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
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Focusing on symbiotic senses as a key perspective, this year’s festival will explore its relation to extended cognition and collective intelligence ideas, calling for the urgent need for new visions, artistic and utopian projects in cultural evolution. The idea posits that symbiosis defines our existence, highlighting our complete interdependence on our environment and planetary system.
Testimonials
PROGRAMME
(EEST), UTC +3
Press Conference
LOCATION: NATIONAL LIBRARY OF LATVIA (EXHIBITION HALL ON THE GROUND FLOOR)
Opening Keynotes
Eric KLUITENBERG (NL), Rosemary LEE (US/PT)
Respondent: Jens HAUSER (FR/DE/DK)
LOCATION: NEIBURGS HOTEL
Festival Exhibition Opening: Symbiotic Sense(s)
LOCATION: NATIONAL LIBRARY OF LATVIA (EXHIBITION HALL ON THE GROUND FLOOR / ATRIUM)
Conference Registration
LOCATION: NEIBURGS HOTEL
Plenary Session – Book Presentation
Jens HAUSER (FR/DK)
LOCATION: NEIBURGS HOTEL, Amaryllis room
Conference Day 1
LOCATION: NEIBURGS HOTEL, Amaryllis room
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
Beyond the Hybrid Acoustic Space (book presentation)
LOCATION: NEIBURGS HOTEL
Deep Sensing Exhibition Opening
LOCATION: RIXC GALLERY
Dinner (invitations / pre-booking required)
LOCATION: NEIBURGS HOTEL Restaurant
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
Conference Day 2
LOCATION: NEIBURGS HOTEL, Amaryllis room
Guided Tour: Exhibition Symbiotic Sense(s)
LOCATION: NATIONAL LIBRARY OF LATVIA (EXHIBITION HALL ON THE GROUND FLOOR)
EMAP Capacity Building AI Workshop
LOCATION: NEIBURGS HOTEL
Workshop 2: EMAP Capacity Building AI Workshop
Led by Rosemary LEE (US/PT), Respondent: Līga VĒLIŅA (LV)
LOCATION: NEIBURGS HOTEL, Lily room
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
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Early Bird registration (until October 10, 2024) |
Regular (after October 10, 2024) |
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Full |
18 EUR |
36 EUR |
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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