bdf0594afbdf6cf5ea1b73f6a-3000x1744.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
Indriķis Ģelzis, visualisation for VAGABOND \ A PLACE HARD TO PLACE /, 2021
![Elza Sile 9](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/ad4907e7988acc8cd434c35681faab9adfd51f6f-3340x4724.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
Elza Sīle & Juris Strangots, Wife with the prettiest name, CGI, 2019
![Venice 2](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/582a37ec80bf97f4c2bba63bbb80b5350103b663-4000x2513.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
Proposal for the Latvian Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022
![Juris Strangots 5](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/60694ea80f0a564242bca7250b594a37659d1ada-2200x1382.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
Juris Strangots, CGI, 2021
![Elza Sile 4](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/b2c36fa20b257ec332d0606d83834cb06a431df6-1212x2000.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
Elza Sīle & Juris Strangots, detail from VAGABOND \ A PLACE HARD TO PLACE /, 2021
![Indrikis Gelzis 7](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/df171064881e1c8c52b38d5e1c477f19316f7f94-3000x1735.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
Indriķis Ģelzis, visualisation for VAGABOND \ A PLACE HARD TO PLACE /, 2021
![John Hejduk, Sketches and clippings 5](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/b476534cd52f104618b4a800910eba16bb0f223a-2000x1570.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
John Hejduk, Sketches and clippings for Vladivostok, 1983-1989, graphite, ink, coloured pencil, watercolour and paper collage on paper, 20x25x2cm (sketchbook), John Hejduk fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture, © CCA
![John Hejduk, Sketches and clippings 8](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/271f300dec4328ce581d3985f2b0367bde4fdd0b-1523x2000.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
John Hejduk, Sketches and clippings for Vladivostok, 1983-1989, graphite, ink, coloured pencil, watercolour and paper collage on paper, 20x25x2cm (sketchbook), John Hejduk fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture, © CCA
![Venice 3](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/48e7ceb6fa39ccefa9988adbc2a4ca979f661060-4000x2513.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
Proposal for the Latvian Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022
![John Hejduk, Sketches and clippings 7](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/135bb987d950bcec4be5b98ef63cd205e5489b77-2000x1579.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
John Hejduk, Sketches and clippings for Vladivostok, 1983-1989, graphite, ink, coloured pencil, watercolour and paper collage on paper, 20x25x2cm (sketchbook), John Hejduk fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture, © CCA
![Indrikis Gelzis 9](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/jfqytslr/production/cc1410d3c609614ba0d8099953d95af424fa9514-2000x1125.jpg?w=1800&q=100&fit=max&auto=format)
Indriķis Ģelzis, visualisation for VAGABOND \ A PLACE HARD TO PLACE /, 2021
A Place Hard to Place, working file, 2021