Barn (Šķūnis)
The barn is the first object on the left at the entrance into the South part of Andrejsala. The area of the wooden barn is 94 square metres. The barn’s external wall has a newsboard on it informing about the events to take place in Andrejsala.
Rats had been expelled from the premises long ago, and the barn is looking forward to, possibly, your idea on how to use it in near future. Any initiatives that may prove useful for the society are going to be duly evaluated and supported. Please e-mail your ideas to: andrejsala@andrejsala.lv!
The barn found more active use in the summer of 2007, during two key events in this area: Showroom 6: Matilde, an international exhibition of installation art, and the White Night arts festival (both are covered in detail in our Event Overview section).
| Machine Shop (Mehāniskais cehs)
The machine shop is located on the right-hand side at the entrance into the South part of Andrejsala. The machine shop has a large map on it clearly showing all the objects located in this part of Andrejsala.
The machine shop contains a large hall which is available for various events ranging from exhibitions to press conferences and beyond.
| Hull Shop (Korpusu cehs)
The hull shop may be considered the continued machine shop. Both shops are connected not only physically, but also idea-wise. The hull shop houses the Centre for Contemporary Art, the art studio Peahen, Jaffa, the design graphics studio Pop-Front, the fashion boutique Keitas kiosks and other creative groups.
The largest premises of the hull shop is the hall on the ground floor, the area of which is 290 square metres (during the winter, it is kept heated). Our experience so far shows that it can be used for various events and parties. If you feel that these premises may be suitable for any event to be held by you and want to see the premises, too, please send e-mail to andrejsala@andrejsala.lv.
The hull shop has hosted several exhibitions, theatric performances, press conferences and meetings.
| Welding Shops (Metināšanas darbnīcas)
Until spring 2008, the welding shops used to house the limited liability company Kultūras cehs (Culture Workshop), probably better known to guests of Andrejsala as the Dirty Deal Cafe.
The first event that took place in the welding shops was an event during night programme Muzeo Zone on 20 May 2006. Since September of 2007, the building has been used by Dirty Deal Teatro, organisers of fringe theatre shows by various troupes and dramatic societies.
During warm summer months, the welding shops’ sunshade is a great shelter from sunrays.
| Tin (Skārdene)
Over a period of several years, a huge sailing boat was being built inside the Tin. The yacht was completed in 2009 and 700 square metres are now vacant – the Tin is this large. However, the thick layers of snow and ice in the winter of 2010 badly affected the looks of the building – the Tin's roof appeared to be unable to bear all the weight and fell in one day. At the moment of writing this, only the southern facade remains in use as it bears a large outdoor ad.
No matter what has happened to the building, everyone is free to e-mail ideas as to how the Tin’s premises may be used in a creative and useful manner in the future.
| Gatehouse (Sarga māja)
If we trust a story told by a certain woman, the gatehouse once used to be a home of a guard, his wife and three daughters. It is not known for sure, what the guard was guarding at the time, but the gatehouse was known for its cleanliness and concord. The guard’s daughters grew up, married and abandoned the gatehouse, and the guard and his wife one after the other passed to their eternal rest. There is no mention, who of the two was the first one to pass away, but the gatehouse is still located where it has been.
| Repository (Glabātava)
The repository is intended for sculptors. It is a suitable place to produce sand, ice, fire and metal sculptures to be stored in a displayable condition there. In the year 2006, a three-metre sculpture was located next to the repository; the structure was also used during the Showroom 6: Matilde installation art show in the summer of 2007.
Do you have any ideas as to how to use the repository in the future? Please send e-mail us, and we shall see how we can carry out your ideas.
| Customs Warehouse (Muitas noliktava)
Guess this: flames around it and gold inside it? The correct answer: it's the customs warehouse. The external part of it is embraced in red brick casing, which protects the building well against accidental fire or wind.
The interiors of the building do not have a trace of the unpleasant industriality of bricks: wooden decoration is all across the interior. Renovated and shining, the customs warehouse has become a home to the Naïve Art Museum, which was opened on 20 May 2006, on the very Museum Night. Read more details about the museum here.
| Garages (Garāžas)
Garages used to be a place, where motor vehicles, tyres and heaps of spare parts were stored, so that, when required, those would be at hand and could be used. At present, nothing of that is left, apart from the name and the building itself.
More recently, the garages have found new use by a gallery and creativity centre called Komutators.
| Market square (Tirgus laukums)
It used to be there. Currently a public outdoors site, where you can breathe fresh Andrejsala air as much as you want, as the Daugava is nearby, and you can let the wind flap your hair to all four corners of the earth.
The market square has already seen plenty of utilisation, starting from outdoor café activity during Andrejsala's summer events, a bonfire and an exhibition of DIY chopper bicycles during the Museum Night, and culminating in a fire sculpture live show that was part of Andrejdiena 2007.
The area of the market square is 4000 sq. m., which makes it possible to organise large-scale public events here. Please contact us by e-mail, if you would like to hold an event here.
| Shed (Nojume)
Something is usually placed in sheds – something that gets underfoot in our daily life. The shed of Andrejsala (100 square metres) is not an ordinary one, as nothing normally gets underfoot in Andrejsala, so it remains empty for most of the time.
Occasionally, the structure does find use as the venue of compact exhibitions or the location of catering teams (such as during Andrejdiena 2007 and the presentation of the Road to Freedom DVD release); VJs, though, have acknowledged the shed as a suitable place for video installations. What do you think?
| Herring House (Bijušais siļķu brāķis)
This house used to be the administrative building of the Riga Herring Quality Control business in the early 1900s. It started a totally new life in May, 2006, when it was blessed to become the artists' residence Singalong.
The building is now available for rent; read more about it here, if interested.
| Power Shop (Elektrocehs)
Before its downtime, the power shop had seen a busy industrial activity, but later there came silence, as monotonous hum of electrical and mechanical equipment ceased operation, and everything around was covered in a thick layer of dust – it was abandoned, but not for good.
Since the spring 2006, the creative union Orbit has been operating there. A year later it was joined by the Theatre of Dreaming, a group of creative young people. The power shop has become an expressly multicultural place, where quite a few events have been organised by both the Orbit and the Theatre of Dreaming. Please visit our Calendar section to learn more about events expected to take place in the power shop as well as in other objects.
| Carpenter's workshop (Galdniecība)
Carpenter’s workshop has been the headquarters of the innovative music festival Forest of Sounds (Skaņu mežs), the Future Shorts film festival, and a home of the club Nobody Writes to the Colonel (Pulkvedim neviens neraksta).
| Lab (Laboratorija)
It used to be a chemical lab, all white inside. Should you wish to have a look at the rooms inside the lab or use them for your creative projects, please feel free to e-mail us. |
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