Riga, Latvia
2CBOYS – the artists who work in a variety of genres. By merging several seemingly incompatible worlds into a new universe, they make works that can be seen as musical self-portraits. Sometimes they appear idiosyncratic & quirky, at other times, they seem typical by-products of Latvian superabundance.
Their music urge us to renegotiate art as being part of a reactive or – at times – autistic medium, commenting on oppressing themes in our contemporary society. By parodying mass media by exaggerating certain formal aspects inherent to our contemporary society, they use both musical & visual vocabulary that addresses many different social, political & spiritual issues. The work incorporates time as well as space – a fictional & experiential universe that only emerges bit by bit.
Their mixes are saturated with obviousness, mental inertia, clichés & bad jokes. They question the coerciveness that is derived from the more profound meaning & the superficial aesthetic appearance of an image.