Marta Madara Grantiņa’s performance SAULESSARGS NESARGĀ SAULI premiered on 23 May on the Garciems beach, gathering professionals and other interested viewers for an intimate promenade performance. This summer, as part of the PAiR Residency summer programme, VV Foundation brings Grantiņa’s performance to Pāvilosta, where it will be shown on 26 July at 19:00 on Pāvilosta beach, at the end of Brīvības Street.

Following that, on 3 August at 14:00, the performance will also be presented with the support of VV Foundation at the Valmiera Summer Theatre Festival, within the “Studentu šķūnis” programme, at Kāpu Street 15 – at the beach volleyball court of the rowing base “Krāces”.

In European cultures, interior space is often perceived as closed and protected. Isolation may provide safety, but it can also cut one off from the outside world. SAULESSARGS NESARGĀ SAULI begins as the story of a girl who, running away from home, finds the washed-up jaw of a megalodon on the seashore and decides to inhabit it. The performance leads the audience through a landscape of threatening and protective nature as a field of exploration and an attempt to feel safe, being open / closed. In a playful and poetic way, it poses the question: who protects whom, and from what?

VV Foundation is committed to supporting the professional growth and creative practice of emerging artists. By supporting Marta Madara Grantiņa’s performance SAULESSARGS NESARGĀ SAULI, the Foundation continues its mission to strengthen the contemporary art scene in Latvia by giving young talents the opportunity to develop bold ideas and reach wider audiences. Supporting such projects helps cultivate a sustainable, diverse, and open cultural landscape.

Marta Madara Grantiņa (b. 2000) is an emerging interdisciplinary artist and scenographer. She gained recognition with her exhibition Terārijs in late 2024 and has worked on performances such as Turi mani cieši at Gertrude Street Theatre and Nākotnes lēmējas at Joriks Theatre in Rēzekne. Her creative practice centres on expanded painting, site-specific formats, and the hierarchy between artificial and natural matter.

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