Symbiotic Sense(s). RIXC Art Science 2024 Festival Exhibition
National Library of Latvia, Exhibition Hall I (ground floor)
The exhibition is on view until December 7, 2024 during the library opening hours.
Opening hours: Monday-Friday 11.00-19.00 / Saturday 10.00-17.00
PHOTO ALBUM >>>> Symbiotic Sense(s) EXHIBITION OPENING. Photos: Kristīne Madjare
PHOTO ALBUM >>>> Symbiotic Sense(s) EXHIBITION. Photos: Lelde Gūtmane
PHOTO ALBUM >>> Symbiotic Sense(s) PRESS CONFERENCE. Photos: Lelde Gūtmane
Symbiotic Sense(s) exhibition invites visitors to reconsider the boundaries between self and other, human and machine, and natural and artificial. The exhibition will explore themes such as: extended cognition, externally sensory systems, naturally-artificial environments, sensing machines, artificial life, symbiotic sciences, nature-cultures, and collective intelligence.
The exhibition features more than 10 Latvian and internationally renowned artists: Tatsuru ARAI (JP/DE), Po-Hao CHI (TW), Santa FRANCE (LV), Sasha LITVINTSEVA & Beny WAGNER (UK/DE), Me AndOther Me / Cenk GÜZELIS & Anna POMPERMAIER (AT/IT), Mónica RIKIĆ (ES), Studio Above & Below (DE/UK), Sabīne ŠNĒ (LV), T(n)C / Agnes VARNAI & Tina KULT (DE/HU) and others.
Curators: Rasa ŠMITE, Raitis ŠMITS (RIXC/LV)
Producer: RIXC Centre for New Media Culture
Support: State Culture Capital Foundation, Riga City Council, this year’s exhibition has been supported by the European Commission in the framework of the project EMAP Expanded, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia.
Reviews
Rosana Lukauskaitė. Could your Grandma’s Ghost Pass the Turing Test? What about your Dog? Review of the Symbiotic Sense(s) exhibition on Echo Gone Wrong. https://echogonewrong.com/could-your-grandmas-ghost-pass-the-turing-test-what-about-your-dog/
Régine Debatty. Symbiotic Sense(s) part 2: lazy robots, AI-designed ceramics and cosmic radiations. Review of the Symbiotic Sense(s) and Deep Sensing exhibitions on We Make Money Not Art. https://we-make-money-not-art.com/symbiotic-senses-part-2-lazy-robots-ai-designed-ceramics-and-cosmic-radiations/
Media coverage
LTV1 (television). Culture News. The Search for the Sixth Sense in the RIXC Art Science Festival (video, in Latvian) https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/kultura/maksla/24.10.2024-sestas-manas-meklejumi-rixc-makslas-un-zinatnes-festivala.a573813/
Radio Klasika. Nature and Culture Dialogue. Talk with Rasa Smite (curator) and Agnese Baranova (producer). By Orests Silabriedis. https://klasika.lsm.lv/lv/raksts/diena-sakusies/dabas-un-kulturas-dialogs.-saruna-ar-rasu-smiti-un-agnesi-barano.a198257/
LR1 (radio). Kultūras Rondo. RIXC Art Science Festival Reflects on the Sixth Sense (audio, in Latvian) https://lr1.lsm.lv/lv/raksts/kulturas-rondo/rixc-makslas-un-zinatnes-festivals-pievers-uzmanibu-sestajai-man.a198458/
Radio Naba. KŪL. This Week Opens the RIXC Art Science Festival (audio, in Latvian). Interview with the RIXC festival coordinators Līva Siliņa and Lelde Gūtmane (audio, in Latvian) https://naba.lsm.lv/lv/raksts/kul/sonedel-tiek-atklats-rixc-makslas-un-zinatnes-festivals.a198438/
