Normal Babyy is a Riga-based performance art duo. Their collaborative work blends physical performance, sound, and conceptual experimentation to interrogate the structures—both visible and invisible—that shape perception, behavior, and meaning. They explore themes ranging from compulsion and self-identity, to randomness and cognitive patterning, electromagnetic force and psychological charge, and the paradoxes of automation and authorship.
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Their performances frequently question the boundaries between intention and influence, structure and improvisation, human agency and systemic control. In recent works, they have turned to sonic and affective atmospheres, emotional precarity, and speculative posthumanism that presents a critical reflection on institutional power and the illusion of autonomy.
Elza Auguste ZÄ«verte
New media artist currently captivated by performance art. ZÄ«verte completed her master’s studies at the Art Academy of Latvia in Riga, specializing in Movement, Image, Sound within the Audio-Visual Media Arts department. Since 2017, she has contributed to numerous group exhibitions in Latvia.
Kristofers Knesis
Sound artist and musician. Knesis has been experimenting with electronic music devices since 2005, both as a solo artist and as a member of various ensembles. Knesis believes in discovering music rather than creating it. His artistic practice embraces limitations in his own abilities and control, often yielding to the forces of physics.
