SYMBIOTIC SENS(E)S

RIXC ART SCIENCE FESTIVAL

When

Festival: October 23–25, 2024. Exhibition: October 23 – December 7, 2024.

Where

Riga, Latvia and Online

ABOUT

This year's RIXC Art Science festival with the title Symbiotic Sense(s), positioned at the intersection of symbiotic art aesthetics and visionary scientific paradigms, aims to embrace symbiotic thinking, inspiring cultural conversations on collaboration and fostering collective action towards a more symbiotic future. The festival will explore ideas such as: Sensing machines and artificial life, Extended cognition and Externally sensory system, Symbiotic Sciences and Collective intelligence as well as Nature cultures and Naturally-artificial environments.

EVENTS

Open Fields Conference

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Beyond the Hybrid
Acoustic Space
Book Presentation

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Behind the Algorithmic Image Talk and Workshop by Rosemary Lee

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Press Conference

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Deep Sensing Exhibition by Rasa Smite & Raitis Smits

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Symbiotic Sense(s) Exhibition

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Me AndOther Me

BE MY GUEST!

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Tatsuru Arai

FACE OF THE UNIVERSE

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Po-Hao Chi

HYDROSPHERIC SKETCH: A SENSORIUM OF MOISTURE

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Santa France

STILL LIFE WITH FRUITING BODIES

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Sasha Litvintseva & Beny Wagner

MY WANT OF YOU
PARTAKES OF ME

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Mónica Rikić

HIPÈRBOLE

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Studio Above&Below

MEDITATIVE COHABITATION

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Sabīne Šnē

WE BELONG TO THEM

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T(n)C

RETRAINING LAZINESS

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Synthetic Sense. [Satellite Event] Performance Programme

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RIXC recommends – Skaņu Mežs music festival

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Testimonials

I just wanted to write and tell you how thrilled I am to see my artworks in the Ecodata exhibition. Also I very much enjoyed attending as many panels as I could at the festival. Very important discussions and very inspiring artworks!

Elaine Whittaker
23.10.2020.

PROGRAMME

(EEST), UTC +3

11:00

Press Conference


LOCATION: NATIONAL LIBRARY OF LATVIA (EXHIBITION HALL ON THE GROUND FLOOR)

16:00

Opening Keynotes

Eric KLUITENBERG (NL), Rosemary LEE (US/PT)
Respondent: Jens HAUSER (FR/DE/DK)

LOCATION: NEIBURGS HOTEL

18:00

Festival Exhibition Opening: Symbiotic Sense(s)


LOCATION: NATIONAL LIBRARY OF LATVIA (EXHIBITION HALL ON THE GROUND FLOOR / ATRIUM)

09:30

Conference Registration


LOCATION: NEIBURGS HOTEL

10:00

Plenary Session – Book Presentation

Jens HAUSER (FR/DK)
LOCATION: NEIBURGS HOTEL, Amaryllis room

10:45 - 17:00

Conference Day 1


LOCATION: NEIBURGS HOTEL, Amaryllis room

12:30 - 17:00

Workshop 1: Digital Technologies and Human Consciousness:
A Futures Workshop for Exploring Potential Implications

Led by Terho OJELL-JÄRVENTAUSTA (FI)
LOCATION: NEIBURGS HOTEL, Lily room

16:00

Beyond the Hybrid Acoustic Space (book presentation)


LOCATION: NEIBURGS HOTEL

18:00

Deep Sensing Exhibition Opening


LOCATION: RIXC GALLERY

20:00

Dinner (invitations / pre-booking required)


LOCATION: NEIBURGS HOTEL Restaurant

10:00

Plenary Session – Book Presentation: Beyond the Hybrid
(Acoustic Space No. 20 / Renewable Futures Issue 5)

Lily DÍAZ-KOMMONEN (FI), Juhani TENHUNEN (FI)
LOCATION: NEIBURGS HOTEL, Amaryllis room

10:30 - 18:30

Conference Day 2


LOCATION: NEIBURGS HOTEL, Amaryllis room

12:00

Guided Tour: Exhibition Symbiotic Sense(s)


LOCATION: NATIONAL LIBRARY OF LATVIA (EXHIBITION HALL ON THE GROUND FLOOR)

14:00 - 16:00

EMAP Capacity Building AI Workshop


LOCATION: NEIBURGS HOTEL

15:00 - 17:00

Workshop 2: EMAP Capacity Building AI Workshop

Led by Rosemary LEE (US/PT), Respondent: Līga VĒLIŅA (LV)
LOCATION: NEIBURGS HOTEL, Lily room

21:00

Synthetic Sense. [Satellite Event] Performance Programme

I SWEAR (CZ), Oleksandr SIROUS (UA), EIII, DAFELZ, VANCKARS, LJOHA, 3ELECTRONIX, Seimurs GUSEINOVS, MIU, KENTASSO, ECHOEAST
LOCATION: 1983 BAR, VAGONU IELA 21

Concluding the RIXC Art Science Festival on October 25, 2024, we offer you to attend the festival satellite event, Synthetic Sense performance programme at 1983 bar, Vagonu iela 21.
The event will feature live electronic music from artists of various contemporary subgenres throughout the night.

From 21:00 – 00:00 you will hear atmospheric and experimental sounds, as well as an audio-visual performance by RIXC residency Ukrainian artist Oleksandr Sirous.

After midnight, electronic dance music artists of different genres will perform.

Entry: 10€ Donation (5€ donation for RIXC Festival participants and visitors, showing the ticket purchased at Eventbrite) at the venue.

Artists:
I SWEAR / CZ | https://jcdecaux.bandcamp.com/album/hideout
OLEKSANDR SIROUS / UA | sirousoleksandr.com
EIII | https://linktr.ee/eiii_eiii
DAFELZ | https://soundcloud.com/mcdaffels
VANCKARS | http://pr.mplab.lv/vanckars/
LJOHA | https://ljoha.bandcamp.com/
3ELECTRONIX | https://soundcloud.com/3electronix
SEIMURS GUSEINOVS | https://www.instagram.com/dr.saymoreacid/
MIU | https://soundcloud.com/raivisvaiders
KENTASSO | https://soundcloud.com/kentassokent
ECHOEAST | https://soundcloud.com/echoeast

REGISTRATION

Registration Fees / Festival Pass


Early Bird registration 

(until October 10, 2024)

Regular 

(after October 10, 2024)

Full

18 EUR

36 EUR

Students (50% reduction)

9 EUR

18 EUR

Register / buy the festival pass here

LOCATIONS

Venue

National Library of Latvia

Festival press conference, Symbiotic Sense(s) exhibition

Mūkusalas iela 3, Riga, LV-1423

RIXC Center for New Media Culture

Deep Sensing exhibition

Lenču iela 2, Riga, LV-1010

Neiburgs Hotel

Opening keynote, Open Fields conference, EMAP Art + AI workshop

Jauniela 25/27, Riga, LV-1050

Hestia Hotel Draugi

RIXC Festival hotel

Mārstaļu iela 3, Riga, LV-1050