A series of seven digital montages, printed on birch plywood and mounted in a vitrine, each measuring 21 × 29 × 22 cm, is a commissioned work for the Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art (RIOCA). The installation, titled "The Science Question in Feminism," features photographs of notable women scientists. The work highlights the contributions and challenges faced by women in science.
The first figure is Liese Meitner, an Austrian-Swedish physicist born in 1878 and died in 1968. She discovered nuclear fission, a process later used in the development of nuclear weapons. Despite her groundbreaking work, she was never awarded the Nobel Prize, despite being nominated 48 times.
Next is Lidija Liepiņa, a Russian-Latvian chemist born in 1891 and died in 1985. She was part of the team that developed the first Russian gasmasks during World War I. She was the first Latvian woman to earn a PhD and the first woman to become a professor in the USSR. Her research focused on metal corrosion and colloidal chemistry.
Lastly, Liisi Oterma, a Finnish astronomer born in 1915 and died in 2001, was the first woman in Finland to earn a PhD in astronomy. She discovered over 200 small planets and three comets, including the comet Oterma. In 1971, she became the director of the Tuorla Observatory, the largest astronomical research institute in Finland.A series of seven digital montages, printed on birch plywood and mounted in a vitrine, each measuring 21 × 29 × 22 cm, is a commissioned work for the Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art (RIOCA). The installation, titled "The Science Question in Feminism," features photographs of notable women scientists. The work highlights the contributions and challenges faced by women in science.
The first figure is Liese Meitner, an Austrian-Swedish physicist born in 1878 and died in 1968. She discovered nuclear fission, a process later used in the development of nuclear weapons. Despite her groundbreaking work, she was never awarded the Nobel Prize, despite being nominated 48 times.
Next is Lidija Liepiņa, a Russian-Latvian chemist born in 1891 and died in 1985. She was part of the team that developed the first Russian gasmasks during World War I. She was the first Latvian woman to earn a PhD and the first woman to become a professor in the USSR. Her research focused on metal corrosion and colloidal chemistry.
Lastly, Liisi Oterma, a Finnish astronomer born in 1915 and died in 2001, was the first woman in Finland to earn a PhD in astronomy. She discovered over 200 small planets and three comets, including the comet Oterma. In 1971, she became the director of the Tuorla Observatory, the largest astronomical research institute in Finland.