The Tidal Tear Sediment exhibition by Sabīne Šnē will open at the RIXC Gallery, Lencu iela 2 on Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 18:00. The exhibition will be on view until April 26, 2025.

Opening hours: Wednesday-Saturday, 12:00-18:00. Free entry.

About the exhibition:
Water has been shaping our existence for as long as there has been an "us" to speak of. It is everywhere and always in motion. Planetary waters and the waters within human bodies merge and mingle, dissolving boundaries between species and ecosystems, and impacting both human and non-human worlds.

In Tidal Tear Sediment, Sabīne Šnē explores these fluid connections by weaving together stories of the Baltic Sea with ideas from hydrofeminism, which higlihts that water is in all of our bodies and through that we are connected with each other and with the planet. Video, sound, drawings, and sculptural objects trace the path of a water molecule—from cloud to sea, through the human body, and back into the atmosphere.

We are not fixed or sealed-off individuals. Our bodies are porous, shaped by the elements, and in constant exchange with our surroundings. With every breath, we take in traces of oceans and rain; with every exhale, we return a part of ourselves to the air. Water connects, erodes, and transforms. It also reminds us of our smallness within the vast cycle of life. At any given moment, only about 0.025% of the Earth's freshwater exists in rivers, lakes, wetlands, and biological organisms combined.

Tidal Tear Sediment invites us to reflect on these planetary water cycles and our place within them. Pulled by the moon, driven by winds, and shaped by gravity and human actions, water moves through constant change. Glaciers melt, land burns, lakes dry, deserts flood, and microplastics form drifting islands. Yet in water’s movement, there is both loss and renewal—an opportunity to rethink our relationship with the living world.

Sabīne Šnē is a visual artist who explores the intersections of culture and nature, and is particularly interested in the relationships between humans and more-than-humans. By weaving together scientific research, contemporary theories, and fiction, she creates worlds that highlight entanglements in ecosystems and multi-species intelligence. Šnē has a broad interdisciplinary practice that combines video, 3D animation, sound, sculpture, and drawing. She holds an MFA from the Art Academy of Latvia (2022). For her graduation work, she was awarded the Helen Scott Lidget Award and Acme Studios Residency in London (2023). 

Šnē has had two solo exhibitions: To Be We Need to Know the River at Lot Projects, London (2023) and Partner, Parasite at Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga (2022). Her works have been shown internationally in group exhibitions, as well as in video screenings across Europe, the UK, and the US.

The Tidal Tear Sediment exhibition by Sabīne Šnē is on view at the RIXC Gallery, Lencu iela 2 from March 6, 2025 to April 26, 2025. 

Opening hours: Wednesday-Saturday, 12:00-18:00. Free entry.

Supported by the State Culture Capital Foundation, Riga City Council.