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The "Kroder's Apple Tree" is unveiled. 09.08.2020.
In Valmiera, the art object "Kroder's Apple Tree" was unveiled on August 9, 2020 – on the 99th birthday of the eminent theatre director Oļģerts Kroders.
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In honor of the outstanding theatre director Oļģerts Kroders, an art object “Kroder’s Apple Tree” created by artists Aivars Vilipsōns and Ivars Miķelsons has been installed near the Valmiera Theater.
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"Until the bronze apple tree was put in the right place, I didn't believe it really happened. We started dreaming about creating a theatre director's memorial site in Valmiera in 2014. We argued, listened to what the art object should look like, what would be the most appropriate for the director's spirit. Aivars Vilipsōns offered his version of Kroder as a fruit tree and this is how the Kroder’s Prize appeared, the visualization of which in the urban environment is now Kroder's apple tree on Ziloņu Street,” says Evita Sniedze, the director of the Valmiera Theater and a member of the Kroder’s Foundation.
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“We made the decision to support this beautiful project already in 2017, visiting Valmiera and listening to the intentions of the Kroder’s Foundation. It is a great pleasure that we have been able to implement it together. I am convinced that Boris would be pleased to see the embodiment of this idea in the beautiful work of art,” says philanthropist Ināra Tetereva.
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The art object was created in cooperation with The Kroder’s Foundation with the support of the Boris and Inara Teterev Foundation and other contributors. From the left: the director of the Valmiera Theater Evita Sniedze, philanthropist Ināra Tetereva, artists Aivars Vilipsōns and Ivars Miķelsons.
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The opening ceremony was led by the traditional hosts of the Kroder's Mondays - representatives of the Kroder's Foundation - Artūrs Skrastiņš and Vilis Daudziņš.
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At the opening event, everyone could taste real apples, thus symbolically drawing inspiration from "Kroder's Apple Tree".
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Artūrs Skrastiņš before the opening of the "Kroder's Apple Tree".
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The bronze apple tree with apples is a visual representation of the Kroder’s Prize in the urban environment. The award is given to the most challenging and outstanding artistic contribution of the year in professional theater.
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Musical performance before removing the decorations.
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The art object was unveiled on August 9, 2020 – on the 99th birthday of the eminent theatre director within the framework of the Valmiera Summer Theater Festival. In the picture: the moment of removing the decorations.
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Artists Ivars Miķelsons and Aivars Vilipsōns, and the philanthropist Ināra Tetereva at the opening of the "Kroder's Apple Tree".
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The place where the art object was placed – nearby The Valmiera Theatre – is significant, as here he spent the two most fruitful periods of his life, as well as his last years, embodying the dream of a theatre of the like-minded (1964-1974 and 2001-2012).
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The element of the "Kroder's Apple Tree".
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The element of the "Kroder's Apple Tree".
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The element of the "Kroder's Apple Tree".
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The philanthropist Ināra Tetereva and the director of the Valmiera Theater Evita Sniedze at the "Kroder's Apple Tree".
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