I'm feeling great. For me, it's a dream come true. Since day one when I started to compete in MMA, I wanted to fight in the United States. I'm from Latvia, a small country in Europe, and 99% of people don't even know this country exists, so for me, being able to represent this country while fighting in the States is a dream come true.
In a burst of cryptic messages to the station's still unknown listeners, a voice could be heard saying ' LATVIA,' the name of a small NATO country sitting on Russia's border. The signal was sent out on Monday, with many on social media fearing that Russia could be planning its next offensive. However, with Latvia being a member of NATO, any attack on the country would trigger a response from all other NATO countries, including the US, and potentially set off World War III.
The Latvian Pavilion at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, commissioned by Jānis Dripe and curated by Liene Jākobsone and Ilka Ruby, explores the impact of military defense on the country's border landscape. The exhibition was designed by SAMPLING and Nomad Architects to highlight how geopolitical tensions shape both territory and daily life. In times of escalating international warfare, the curatorial team poses the question of what it means to live on NATO's external border in times of geopolitical conflict.
