International media art and innovative design exhibition
TECHNO-ECOLOGIES
November 4 – December 11, 2011
Riga, Contemporary Arts Center kim? in Spikeri (Quartier for Creative Industries)
International media art exhibition with the title "Techno-ecologies" takes place from November 4 till December 11, 2011 in Riga, in the venue of Contemporary Arts Center kim? at Spikeri Quartier for Creative Industries. The exhibition will take place in the framework of the"Art+Communication 2011: Techno-Ecologies" festival featuring media art works and innovative design objects, created by artists as well as art, science and innovation laboratories from seven European countries.
Exhibition artists:
Bart Vandeput / Bartaku (Belgium), Ingo Günther (Germany), Grégory Lasserre un Anaïs met den Ancxt / Scenocosme (France), Lynn Pook, Julien Clauss (France), Mathieu Lehanneur / Le Laboratoire (France), Gilberto Esparza, Ricardo O'Nascimento, Javier Busturia, Jingni Wang / Popkalab (Spain), Thomas Thwaites (UK), Ulrich Vogl (Germany), Raul Nieves, Gerard Rubio, Jordi Bari / BlablabLAB (Spain), Julian Oliver (NewZealand / Germany), Aram Bartholl (Germany), Danja Vasiliev (Russia / Germany), Ben Dromey (Ireland / Finland), Rasa Šmite, Raitis Šmits, Jānis Garančs, Mārtiņš Ratniks un RIXC (Latvia).
The opening of the exhibition and performances:
Thursday, November 3, at 19.00
Opening programme:
18.00 – press conference un curator-guided tour through the exhibition
19.00 – the opening of "Techno-Ecologies" exhibition and "Art+Communication 2011" festival:
– presentation of the Latvian edition of "the Book of Imaginary Media" by Eric Kluitenberg (ed.),
– performance Plantes Parlantes by Popkalab artists.
Location:
The exhibition takes place in Riga, the venue of Contemporary Arts Center kim? in Spikeri Quartier for Creative Industries. Address: Maskavas street 12/1 (2nd floor).
More info on kim?: http://www.kim.lv/lapa/185/Par_mums
Opening hours:
Monday: closed
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 14.00 – 19.00
Thursday: 14.00 – 20.00
Saturday, Sunday: 12.00 – 18.00
Free entrance.
Exhibition is organized by RIXC, The Center for New Media Culture.
Exhibition curators: Raitis Šmits, Rasa Šmite, Eric Kluitenberg.
Idea and concept: Eric Kluitenberg.
Scenography: Raitis Šmits, Rudolf Bekic.
Design: Mārtiņš Ratniks
Exhibition producers: Daina Siliņa, Linda Vēbere, Agnese Baranova.