Music!

Hello Latvia!

Today in class we decided on the music we're sending you.

The file can be played and downloaded from this link.

www.drop.io/latviamix


We're excited to hear your thoughts!


Andy Immerman

Project Outline

Latvian Exchange Project Outline: 

“Cultural Perceptions” 2010

Objective:  To share and interpret visual culture between American and Latvian college students that stretches scholarly and professional boundaries of photographic vision and personal understanding within a faculty and student collaborative environment.  College students from Latvia and America will observe Latvian and American culture via guest lectures, music, individual research, and online correspondence in an attempt to image another culture.  To broaden the possibilities and perspectives of students with a worldview of visual art and culture and to encourage joint research that opens the door for international creative endeavors.

The Project: Latvian and American photography students will collaborate in the development and design of an international photographic exhibit. A partnership created between the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire and Cultural Studies, at Latvia Culture College, (Latvijas Kultūras Koledža), enhances the shared cultural exchange that will benefit both communities.  Students from both schools have selected music for the other to interpret through photographs.

The Blog: A website created to share information and correspondance between students and faculty from the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire and Latvijas Kultūras Koledža while working together from distant locations.

Latvian exchange students from the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire; Eva Ikstena, Dace Jaundaldere and Liene Indrade are the link between these two schools and vital components in the development of this project.


Below are the lyrics to the song sent to the UWEC American students from Latvia:

SUN, THUNDER, DAUGAVA (SAULE, PĒRKONS, DAUGAVA) 

The Sun set down Latvia

Where the ends of the Earth meet

The white sea and the green land,

And Latvia possessed the key to the gate. 

The Daugava is our guardian,

But foreign foes broke the gate

And the key fell into the sea. 

Blue-lightning thunder struck

And took the key from the devils,

Latvia locked up death alive

With the white sea and the green land. 

The sun set down Latvia

On the edge of the white sea,

The wind blew the sand,

What could Latvia’s children drink? 

Water of life, water of death,

Flowed together in the Daugava,

I dipped my finger in the water

And felt both in my soul. 

Water of life, water of death,

We feel both in our souls. 

The Sun is our mother,

The Daugava soothes our pain,

Thunder is the thrasher of devils

And is our father.