The Mind The Heart
Solo exhibition at 1646, The Hague, The Netherlands
15/05 – 12/07/2026
Curated by:
Clara Pallí Monguilod (Co-director 1646)
Johan Gustavsson (Co-director 1646)
Photo by Tommy Smits
In her first solo exhibition in the Netherlands, Latvian artist Līga Spunde transforms 1646 into a ‘gym for the heart’.
Through humour, sculptures, graphics and moving images, Spunde confronts an embodied sense of numbness, and confusion. In a capitalist society focussed on profit and efficiency, rationality is privileged over emotion, and knowledge systems rooted in care, reciprocity, and collective responsibility are devalued.
Why are we unable to experience deep feelings amidst an overflow of information and the current state of crisis? As visitors move through the presentation spaces – the reception, rehearsal and recovery area – they encounter representations of the daily struggle between emotion and rationality, or the heart and mind. The artist tries to hold on to the belief that the ability to do good and care for one another, while caring for oneself, is not lost, but undertrained – and that it all could be strengthened by practising empathy.
The exhibition is a collaboration with Kim? Contemporary Art Centre (Riga, LV).
Reception.
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Installation view. The Mind The Heart. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
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Installation view. The Mind The Heart. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
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Installation view. The Mind The Heart. Exercise of Playing Dead. Digital drawing printed as wallpaper. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
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Installation view. The Mind The Heart. Visitor. 3D-printed resin, aluminium, paint, fidget spinners. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
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Visitor. 3D-printed resin, aluminium, paint, fidget spinners. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
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Visitor. 3D-printed resin, aluminium, paint, fidget spinners. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
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The Bin. Painted 3D-printed resin, visitor stickers. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
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The Bin. Painted 3D-printed resin, visitor stickers. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
Exercises.
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Installation view. The Mind The Heart. Laughing Without Reason. 2-channel video installation. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
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Installation view. The Mind The Heart. Laughing Without Reason. 2-channel video installation. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
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Installation view. The Mind The Heart. Laughing Without Reason. 2-channel video installation. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
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Broken Smile. 3D-printed resin, paint, steel. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
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Broken Smile. 3D-printed resin, paint, steel. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
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Broken Smile. 3D-printed resin, paint, steel. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
Shower.
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Installation view. The Mind The Heart. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
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Installation view. The Mind The Heart. Shower. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
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Shower. 3D-printed resin, paint, aluminium. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
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Shower. 3D-printed resin, paint, aluminium. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
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Shower. 3D-printed resin, paint, aluminium. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
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Installation view. The Mind The Heart. Shower. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
Sauna.
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Installation view. The Mind The Heart. Sauna. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
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Installation view. The Mind The Heart. Sauna. Video installation. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
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Installation view. The Mind The Heart. Sauna. Video installation. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
Installation view. The Mind The Heart. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
Installation view. The Mind The Heart. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
Installation view. The Mind The Heart. Exercise of Playing Dead. Digital drawing printed as wallpaper. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
Installation view. The Mind The Heart. Visitor. 3D-printed resin, aluminium, paint, fidget spinners. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
Visitor. 3D-printed resin, aluminium, paint, fidget spinners. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
Visitor. 3D-printed resin, aluminium, paint, fidget spinners. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
The Bin. Painted 3D-printed resin, visitor stickers. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
The Bin. Painted 3D-printed resin, visitor stickers. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
Exercises.
Installation view. The Mind The Heart. Laughing Without Reason. 2-channel video installation. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
Installation view. The Mind The Heart. Laughing Without Reason. 2-channel video installation. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
Installation view. The Mind The Heart. Laughing Without Reason. 2-channel video installation. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
Broken Smile. 3D-printed resin, paint, steel. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026. 
Broken Smile. 3D-printed resin, paint, steel. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
Broken Smile. 3D-printed resin, paint, steel. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
Shower.
Installation view. The Mind The Heart. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
Installation view. The Mind The Heart. Shower. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
Shower. 3D-printed resin, paint, aluminium. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
Shower. 3D-printed resin, paint, aluminium. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
Shower. 3D-printed resin, paint, aluminium. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
Installation view. The Mind The Heart. Shower. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
Sauna.
Installation view. The Mind The Heart. Sauna. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
Installation view. The Mind The Heart. Sauna. Video installation. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.
Installation view. The Mind The Heart. Sauna. Video installation. 1646, The Hague, the Netherlands, 2026.