Pauls Rietums: "I care deeply that public money isn’t used selfishly or as a vanity project, but instead contributes to the collective experience, to a space where public life unfolds. The aim is to work with the quality of space, not just to use it." Kristaps Ancāns: "I’m interested in what an abstract building block – essentially, a module – can become. In my work with Pauls, I see a new dimension opening up: allowing the module to continue developing and become something. It might sound a bit like an ego trip, a little selfish, but in fact it’s about letting it grow, letting it find and inhabit a place, and then watching it develop – like a researcher or observer." Photo: Ansis Starks.